To quote the late Senator Barry Goldwater, “A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you have”. Mr. Conservative would be horrified were he alive to see the fulfillment of that ominous warning in the waning months of 2014. Years from now it will be widely recognized that one of the most dangerous byproducts of the Global War on Terror (GWOT) is the gargantuan Department of Homeland Security. The agency, which was created in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks has become an all-encompassing, money-sucking menace that is subject to little or no serious oversight. It also continues to grow exponentially as it enjoys both a lockstep bipartisan support as well as an endless series of incidents that serve to allow the government to justify it’s existence.
The Department of Homeland Security has gained notoriety for working hard to turn Americans into rats and snitches against their neighbors and has serious potential to be our very own Gestapo – if it isn’t already. So far has the department wandered from the ostensible purpose of preventing another domestic terrorist attack that agents are now spending time and taxpayer money chasing down peddlers of unlicensed sports team apparel.
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