And so it begins, the end of liberalism in American government and the birth of American-style fascism. The Bush administration is doing everything they can to subvert American tradition by working in deep secrecy to bring forth a huge domestic law enforcement agency. As if the bumbling of the FBI, NSA and the CIA wasn’t enough, Bush recently announced a massive overhaul in the police state by creating the cabinet-level Department of Homeland Security which will have an annual budget of $37.5 billion and will employ 170,000 jack-booted thugs. This makes it the biggest US government department after the Pentagon. Be very afraid.
Strangely, although this is the largest change to the law enforcement bureaucracy in 55 years this new department will have no authority over the FBI or the CIA. It is unclear to me exactly what this huge budget and massive work force will be up to. No doubt checking out subversive, dangerous, terrorist web sites, or looking under rocks for shadowy terrorists. They could go door to door to make sure everyone’s papers are in order. Seriously, 170,000 employees is around the same number as a large-size company like Fedex. That’s a lot of fascist cogs running around taking pictures and making notes. Maybe Americans will get wise before this shit goes too far.
and who said the republicans are against a big government??
No shit. That’s a great point.