https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/archiew5864/Just how secure has our Federal Government Made us?hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/archiew5864/608539If it were not so tragic, it would be funny. The Virginia Fusion Center, as described in a recent Pilot Online story ( Report: Region May Be a Hotbed for Terrorist Recruiting ) is a modern version of keystone cops. Funded by Homeland Security it appears to be made up of a bunch of beurocratic...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/archiew5864/599869With Obama tightly grasping the helm of state and a strongly Democratic Congress, my money is secure only in the inner folds of my mattress.https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/archiew5864/598003https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/archiew5864/591017It is a plethora of daily concerns that must be cared for. In my opinion, the federal government is least able to take care of those daily needs. They have (I hope!) the big picture, but the local governments, state, city and county, are the ones carrying the real burden of our personal security....https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/archiew5864/582328Any time there is change, we wonder if it will be change for good or not so good. Will Obama change the face of "Homeland Security" and diminish their power to quash our individual rights. I predict a "NO" answer to that question. I can hope Obama will right wrongs performed by a clueless...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/archiew5864/581190How secure can we, ordinary U. S. Citizens, be when our government can have any of us whisked away and locked up in a far away location without benefit of warrant, disclosure, legal representation or notice to family? Our government, under the guise of "Homeland Security" is committing grave...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/archiew5864/579972Our newly elected President will look carefully at the homeland security department and vastly change the homeland security laws to avoid the breaches of personal liberty. Better to be free than safe.https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/archiew5864/579226Well, let me state to you all right now that I will feel much more secure with VP Cheney out of office.https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/archiew5864/574707Even worse than the TSA and Homeland "Security" is the choice of one or the other of the two main presidential candidates. We essentially have the choice between choosing an old moron or a younger idiot. It's a third party election for me, again.https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/archiew5864/571249One of the reasons why is Omama and his defective thinking, and his corrupt cronies. Watch this, if you dare: About that Financial Crisis