From 1789 to 1949 the United States had a Department of War. In 1949 the department was dissolved, the Navy was brought into a unified command structure with the Army and Air Force, and the Department of Defense was formed. 1949 was also the year in which George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty Four was published.
I think it would be beneficial to return the DoD to the old name: Department of War.
I’m at a loss to come up with a name for the Department of Homeland Security that would describe what it really does. Department of Security Theatrics?
I’m taking nominations for a renaming of the DHS.
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Department of Gropes and Snoops most accurately gets to what they do, but Department of Busybodies is pithier.
The Department of Enforced Paranoia?
When my brother and I went to Oregon a few years ago, I went outside to have a cigarette (which I haven’t had for 6 weeks now) at DFW, then had to go through one of the nekkid-izers.
What they wound up doing was confiscating the the zip-loc bag with the generic aspirins my SIL had given me for back pain.
Now don’t you feel more secure?
Sho nuff.
I told the woman running the unit that they should at least give us a printout of proper exercises to take care of those “problem” areas of our figures.
You know, Janis, that’s actually a great idea. When life hands you lemons, etc.
Department In Charge of Knowledgable Security.
Steve