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Filed under: Humor — by Christopher Bellavita on July 13, 2010

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I do not recommend the paper to children or anyone who thinks it's a good idea to name a government program "Perfect Citizen."

This week's "the Onion" was "The Patriotism Issue."

Here are some headlines and excerpts from top stories.

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New Poll Finds 86 Percent Of Americans Don't Want To Have A Country Anymore


A Gallup/Harris Interactive poll released Monday indicates that nearly nine out of 10 Americans are "tired of having a country."

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Nation Secretly Hoping 9/11 Becomes A Day Off Soon


After spending another anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks at work, many across the country have begun to secretly hope that the date will soon become a federally mandated day off. "We'll have it off in 25 years anyway, so why not just start now?" said a Des Moines–area citizen who wished to remain anonymous..., buy sildenafil citrate no rx.

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The U.S. economy ceased to function this week after unexpected existential remarks by Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke shocked Americans into realizing that money is, in fact, just a meaningless and intangible social construct.

What began as a routine report before the Senate Finance Committee Tuesday ended with Bernanke passionately disavowing the entire concept of currency, and negating in an instant the very foundation of the world's largest economy....

8-Year-Old Accidentally Exercises Second Amendment Rights


Gun owners nationwide are applauding the patriotic, though accidental, exercise of Second Amendment rights by 8-year-old Timothy Cummings Tuesday.

"Timothy is a symbol of American heroism," said NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre from Cummings' bedside at Norfolk General Hospital, where the boy is in serious but stable condition from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. "While praying for his recovery, we should all thank God that his inalienable right to keep and bear arms has not been infringed."...

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Filed under: Events,Humor — by Mark Chubb on June 16, 2010

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If this is a war, as the President suggests, it will require sacrifices of us all. As such, I hoped he would have found a more appropriate metaphor. But then again he may be right that the only way we can win the war against al Qaeda is to see the Deepwater Horizon crisis as another frontier in a long and bitter campaign that has its origin in our own misadventures as well as the government's when acting on our behalf.

We could begin making sacrifices by expecting a lot less of our leaders and more of ourselves. Let me be clear, as a nation we would make no mistake if we interpreted the situation in the Gulf of Mexico not as a question of Presidential action and corporate accountability, but rather as a call to individual action, a message to our nation to start taking specific and measurable steps to matching our energy appetites with our abilities and our resources.

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Filed under: General Homeland Security,Humor — by Jessica Herrera-Flanigan on April 15, 2010

Order viagra free samples online cheap, Every time a lawyer show comes on television, my husband likes to remind that there are no shows that focus on engineers, his chosen profession.  He concedes that there are a number of shows on channels like Discovery, History, and Science, but argues that those are not the same as being featured as a wheeler and dealer or hero on prime time. Phil Palin's post yesterday, Farewell Jack. Bestill viagra free samples online, Welcome to Treme, got me thinking about what my husband has said about engineer-hero shows and whether, beyond 24 and Jack Bauer, any shows exist out there that show the best and worst of homeland security, buy viagra free samples.

The result: a list of the Good, the Bad, Cheap viagra free samples online legally, and the Ugly of Homeland Security-inspired television.  In compiling this list, I have left out made-for-TV movies or mini-series.  A few reality shows sneaked on the list, but not in a good way.  I did not limit the possible candidates to contemporary programs or programs focused on counterterrorism, choosing instead to include programs that date back more than 40 years and focus on homeland security as broadly defined.  I have also included series that have significantly dealt with homeland security issues but may not be solely focused on them, pharmacie viagra free samples bon marché.

The Good - 10 Shows That Matter

Fringe - A show that features "mad" scientist Walter Bishop, civilian DHS consultant Peter Bishop, Viagra free samples over the counter, FBI agent Olivia Dunham, and DHS Special-Agent-in Charge Phillip Broyles, and their investigations into fringe science occurrences and an alternate universe.   The show has featured the pseudo-terrorist organization ZFT, aka Zerstörung durch Fortschritte der Technologie (Destruction Through Technological Progress), viagra free samples prices, which has cells throughout the globe that trade science and technology secrets.  In the first episode, Broyles makes the proclamation "Although this is a joint task force, Michigan MI Mich. , you are all reporting to the Department of Homeland Security."

The  Law And Order Franchise- The three NY-based shows making up the franchise, Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent,  and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, acheter viagra free samples bon marché, have all addressed terrorism and homeland security in significant ways.  Law & Order features Detective Cyrus Lupo, who previously worked in the intelligence division of the NYPD.  In addition, West Virginia WV W.Va. , it routinely addresses terrorism, privacy, and issues relating to Muslim civil rights.  In one episode, it even attempted to put on trial a lawyer/scholar who had written memos while employed at the Justice Department that were used to justify torture in the Middle East. Special Victims had a series of episodes in Season 8 revolving around Detective Olivia Benson and ecoterrorists  and several of its episodes have featured Immigration & Customs Enforcement, comprare viagra free samples sconto, though usually in a manner that is interfering with the NYPD's investigations.  In its latest episodes, Criminal Intent focused on piracy, Oregon OR Ore. , Somalia, and attempts to arm possible terrorist cells in Africa.

Lie to Me - Featuring the Lightman Group, the program focuses on a consulting firm that uses microexpressions and body language to determine whether people are telling the truth.  Granted, the series is more of a police drama, but it makes the list because it features  Ria Torres, who honed her skills at perceiving deception while working as a TSA agent.  Her natural ability to tell the good from the bad travelers led to her being recruited to join the mostly high-brow intellectual types at the firm, order viagra free samples online cheap.

Third Watch - Running from 1999 to 2005, the show featured first responders and preventers in New York City who worked the "third watch" shift (3pm-11pm).  Unlike many programs that featured only one type of first responder, halvalla viagra free samples apteekki, the program had the triumvirate -  police, EMTs, Viagra free samples online, and firefighters.  The show received wide acclaim for its programming portraying the 9/11 attacks and how it affected the  NY first responder/preventer community.

The Agency - Airing from 2001-2003, the program featured real footage of the CIA and focused on the agency's mission in modern times.  Terrorism, Anthrax, buy cheap viagra free samples online,  Assassinations, Leaked Classified Information, Ostaa halvalla viagra free samples, Congressional Inquiries - the show featured many of the same issues that Washington D.C. has tackled post-9/11.

Rescue Me - A series on the FX network, Rescue Me focuses on the Ladder 62/Engine 99 firehouse in New York City.  In its early days, buy viagra free samples online, the show dealt with the emotional effects of the 9/11 attacks on the firefighters at the firehouse.  The show is scheduled to end next year, around the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

Order viagra free samples online cheap, Emergency. Ordering viagra free samples no rx, - Reaching back into the archives, I would be remiss to not include Emergency!, the first program (that I know of it) to feature paramedics and their work. Airing from 1972 to 1977, Maine ME Me. , the show featured firefighters and hospital emergency room staff in Los Angeles.  The show featured its first responders doing their thing with a number of real-world disasters, including the 1971 Sylmar earthquake and the 1973 Palos Verdes fire. Buy viagra free samples online, Mission: Impossible -   Before there was Jack Bauer, there was Jim Phelps and the Impossible Mission Forces.  While very Cold War-influenced, the show features secret agents taking covert assignments against global bad guys, including corrupt dictators and evil organizations, District of Columbia DC D.C. .

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. -  Another early spy program, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. looked to the remnants of the Nazi empire for its bad guy.  U.N.C.L.E. (the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement) is a global international law-enforcement agency (Interpol, anyone?) fighting against THRUSH (the Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity) and its efforts to take over the world, order viagra free samples online cheap. Cheap viagra free samples without prescription, The series makes the list as it is a favorite of the government.  Allegedly, the show has a spot at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and the CIA's museum.

Tiger Team - This short-lived (2 episode) series from TruTV (better known as Court TV) probably is better classified as a mini-series or special but there has been constant chatter about its possible re-birth so I decided to include it on my list.  The show followed a team that is hired to test the IT security of various organizations.  The ethical hackers demonstrated weaknesses in security using social engineering, hard core hacking, För viagra free samples online, and breaking into buildings physically.  The show allowed geeks around the world to be proud of their own kind.

The Bad - 3 Shows That We Could Have Done Without

Homeland Security USA -  Only 13 episodes of this reality tv show featuring DHS employees doing their job to protect the nation aired.  The show featured real employees from CBP, Cheap viagra free samples no prescription, ICE, TSA, and the Coast Guard and was shot in coordination with DHS.  Low ratings and claims that the show was no more than propaganda led to its demise.  A good premise - highlighting those on the front line - but bad execution.

G.I, cheap viagra free samples online. Joe: A Real American Hero - Order viagra free samples online cheap, Some may be surprised that I've put one of American's favorite children icons on the list of bad tv.   G.I. Joe is as American as apple pie and how could anyone be against an animated series that began each episode with:

G.I. Joe is the code name for America's daring, Viagra free samples pharmacy, highly-trained, Special Mission force. Its purpose: To defend human freedom against Cobra, a ruthless terrorist organization determined to rule the world.

Like almost every kid out there, I played with my share of G.I. Joe action figures, borrowing them from my brother's collection. That said, a television show designed mostly if not solely to peddle children's toys rightly deserves a spot on the bad list.

A Man Called Sloane-   Since the "good" list featured some classics, I had to dig back to find a show from earlier eras that could made the not-so-good list.  A Man Called Sloane, which aired in 1979-80 and was canceled after a few episodes seemed to fit in well with this category.  The show attempted to be a combination of every spy show that preceded it and featured Thomas R, order viagra free samples online cheap. Sloane III, a spy who kind of worked for UNIT, a secret American intelligence operation run by someone called the Director.  As with all spy shows, the UNIT had an evil counterpart - the KARTEL. The show just never took off, though a made-for-tv movie called Death Ray 2000, featuring the never-aired  pilot of the show did make it on the air a year or two later.

The Ugly - Who Could Have Possibly Thought This Was A Good Idea?

Gana la Verde or Win the Green - The winner of the ugly homeland security-inspired program award goes hands down to this program.  A reality show that aired on Spanish television stations in the Southwest in 2004-2005, Gana featured immigrants competing in "Fear Factor" inspired contests in the hopes of gaining immigration advice. At one point, the show suggested that the winner would receive a green card, a claim that led ICE to point out that the program is not sanctioned by or connected to the agency.  Among the challenges given to contestants - eating cockroaches and worms, being attacked by dogs, cleaning the windows of a high-rise building, and running in between semi-trucks.  The show was largely criticized by immigration groups, who argued that the program was humiliating and gave false hopes of citizenship to contestants.

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Filed under: General Homeland Security,Humor — by Mark Chubb on February 10, 2010

The Tea Party Movement Buy viagra online, - or at least a significant part of it - gathered in Nashville late last week for its first convention. Like an earlier assembly on the National Mall shortly after President Obama's inauguration it attracted a large, angry, Buy viagra, mostly white crowd. The Republican right's effort to win over the movement's adherents reflects the concern both major political parties have over its sudden emergence and their own unease about the future of conservatism (compassionate or otherwise).

Under ordinary circumstances, calls by the movement's leaders for a new American Revolution might be seen as little more than a rhetorical flourish, viagra kopen, a bit of hyperbole. Whether they imply something more sinister, Køb discount viagra, even seditious deserves careful consideration.

As evidence of the nation's deteriorating fortunes at home and abroad emerged from 2006 onwards, then-Senator Barack Obama tapped into the fuming sentiments of national disquiet he sensed on the campaign trail and vaguely if boldly branded himself the candidate of change, buy viagra online. But now a significant number of Americans seem convinced that the change they got was not what they wanted. Did one or both of them mistake the other's intentions or expectations.

Judging by the signs displayed at rallies around the country (and the firearms carried openly at others), For viagra online, the movement's sympathizers seem concerned about more than taxes and deficits. They clearly see the election of Barack Obama as something more threatening, Acquistare online viagra, if not sinister, than a change in power from one major party to the other. Buy viagra online, Before the election, the ill-conceived grounds for war in Iraq, the lingering threat posed by Al Qaeda and its confederates and the erosion of American prestige among the family of nations loomed large. As the election approached and economic fortunes flagged, jobs were lost, cheapest viagra online, banks teetered on the brink and concern shifted to the home front. Not the homeland, Montana MT Mont. , but the home front; the one where families discuss their finances over the kitchen table and worry about their futures in both the short and long term.

As the depth and breadth of the financial crisis became clear, a rare, fragile and ephemeral bipartisan consensus bloomed around the idea that the situation required drastic action to avoid another Great Depression - or worse, order viagra. Billions of dollars in cash and credit guarantees flowed into the fragile markets. Some banks lived, others died, buy viagra online. Although many tears were shed, Where to buy viagra, there was no time to mourn, and for some no time even to sleep. The crisis surrounding the risks posed by zombie banks produced zombie policy-makers who although aware of the unease created by their presence and actions were both unmoved by and unable to respond to it in any meaningful way.

Deep structural flaws persist in our economy, billig kaufen viagra. Not the least of these is the fact that the net worth of the top one percent of wage earners is more than twice that of the bottom 80 percent combined. Despite this yawning disparity and growing evidence of its adverse impacts on our health Buy viagra online, and national well-being, a large cross-section of the masses, now disabused of the notion that what's good for General Motors is good for America, nonetheless sees no need for the government to level the playing field for the little guy. Indeed, Buy viagra online, laissez faire capitalism and democracy have become so conflated in the minds of Americans that a large segment of the polity seems content to live in poverty or at risk of entering poverty simply because it has become incapable of properly distinguishing it from liberty.

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Seemingly in defiance of reason, a surprising number of Americans believe the Office of the President is now in the hands of a Muslim terrorist with Bolshevik sympathies who favors the interests of fat-cat Wall Street bankers over those of Main Street merchants, family farmers and the hard-working, God-fearing Americans who believe they and their ancestors built this great and glorious country with their bare hands and innate ingenuity, buy viagra online. This proposition would seem laughable on its face if were it not so firmly and fiercely held in whole or part by more than a select few Americans.

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It might surprise more than a few Tea Party activists to learn that Adam Smith Buy viagra online, (1723-1790) was not among the Founding Fathers. He did have a powerful influence on their thinking, but probably through his earlier work The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759) rather than his now more oft-quoted edition, Florida FL Fla. , An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776). The latter work's publication coinciding with the drafting of the Declaration of Independence, Købe viagra online, it hardly seems likely it exerted any influence at all on Jefferson, Madison, Hamilton or their compatriots. Far from being a believer in unbridled capitalism and unrestrained free markets, cheap viagra online without prescription, Smith saw both a more sanguine and salutary side to human nature than self-interest alone could accommodate and a clear and complementary role to that of markets for government as both a provider and protector of the public good.

The more I see and hear from the Tea Party activists the less they remind me of our forefathers in Boston Harbor and the more they bring to mind the gathering of the Mad Hatter and his fellows in the 1865 Lewis Carroll classic Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Those in attendance have many and mixed motives, and nothing is as it appears, buy viagra online. Order viagra online, As President Obama has discovered, appearances matter and one must take matters as they are not as we might wish them to be. Taking things as they come leaves little room for idealism. Governments have only two options when dealing with an economy, Kentucky KY Ky. . They can regulate or they can participate. Buy viagra online, Lofty principles and fine rhetoric do little or no good. (Perhaps this helps explain why the Supreme Court of the United States considers money spent advocating or opposing a political position protected speech.) In almost every instance, Cheap viagra online without prescription, a delicate balance of both is required.

Those who cleave to former Republican standard-bearer, Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater's exhortation, "Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice!" would do well to recall the other half of that prescription: "Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue!"

Not so long ago, Mississippi MS Miss. , when the nation was mired in another war in a far-off land, great debates arose in all quarters about the country's future. Buy viagra no prescription, In his ironic masterpiece, which became a counter-culture anthem, Arlo Guthrie (Woody's boy), sang about the tendency of authority and conformity to overwhelm common sense at every level of government. The long ballad was neither a call to arms nor a longing ode for a socialist utopia. It gently urged us to recall what was important, and suggested the answer might be found dining together at Alice's Restaurant - "where you can get anything you want" (except Alice, of course), buy viagra online.

I increasingly find myself isolated from the political views of my family and close friends with whom I grew up in the Midwest. The estrangement is real and growing, and makes me wonder whether it bears any resemblance to the feelings that divided families whose members found themselves on different sides in the Civil War.

The call for a new American revolution has affected me. I get it. People are angry.  But I am revolted.

If anyone from the Tea Party comes looking for me, they can find me at Alice's. If they agree to behave themselves (and leave their guns outside), I'll buy the tea (and leave the tip). I just hope they like chamomile with a bit of honey.

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Here’s hoping 2010 gives us more to laugh at. If not, we have no one to blame but ourselves. While we're waiting, please take a moment to share something that made you laugh this past year or tell us what would make you particularly happy in the year ahead.

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December 22, 2009

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Filed under: Humor — by Christopher Bellavita on December 22, 2009

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December 18, 2009

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Filed under: Humor — by Jessica Herrera-Flanigan on December 18, 2009

Ordering viagra online legally, On December 16th, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano gave remarks highlighting DHS' Major Accomplishments in 2009.  Below is a very liberal summary/interpretation of the speech.  Have a great holiday. = JRHF

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The Senate was huddled and focused on meds
As visions of health care danced in their heads.
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As the Hill buckled down for a cold winter snap.

When away from the Floor there arose such a clatter,
All sprang to their desks to see what was the matter.
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A wink of her eye as she spoke of how hard
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Her words let me know I had nothing to dread;
As she spoke a little more about how DHS had led.
"The Coast Guard excelled at their missions,
But I must say - what to do with acquisitions?"

Her speech ended with the note "success belongs to us,
And I promise you that there will soon be more to assess.
"
And I heard her exclaim, as she walked out of sight,
"Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night."
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July 6, 2009

Mexico builds border fence

Filed under: Border Security,Humor — by Christopher Bellavita on July 6, 2009
Another point of view about border security, from the Onion News Network: "America's Finest News Source." Mexico builds border wall

June 4, 2009

Mr. Brennan comes to dinner

Filed under: Humor,Organizational Issues,Strategy — by Philip J. Palin on June 4, 2009
dinner  Steve Flynn, Philip Palin, and John Brennan at Virtual Citronelle As expected, Mr. Brennan was a bit late to arrive.  Steve Flynn joined me at the glittering, probably digitally enhanced, table. "Your pitch has been vague Phil, what are you planning tonight?" Steve challenged. "Whaddya  suggest?" "Seems to me the context has seldom been better for American grit, volunteerism, and ingenuity in the face of adversity," Flynn replied. "And that's not vague?" I asked smiling. "I've read your testimony and your books Steve, I expect Brennan has too, what's new?  What's the take-away?" "Can I bring you a drink or an appetizer?" the waiter offered soothingly.  Flynn ordered a red wine.  I demurred wanting every synapse to fire as cleanly as possible. Steve continued, "We have to gather and share as much threat, response, and recovery information as possible with private industry and state and local emergency responders. At the same time, it must place far greater emphasis on informing and engaging the American public. The key is to target the relevant audience with threat information that is matched with specific guidance on how to respond to the threat." "Psychological readiness is key," I agreed nodding.  "The more we  think about a potential catastrophe, the less likely we will perceive the actual event as catastrophic.  The more we anticipate the worst, the more quickly and fully we bounce back." I'd lost him.  Steve was fixed on something over my left shoulder.  Virtual Citronelle is an immersive virtual space that mimics a real dining room. Sort of a flight simulator for policy wonks.  "Hey Steve, good to see you," Mr. Brennan reached out and they shook hands.  "So you're Palin.  Ruchi says you're not related to the Governor."  Brennan's digital handshake was more a quick grab than a welcome. "Not in the last three generations," I replied.  "I thought of Ruchi when I saw the proposal to spin-out long-term recovery.  Will that be her assignment?" "Not my call.  I understand you think resilience is the solution to all my problems?"  His tone signaled impatience. "Any chance of a dotted line between the Resilience Policy Directorate and OIRA (Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs)?" I asked.  "No," Brennan answered, looking slightly annoyed. In my experience directly launching a policy pitch typically fails.  It sets up a kind of seller-buyer dynamic.  And most Washington policymakers use caveat emptor as their mantra, whether or not they practice yoga.  If there is some way to actually have a conversation substantive progress is much more likely. "How much of the current thinking on resilience draws on the British model?" I asked. "None, as far as I know.  If Randy and Michele looked across the pond they didn't tell me." "It's a good place to look," Steve interjected. "Whitehall defines resilience as an integrated approach to anticipation, assessment, prevention, preparation, response and recovery. Those first three steps are too often left out of our approach. We talk about preparedness, but we're usually just preparing to respond.  Resilience is also preventative." "Back in 04 parliament passed a Civil Contingencies Act that fundamentally reconceived and reorganized what we would call homeland security," I added.  My voice goes a little high and fast when nervous. "Crucially, they reconceived and reorganized around resilience.  We're not there yet.  But  the results of PSD-1 could push us that way." "The Brits are doing a good job on going public in a rigorous way with real risk assessment and the beginnings of serious risk-informed decision-making," Steve said with the calm of a more experienced hand. "It's not a panacea, John.  But it's a practical model that is in place and from which we can learn alot." Brennan was sitting back, a little more relaxed.  My shoulders loosened. "That's why I asked about OIRA -- or really about Cass Sunstein.  If Sunstein is too busy, we need to get one or two of his best acolytes assigned to the RPD," my voice had returned to it's typical baritone. "What Cass sets out in Worst Case Scenarios and in Nudge is the why and how of an American approach to resilience." "Are you ready to order?" the waiter asked.  We were not.  But Brennan picked up the menu.  Looks like he will continue the conversation.  A small victory.  Maybe I will have a drink. (This is most definitely a fiction. Apologies may be in order to Steve Flynn, John Brennan, and -- perhaps most of all -- to Chef Michel Richard.  Please see many substantive comments by readers by scrolling below, but especially here and here and here.)

April 25, 2009

DHS, St. Elizabeth’s, and Ezra Pound

Filed under: Humor,Organizational Issues — by Philip J. Palin on April 25, 2009
In a speech on Wednesday Secretary Napolitano mentioned -- mostly in passing --  how the Department's currently scattered state makes coordination a challenge.  She told the Anti-Defamation League, "In a few years we will be headquartered in what is currently St. Elizabeth's Hospital, which is going to be totally renovated and really converted into a lovely campus for the Department of Homeland Security with money that was contained in the stimulus bill that the Congress just passed." St. Elizabeth's Hospital is the site of a long-time government insane asylum.  The potential for mordant humor abounds and, no doubt, will be bountifully shared whenever the Department makes its move.  Like an earthquake,  mordant humor cannot be prevented but it might be mitigated.  Response is often non-productive and full recovery is very difficult. St. Elizabeth's was the long-time home of the poet Ezra Pound.  Born in Idaho and raised in Philadelphia, he relocated to Europe following the First World War, eventually settling in Rapallo, Italy.  During World War II Pound authored a series of pro-Mussolini, anti-Semitic, and anti-communist radio broadcasts and newpaper articles.  After the Allied victory he was charged with treason. Pound's lawyers mounted a successful insanity defense and he was committed to St. Elizabeth's, where he lived from 1946-1958. While living at St. Elizabeth's, Ezra Pound continued to write, including perhaps: What thou lovest well remains,                               the rest is dross What thou lov'st well shall not be reft from thee What thou lov'st well is thy true heritage Whose world, or mine or theirs                          or is it of none? First came the seen, then thus the palpable      Elysium, though it were in the halls of hell, What thou lovest well is thy true heritage What thou lov'st well shall not be reft from thee

(From CANTO LXXXI)

During his twelve years at St. Elizabeth's Pound hosted many of the best poets of the Twentieth Century, including Robert Lowell, Charles Olson, William Carlos Williams, and Elizabeth Bishop, who wrote Visits to St. Elizabeth's as a memoir. While Pound was in residence, Southeast Washington D.C. became a veritable poetic Lourdes. Claiming this poetic legacy would be an effective humor mitigation device.  Each DHS meeting should begin with poetic verse. Congressional reports could be written as sonnets.  Oral testimony might become ad hoc poetry slams.  Could intelligence reports be so carefully crafted as to be nominated for literary recognition?  The  Poet Laureate would finally be recognized for his/her contribution to national resilience. How about awarding DHS employees an annual Ezra Pound Prize for Unconventional Thinking?   Certainly such a strategy would  reduce gratuitious zings about the insane asylum.  I was glad to see that Philip Mudd fully qualifies for membership in the Professional Organization of English Majors (P.O.E.M.).  He is clearly the man to lead this mitigation mission.

April 13, 2009

Sylvester still harassing Tweety bird

Filed under: Cybersecurity,Humor — by Philip J. Palin on April 13, 2009
tweety-and-sylvester Twitter -- the messaging service with which users send each other "tweets" -- was hit by a series of worm attacks over the weekend and early today.  According to a story in Computerworld, "Twitter again emphasized that while the worm attacks have been a nuisance, they haven't stolen any user account information."  But sounds like  it was a long weekend worthy of Looney Tunes. (Apologies to Bob Clampett and Warner Brothers) UPDATE: According to the BBC, "Twitter has been given the all clear after a worm infected 'tens of thousands of users'. But experts say the attack could have been much worse."

April 11, 2009

“Man-caused disasters”

Filed under: Humor — by Philip J. Palin on April 11, 2009
Regular readers have referred to my ready use of the alliterative... with both raves and ridicule.   So you will not be surprised that when rating risks, I often write of, "natural, accidental, and intentional" origins. Secretary Napolitano's stubborn avoidance of "terrorism" in her prepared  testimony to the House Homeland Security Committee did not, as a result, especially trouble me.  But her choice of  "man-caused disaster" did strike me as an awkward replacement. I was not alone.  The following rumination by William Safire will appear in tomorrow's Sunday Times Magazine.  It is part of a longer column really worth a fun-filled read. WAR ON MAN-CAUSATION  by William Safire When Janet Napolitano, the new secretary of homeland security, testified before Congress, she caused a stir by ostentatiously avoiding the use of a certain familiar word central to the mission of her department: terrorism. A reporter for the German magazine Der Spiegel asked, “Does Islamist terrorism suddenly no longer pose a threat to your country?” Napolitano replied, “I presume there is always a threat from terrorism,” and also noted that she had referred to “man-caused disasters.” She added, “This is perhaps only a nuance, but it demonstrates that we want to move away from the politics of fear.” The Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan commented: “Ah. Well, this is only a nuance, but her use of language is a man-caused disaster.” Noonan makes an excellent point of light: a word is not the thing itself. (That was the message of the general semanticist Alfred Korzybski, famous for “a map is not the territory.”) Renaming terrorism “man-caused disaster” does not begin to deal with the real thing that is terrorism. Napolitano, however, is to be hailed for breaking the taboo that has afflicted the word man. Political correctness, driven by the abhorrence of sexism in language, has banished such phrases as the forgotten man, man on horseback, century of the common man, even man in the arena. The adjective manly is forbidden and mankind is out, replaced by humanity. Chairman finds its substitute in chairperson or plain chair (although The Times requires a writer to choose between chairman and chairwoman). The only acceptable use of man is when it is introduced by hu. Not anymore! Thanks to the vocabulary policy adopted at the cabinet level by the Obama administration, long-awaited change has come to lexical misanthropy. With the start of what phrasemakers could call “War on the Word ‘Terrorism,’ ” Napolitano’s coinage of the compound euphemism man-caused shows we finally have a top-level politico who can do nuance.

November 26, 2008

Chertoff, TSA Chief Hawley Convene Blogger Roundtable

Filed under: Aviation Security,Humor — by Jonah Czerwinski on November 26, 2008
On November 17, DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff and TSA Administrator Kip Hawley convened the next blogger roundtable, this time at TSA Headquarters. Topics covered Secure Flight, general aviation security regulations, holiday security measures, technology investments, and other issues. This may have been the final roundtable Secretary Chertoff convenes with the bloggers. However, it was the first time HLSwatch.com was singled out by the Secretary for a recent post with which he took issue. After the usually round-the-table introductions, S1 said the following with a smile:
Mr. Czerwinski: Jonah Czerwinski. Good to see you again, Mr. Secretary. Secretary Chertoff: By the way I'm going to call you out on one thing. So you disagree with my saying that when I do risk, I put the most weight on consequence? And you said, but on Wall Street they disagree with that. They think it's more a matter of probability than consequence. I rest my case. Mr. Czerwinski: They may not be the people to watch-- Secretary Chertoff: Right. It was my position on consequence, which I've articulated for a couple years now, is what I've now learned that in the trade they call it the fat tail. If you read Black Swan so it's inside baseball. Mr. Czerwinski: I noted that, thank you. Secretary Chertoff: All right, shoot.
Sheesh. Chertoff was referring to my 29 OCT 08 post entitled Chertoff Addresses the Beta, in which I suggest that he described risk assessment in his speech to the Wharton School in such a way that could trigger extremes of excessive caution or excessive spending. I made the ill-timed analogy of how risk is assessed on Wall Street. Oops. The full roundtable transcript is available on the TSA blog. Fortunately, we won a small victory after that playful jab at my criticism of the Secretary’s risk assessment formula. The roundtable concluded as follows:
Secretary Chertoff: I have to say, people say, why do you do blogging? I’m not saying this to feed your egos. I said, I thought that by and large, in terms of focused, sustained, engaged, and knowledgeable questions, the bloggers who cover us regularly do a great job, and it is useful for me to get feedback because I actually do read these – I read the good ones, I don’t read the nutty ones – to get feedback about stuff that is working and not working, and I think that it is a great way for us to communicate, because we do get, you know, good questions come from a knowledge base. You guys do follow this stuff on a regular basis. Mr. Czerwinski: When you hand over the “Leadership Journal,” can we get you to guest blog at some point? Secretary Chertoff: Yeah, I probably will.
Fellow bloggers in attendance included: Rich CooperSecurity Debrief Barbara Peterson – Conde Nast Traveler & Daily Traveler Matt Phillips – Wall Street Journal & The Middle Seat Terminal Tom Smith - ACI-NA Benet Wilson – Aviation Week & Towers and Tarmacs Chad Wolf – Security Debrief Have a great Thanksgiving everybody. I’ll keep up with developments and update HLSwatch.com over the long weekend if something is time sensitive. If, however, the next few days are as uneventful as I hope, I’ll see you on DEC 1.

April 11, 2008

Filed under: Humor — by Jonah Czerwinski on April 11, 2008
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February 26, 2008

Bad RDD. Bad.

Filed under: Humor — by Jonah Czerwinski on February 26, 2008
Let's lighten things up a bit.  Reader DA sent this link to a series of government warnings modified for everyday advice you'll need.  Set down the HSC national planning scenarios and the DHS National Response Framework.  Pay attention.  These situations are far more likely to happen to YOU.  For example, how would you reprimand a dirty bomb?

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And who says we're not prepared?  In the event of a chemical attack, don't underestimate the calm, stiff upper lip approach.  All's not lost:

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