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[featherynscale]

I'm so sleeeeeeepy. Work is the slowest ever today. Somebody do something entertaining, would you?

Or, alternately, join me in wondering why the word "Democracy" now seems to belong exclusively to the Democratic Party, the way that "Family Values" seems to belong exclusively to the Republican Party. What's up with that?

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[diermuid.livejournal.com]

OHS - Domestic affairs
NSA - Foreign affairs

Or more to the point, downsized federal employees needed a place to be put.

[greektoomey.livejournal.com]

Well, that makes sense, but it still doesn't explain the difference between homeland security and national security.

Nyah.

[diermuid.livejournal.com]

One is defense of the nation as a political entity.

One is defense of the people that live on the land governed by the political entity.

The US Military is set up to defend the nation.
The local police forces are set up to serve/protect the populace.

See the difference yet? ;-)

[greektoomey.livejournal.com]

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