What has the Dept. of Homeland Security accomplished, if anything?

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

Seriously!?!

[MissB]

1. They have provided great fodder for the likes of Jon Stewart.

[central scrutinizer]

2. They helped Tom Delay find the missing Texas Democrats

His gerrymandering scheme might have fallen apart if he hadn't commandeered those planes and found those spineless Democrats hiding out.

[fknobbit]

6. Allowing them

to track down and bribe the spineless Democrat.

[Kansas Wyatt]

3. DHS has succeeded in becoming every Extreme Right Winger's nightmare.

The Government crawling up any citizen's ass, just to make sure everything is in order and checks out.

Oh, they do not feel the movement yet, but when the pendulum swings, they'll be screaming rape, bloody murder, and plotting attacks on the Government.

[Ready4Change]

4. IMO, screwed up response to Katrina.

Sounds like FEMA was left on hold, waiting for "permission" from DHS before it could act.

Also it has nearly gotten several civilian pilots shot down in the skies over Wash. DC, even though those pilots did absolutely everything required and recommended according to the new regulations.

It's burnt a lot of money.

It's added a layer of bureaucracy that has hampered and slowed every action by every agency it oversees.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

5. Proved Republicans shouldn't color coordinate?

:shrug:

[Cobalt Violet]

7. Wealthfare for Dubia Dubya's cronies.

That's about all I can think of.

[Jade Fox]

12. WEALTHFARE???

Did you make that up? That's great!! I'm going to start using it right away.

[Cobalt Violet]

16. No, that one was kicked around here a while ago. n/t

[fknobbit]

8. Pointing out creative new uses for

Duct tape and tinfoil! :tinfoilhat:

[leftchick]

9. Prevented life saving medicine from reaching needy senior citizens

and perhaps even a few have died as a result.

[Jade Fox]

10. It's allowed a lot of law enforcement types....

to throw their weight around and collect big salaries while driving "company" cars that you and I pay for.

[meganmonkey]

11. PRopaganda - That's all it was meant for

To strike fear in the hearts of Americans.

:shrug:

[Just Me]

13. Profiteering off an intrusive "big brother" governance. n/t

[Disturbed]

15. The Neo Fascists didn't want it and set it up to fail.

"Top Bush aides were never enthusiastic about the plan, however. To save money, and in keeping with Republican opposition to big government, the White House ordered that the new department's top ranks be extremely lean, people involved in the department's planning said."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36519-2003Sep6_2.html

[windy252]

14. Um, boosted Bush's poll numbers

when bad news was coming out, at least in the past?

[Marie26]

17. They have kept Americans aware

of "The Threat" as efficiently as possible.