Homeland Security: Everything BUT Federal Security

I was channel surfing a few minutes ago and happened to stop on Court TV just in time for a spot about how 10 different federal agencies, coordinated by the Department of Homeland Security, swooped in to arrest those making copies of "Revenge of the Sith" available for downloading over the Web.

You know, at some point, someone is actually going to attack this country again. But the Department of Homeland Security, which seems to exist largely to make Bush cronies richer and protect the interests of the extremely wealthy, will prove its down just about nothing to actually make the nation's ports or points of access more secure.

I mean, George Lucas has made so much he could build his own police force. But our tax dollars have to rush into action for this. Now, obviously, making pirated copies of his film available is wrong - no question about it.

But again and again, we hear the DHS has been involved in the Michael Jackson case, here, and in all this other nonsense, while we keep getting demonstrations of how the security that screens old ladies shoes at the airport can't catch anything. It boggles the mind.