http://blog.dankim.com/2005/04/23/roi-war/ Dan’s Blog about Sailing on a Telstar 28 named Pretty Gee, Friends, Family, Photography, Security, Technology, and other things. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:01:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blog.dankim.com/2005/04/23/roi-war/comment-page-1/#comment-519 Adrift at Sea » What is Terrorism? Sun, 13 Aug 2006 16:32:14 +0000 http://blog.dankim.com/2005/04/23/the-war-on-terrorism/#comment-519 [...] If the Department of Homeland Security was really about keeping Americans secure, it would invest more of the money it is spending on healthcare research and automotive safety. Heart disease, cancer, strokes, accidents, diabetes, pneumonia, Alzheimer’s Disease, and suicide are all greater risks to the American populace as a whole than terrorist attacks are. I’ve written about this previously, as you can read here. However, the Department of Homeland Security is not concerned with keeping Americans safe, but a political institution primarily designed to help the current government consolidate and expand its powers—at the cost of civil liberties, privacy and personal freedoms. [...] [...] If the Department of Homeland Security was really about keeping Americans secure, it would invest more of the money it is spending on healthcare research and automotive safety. Heart disease, cancer, strokes, accidents, diabetes, pneumonia, Alzheimer’s Disease, and suicide are all greater risks to the American populace as a whole than terrorist attacks are. I’ve written about this previously, as you can read here. However, the Department of Homeland Security is not concerned with keeping Americans safe, but a political institution primarily designed to help the current government consolidate and expand its powers—at the cost of civil liberties, privacy and personal freedoms. [...]

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