Economy Trumps Security

With a whopping 160,000 people already voting, CNN reports that 65% of Americans feel that the economy is a bigger issue than national security.

Sounds valid to me. Our "safety" as it relates to national security is a rather nebulous thing. Even those who don't pay attention have to realize that it's probably more a matter of luck and low determination on the part of terrorists that we haven't had a bloody if lesser repeat of 9/11 because our Homeland Security Department can't even get the color scheme right in their alert chart, let alone protect all points of entry into the US. As my friend's ultra-Republican and conservative mother in Jersey likes to say, "Mr. Ridge just doesn't seem terribly bright to me."

Also, did you realize that Homeland Security is undergoing a hiring freeze? Heh! Remember that next time we go on super-duper red alert or we get a terrorist attack. They're good at spending money on crony programs and DHS, but that's about it.