Correct, Chris Matthews. "Homeland" is a neo-con word.

[Cetacea]

It bothers me to hear democrats uttering it. It should be replaced with something like, I don't know, country?

[katty]

1. "Homeland" security, ah, so pre war Germany

[O is 44]

2. Concur, I cringe everytime Obama says it. n/t

[Metta]

3. Plus, that woman was an unapologetic apologist for the administration.

Too bad he didn't call her on it.

[Canuckistanian]

4. Yes, I find "Homeland" disturbing

It reminds me of the German "Heimat" or "Vaterland", which were colloquialisms turned into an ultra-nationalist words.

And yet, the British used terms like "Home Guard" for their equivalent of the National Guard, or the BBC "Home Service".

I'd much prefer the name "Domestic" or "National".

[Joe Chi Minh]

15. 'mother-country' is the English equivalent, I believe. It's what I'm familiar with.

[PM Martin]

5. Never cared for THAT term.

Seeing that the Nazi's used it, I cringe when western nations do the same.

[notesdev]

6. Way too close to motherland/fatherland

The implications of that word are chilling, I remember being in shock when I first heard proposed a "Homeland Security" department.

The only "homeland security" we need is our armed forces. This domestic secret police force is right out of a dystopian nightmare.

[StarfarerBill]

9. Exactly.

[niceypoo]

14. Obviously a takeoff on those gems....

...in the mold of Stalin and Hitler

[BrklynLiberal]

7. Absolutely!!! It was part of their controlling of the message...

[jimlup]

8. To me it is fantastically ironic neo-Orwellian speak

Homeland Security seems an admission of empire. Proving conclusively that the "Department of Defense" is not.

[hootinholler]

10. I remember when the US was the heartland n/t

[Golden Raisin]

11. With huge Nazi overtones

and reminiscences. But if the jackboots fit.........

[Blue State Blues]

12. A "Nation" or a "Country" has Citizens

A "homeland" has subjects and Leaders. Subjects don't question policies that Leaders say are necessary to protect them.

[niceypoo]

13. Nationalistic

Like 'Motherland'(Stalin) and 'Fatherland'(Hitler)