Comments on: Homeland Security to move into loony bin http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/20/homeland-security-to-move-into-loony-bin/ Protect yourself from government gaffes, bureaucratic blunders and incumbent incompetence Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:34:55 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: DHS move to lunatic asylum questioned - Homeland Stupidityhttp://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/20/homeland-security-to-move-into-loony-bin/#comment-49132 DHS move to lunatic asylum questioned - Homeland Stupidity Tue, 03 Jul 2007 04:58:18 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/20/homeland-security-to-move-into-loony-bin/#comment-49132 [...] plans to spend $3 billion restoring the 176-acre, 61-building campus, which at its peak held 7,000 mental patients, and completing its [...] [...] plans to spend $3 billion restoring the 176-acre, 61-building campus, which at its peak held 7,000 mental patients, and completing its [...]

]]> By: ShortWoman» Blog Archive » Perfect Shortieshttp://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/20/homeland-security-to-move-into-loony-bin/#comment-38390 ShortWoman» Blog Archive » Perfect Shorties Wed, 28 Mar 2007 17:23:01 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/20/homeland-security-to-move-into-loony-bin/#comment-38390 [...] A fitting new home for the Department of Homeland Security:  a former psychaitric hospital. [...] [...] A fitting new home for the Department of Homeland Security:  a former psychaitric hospital. [...]

]]> By: Debbie Schlusselhttp://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/20/homeland-security-to-move-into-loony-bin/#comment-37442 Debbie Schlussel Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:44:34 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/20/homeland-security-to-move-into-loony-bin/#comment-37442 <strong>No Joke: Homeland Security Moving to Insane Asylum...</strong>By Debbie Schlussel The Department of Homeland Sharia, er . . . Security is moving to a mental hospital facility. And wasting $3 billion in U.S. taxpayer money to do so. Thanks, Chertoff....... No Joke: Homeland Security Moving to Insane Asylum…

By Debbie Schlussel The Department of Homeland Sharia, er . . . Security is moving to a mental hospital facility. And wasting $3 billion in U.S. taxpayer money to do so. Thanks, Chertoff…….

]]> By: BLOGical Thoughts » Wednesday, 21 March, 2007http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/20/homeland-security-to-move-into-loony-bin/#comment-37114 BLOGical Thoughts » Wednesday, 21 March, 2007 Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:31:33 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/20/homeland-security-to-move-into-loony-bin/#comment-37114 [...] Homeland Security to move into loony bin [...] [...] Homeland Security to move into loony bin [...]

]]> By: Billhttp://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/20/homeland-security-to-move-into-loony-bin/#comment-37030 Bill Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:53:30 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/20/homeland-security-to-move-into-loony-bin/#comment-37030 Oh, that is just too good. Of course we can hope that by 2011 the entire silly department will be gone, but that might be too much to hope for. Oh, that is just too good.
Of course we can hope that by 2011 the entire silly department will be gone, but that might be too much to hope for.

]]> By: Patrick Wojahnhttp://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/20/homeland-security-to-move-into-loony-bin/#comment-37026 Patrick Wojahn Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:27:30 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/20/homeland-security-to-move-into-loony-bin/#comment-37026 Not to discount the effect of the multiple mental illnesses that may have factored into the creation and operation of the Department of Homeland Security, but...St. Elizabeths Hospital has for about the past 20 years been divided into a federal section, controlled by the federal government, and a District of Columbia section, owned and managed by the D.C. government. While the District of Columbia portion of the Hospital still houses and treats patients, the side owned by the feds has not been an active hospital since the split happened.Two things, though, are particularly bad about this decision: 1. A portion of the District of Columbia that could used for economic development and revitalization, located in one of the poorest areas of the District, is going to be gated off and insular, so as to minimize the possibility for economic growth; and 2. This will prevent the public from having access to one of the best views in the District of Columbia.See this article - - for more information. Not to discount the effect of the multiple mental illnesses that may have factored into the creation and operation of the Department of Homeland Security, but…

St. Elizabeths Hospital has for about the past 20 years been divided into a federal section, controlled by the federal government, and a District of Columbia section, owned and managed by the D.C. government. While the District of Columbia portion of the Hospital still houses and treats patients, the side owned by the feds has not been an active hospital since the split happened.

Two things, though, are particularly bad about this decision:
1. A portion of the District of Columbia that could used for economic development and revitalization, located in one of the poorest areas of the District, is going to be gated off and insular, so as to minimize the possibility for economic growth; and
2. This will prevent the public from having access to one of the best views in the District of Columbia.

See this article – - for more information.

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