On 2014-10-19 9:38 AM, graham wrote:
> On 18/10/2014 9:35 PM, sf wrote:
>> On Sat, 18 Oct 2014 21:22:45 -0400, pltrgyst > wrote:
>>
>>> There is a certain minimum percentage of assholes in any position of
>>> authority. This extends to TSA today. Whenever I hear the word
>>> "homeland", it reminds me of Nazi Germany.
>>
>> Agree that "homeland" sounds too much like "fatherland". I don't
>> think government workers buy into it (unless they come from Rush
>> Limbaugh country). It's the "wingers" on the Right who perpetrate
>> stupid sh*t like that.
>>
> Another thing with which you should be concerned is the takeover of the
> US armed forces brass by fundie christians.
>

Franky, I find the use of mercenaries a little scary. Private security
companies like Blackwater are doing a lot of work for the government.
That is not unlike the situation in some trouble spots in the world
where the warlords have their own private armies.