"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
The President's Cynical Budget War
"The administration's own Homeland Security agency requested $3.2 billion for this first responder aid to high-risk cities and states in the 2009 budget ? the one that Mr. Bush's successor will inherit. The White House is considering cutting that request by more than half to $1.4 billion by eliminating grants for port and public transit security, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press." (Free Reg. Req.) Well now, the fear mongering propaganda isn't worth the investment now that reelection isn't in the cards?
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