although gwb, cheney and ashcroft are my heros, I just cannot resist tom ridge for his intellectual and spiritual brilliance
March 27, 2003
Tom Ridge
Department of Homeland Insecurity
Washington DC 20528
Dear Secretary Ridge:
I would like to congratulate you and Our Great Leader, Mr. Bush on the creation of the Department of Homeland Insecurity. This has been one of the truly inspired moments of genius of His administration. After 9/11 Mr. Bush was quoted on at least two occasions bemoaning the fact that "It would be so much easier if I were a dictator." Lesser leaders would have let their dream die because of the presence of the pesky Constitution and Bill of Rights (why it is not titled the Bill of Lefties, I will never know). However you, or He (or was it Dick Cheney at his undisclosed location?) came up with the idea of a Department of Homeland Security.
This was a truly bold move to make Americans safer at home. I can scarcely find enough paper to write down all the ways that the Department has already made us safer (as in: inspired a raised level of fear amongst the populace to assure that they become more compliant with the President's plans). The name of the Department itself is inspired: "Homeland Security" invokes the spirit of the Third Reich along with all its associated imagery. Clearly that reference will only bring disquiet to the elderly and those who paid attention during History, so you needed a more visceral and immediate plan for all the people. The color-coded Terror Alert ® system is a startling simple and effective system. You can now warn the population as to how scared they should be on any given day. Of course the information upon which the alert is based is always classified, so there is no way that any citizen can analyze the information and draw his or her own conclusions. The red and orange alerts require the States, but more importantly the cities, to increase policing and security measures. Naturally this is an un-funded mandate, so the local jurisdictions are left paying for these crises out of budgets that are already in trouble because the economy has been stimulated into a persistent recession by the Bush tax cuts. People in the cities see armed guards all over and become a little more fearful. Moreover city dwellers (who overwhelmingly voted against Bush/ Cheney in 2000 and for the most part remain opposed to the Invasion of Iraq) will be facing crippling policing costs.
I recently read a document on “Homeland Security” that was supposed to help elementary schools prepare for terrorist attacks. It included such inflammatory statements as “Do you know who stocks the vending machines in your school? Who is touching the cans that will touch the children’s lips?” I don’t know if your Department put out this piece, but is seems in keeping with your style. Just to keep score: meter readers and mail people will be spying on the populace, and vending machine workers are suspected terrorists? Too bad, the vending machine people could do some good spying with the open access they have. I wonder if you have any openings in your propaganda and paranoia division? I would love to generate scenarios to scare the people. Better yet, you should contact Steven King and see if he can whip out a few outlines upon which you can formulate policy.
Keep up the good work.
Sincerely,
Nic
Tom Ridge
Department of Homeland Insecurity
Washington DC 20528
Dear Secretary Ridge:
I would like to congratulate you and Our Great Leader, Mr. Bush on the creation of the Department of Homeland Insecurity. This has been one of the truly inspired moments of genius of His administration. After 9/11 Mr. Bush was quoted on at least two occasions bemoaning the fact that "It would be so much easier if I were a dictator." Lesser leaders would have let their dream die because of the presence of the pesky Constitution and Bill of Rights (why it is not titled the Bill of Lefties, I will never know). However you, or He (or was it Dick Cheney at his undisclosed location?) came up with the idea of a Department of Homeland Security.
This was a truly bold move to make Americans safer at home. I can scarcely find enough paper to write down all the ways that the Department has already made us safer (as in: inspired a raised level of fear amongst the populace to assure that they become more compliant with the President's plans). The name of the Department itself is inspired: "Homeland Security" invokes the spirit of the Third Reich along with all its associated imagery. Clearly that reference will only bring disquiet to the elderly and those who paid attention during History, so you needed a more visceral and immediate plan for all the people. The color-coded Terror Alert ® system is a startling simple and effective system. You can now warn the population as to how scared they should be on any given day. Of course the information upon which the alert is based is always classified, so there is no way that any citizen can analyze the information and draw his or her own conclusions. The red and orange alerts require the States, but more importantly the cities, to increase policing and security measures. Naturally this is an un-funded mandate, so the local jurisdictions are left paying for these crises out of budgets that are already in trouble because the economy has been stimulated into a persistent recession by the Bush tax cuts. People in the cities see armed guards all over and become a little more fearful. Moreover city dwellers (who overwhelmingly voted against Bush/ Cheney in 2000 and for the most part remain opposed to the Invasion of Iraq) will be facing crippling policing costs.
I recently read a document on “Homeland Security” that was supposed to help elementary schools prepare for terrorist attacks. It included such inflammatory statements as “Do you know who stocks the vending machines in your school? Who is touching the cans that will touch the children’s lips?” I don’t know if your Department put out this piece, but is seems in keeping with your style. Just to keep score: meter readers and mail people will be spying on the populace, and vending machine workers are suspected terrorists? Too bad, the vending machine people could do some good spying with the open access they have. I wonder if you have any openings in your propaganda and paranoia division? I would love to generate scenarios to scare the people. Better yet, you should contact Steven King and see if he can whip out a few outlines upon which you can formulate policy.
Keep up the good work.
Sincerely,
Nic
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