Comments | jrittenhouse: And to follow that up:

jrittenhouse

And to follow that up:

Apr 27, 2006 00:15

A Senate committee is about to issue a report that says that FEMA is totally a hopeless mess, and would be better off being scrapped and something new put in its place.
In the relevant House committee, the Republicans shot down a bill that would have had every container coming into US parts scanned for radiological weapons. Why? Industry doesn't ( Read more... )

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rmjwell April 27 2006, 13:20:37 UTC

Gotta remember, Jim: we only want the appearance of tough security, not the expense of real security.

To this end, Homeland Security is going to spend $1.6M on installing really big "This country protected by Homeland Security" stickers to put on every major landmark in the US.

docstrange April 27 2006, 14:01:24 UTC

Don't forget the blinking red LED to show the system is on.

jrittenhouse April 27 2006, 14:44:17 UTC

Yep.

rmjwell April 27 2006, 15:24:22 UTC

Maybe I should make one of these at the Duckon blinkie workshop.

marklafon April 27 2006, 15:01:56 UTC

re FEMA: Well, some conservatives have wanted to kill FEMA for years and it looks like htey have gutted it enough to do so.

re port security: Who needs to check the containers when you have fingerprinted all the longshoremen?

pensnuggles April 27 2006, 21:38:48 UTC

Hmph. FEMA had finished studies on what needed fixing to protect New Orleans when Homeland Security called a meeting and told them that 80% of FEMA's budget was being taken away and given to HS, leaving FEMA completely unable to implement any of the fixes. (My brother was at that meeting). That FEMA is able to accomplish anything at all is amazing.

jrittenhouse April 28 2006, 03:17:55 UTC

Which is about what I've heard.