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Hillary Clinton, The Shadow Party and Me

October 31, 2007

Halloween 2009. A big night at Castle Clinton. Aka the White House. Even though Bill Clinton is the first black ex-president, his face glows phosphorescent. Bill is thrilled. President Hillary has raised him from the international dead zone to serve as co-host of her first Halloween bash. "The Shadow Party" has Washington abuzz. Anybody who is anybody is coming to the costume ball.

Welcome: Portraits of America

October 28, 2007

Since September 11, 2001, getting in to the U.S. as a foreign visitor has become a harrowing experience. So much so, in fact, that foreign tourism is down 17% as many tourists choose to spend their holidays elsewhere rather than be poked, prodded, searched, fingerprinted and verbally abused by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents.Not to fear, though; the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Department of State have done something about it.

TSA screeners fail most bomb tests

October 25, 2007

Transportation Security Administration screeners at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport missed more than 60% of bomb components which undercover agents attempted to smuggle through airport checkpoints, according to a classified report.

Crunch time for Ron Paul

October 15, 2007

Though the national convention where the candidates for President will officially be chosen is almost a year away, what Ron Paul supporters do in the next three months will be critical to determining how far he goes in the race. As many supporters are new to politics, this is a crash course on what you can do to ensure that the Republican national convention chooses Ron Paul next September.

Poisoned jawbreakers: the next terrorist attack?

October 12, 2007

Town aldermen in Dover, N.J., worried that terrorists could attack the town's children by poisoning gumballs in coin-operated gumball machines, have launched an inspection of every machine they can find.

We do battle with words, not guns

October 10, 2007

Here at Homeland Stupidity, no government cow is sacred. Waste, fraud, abuse, plain incompetence, and bad policy are all fair game. As a result, government officials in the higher pay grades tend to be displeased with what they read here. As a general rule, the higher the pay grade, the more displeased.Therefore, I was not at all surprised to hear that high-ranking officials in the U.S. Marshals Service were upset with Sunday's published story regarding their Office of Protective Intelligence. I was, however, surprised to spot two surveillance teams while going about my business Tuesday night.

Marshals investigate potential threats to the nation

October 7, 2007

Satire became reality Friday afternoon when half a dozen armed federal agents wearing body armor showed up at this author's home and detained everyone in the house for nearly 90 minutes to determine who might pose a threat to the government.

Chinese hackers crack Homeland Security computers

October 1, 2007

Chinese hackers broke into Department of Homeland Security computers and made off with “many megabytes” of data, and the contractor charged with securing the department’s networks attempted to cover up the breaches, according to Congressional investigators who have asked the department’s inspector general to investigate the computer security breaches.

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