There is a similar term used a lot though - "Heartland" that I got so sick
of hearing when I lived in Wichita. I have heard references to "Homeland" as
well and in Hitler's Germany of the 30's and 40's I believe they used
"Motherland" more than "Homeland"
-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: cctalk-admin(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin@classiccmp.org]On
-> Behalf Of J.C. Wren
-> Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 11:24 AM
-> To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
-> Subject: RE: IN BAD TASTE: Putting the blame where it belongs?
->
->
-> I always felt that the name "Homeland Security" reeks of
-> Nazi Germany.
-> "Homeland" is not a term we Americans use much, and it feels wrong.
-> "Internal Security" sounds too Russian. They just need to
-> retask the IRS.
-> They've already got all the spies, informants, SWAT teams and
-> databases they
-> need to do the job, right?
->
-> --John
->
-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: cctalk-admin(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin@classiccmp.org]On
-> Behalf Of Gene Buckle
-> Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 12:20
-> To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
-> Subject: Re: IN BAD TASTE: Putting the blame where it belongs?
->
->
-> > > atomic bomb (anybody remember what happened in Texas City?) PLUS the
-> > > flaming magnesium fell for miles outside the blast area and created
-> > > thousands of fires that combine to form a fire storm.
-> (Remember Toyko in
-> > > early 1945? The fire storms killed more people than both of
-> the atomic
-> > > bombs.)
-> >
-> > You guys had better be careful discussing all these terror attack
-> > scenarios in public. Pretty soon we'll have Asscroft
-> breathing down our
-> > necks.
-> >
-> Don't forget Reichsmarschall Rumsfeld.
->
-> g.
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