Out of curiosity, what the hell is the difference between "Homeland ......

[A HERETIC I AM]

Security" and "National Security"? I mean, isnt the Homeland the Nation? I suppose it is a euphemistic way of them telling us "We'll mind your business AND ours, but dont you pay any attention to our business".

Am i way off here?

I hate it when they try and buffalo me.

[Syrinx]

1. I don't rightly know...

But "homeland" sounds a lot more nationalistic and scary and "dictatorly."

[nemo137]

5. seriously

why not just call it domestic security? i mean, american's a nation of immigrants, and i'm not sure how many of us consider it the "homeland"

[corporatewhore]

2. euphamism for Fatherland Security

[A HERETIC I AM]

3. That is exactly what it reminds me of.....And Tom Ridge makes me think i

am being made to FEEL all warm and fuzzy whilst he tosses my bedroom while i am at work and calls it "Sneak and Peak" or some such nonsense.

[Columbia]

4. They should change the name

of DHS to DOD and DOD to DOW to more accurately reflect their true roles.

[Syrinx]

6. that's what I've been thinking too

Department of Defense and the Department of War. But it's better when the dictatorship-in-the-making makes it more obvious.

[A HERETIC I AM]

7. You might recall that before there was a Pentagon it was called the...

"War Department"

[Cooley Hurd]

9. The Old( Eisenhower) Executive Office Building...

WAS the War Dept...


I think this is one of the coolest looking building in DC...

[proud patriot]

8. There is no difference other than

The idea of linguistic propaganda