Republicans making a joke of homeland security
Can we possibly have any more abuse of homeland security resources from the Republicans? First, DeLay abuses homeland security to track down the 51 legislators who broke quorum on his pet redistricting project.
Next, we find that Wyoming and Alska, which face almost no risk of terror are both getting twice as much homeland security money per capita as New York. Then, they stretch those resources by calling for politically timed orange alerts, including one timed to take the air out of the Democratic convention.
After Tom Ridge decided to leave, they put forth Bernard Kerik to lead the department. So the group of people in charge of doing background checks somehow couldn't find out that the New York cop/cartoon nominated to lead them had two mistresses, mob ties, an outstanding warrant and a shady tale involving the purchase of a $2000 iced out Tiffany police badge. Meanwhile, someone decided to make a funny by putting Ted Kennedy on the no-fly list.
So what is Texas doing with all of their Homeland Security cheddar? We have the usual sweetheart deal to buy radios from a company owned by a county commissioner. But the biggest abuse is later in this article. Put on your ten gallon hat and step into your biggest Texan stereotype for a minute. Think Boomhauer on King of the Hill. Yup, they're using it to buy a trailer used to transport lawnmowers to lawnmower drag races.
Next, we find that Wyoming and Alska, which face almost no risk of terror are both getting twice as much homeland security money per capita as New York. Then, they stretch those resources by calling for politically timed orange alerts, including one timed to take the air out of the Democratic convention.
After Tom Ridge decided to leave, they put forth Bernard Kerik to lead the department. So the group of people in charge of doing background checks somehow couldn't find out that the New York cop/cartoon nominated to lead them had two mistresses, mob ties, an outstanding warrant and a shady tale involving the purchase of a $2000 iced out Tiffany police badge. Meanwhile, someone decided to make a funny by putting Ted Kennedy on the no-fly list.
So what is Texas doing with all of their Homeland Security cheddar? We have the usual sweetheart deal to buy radios from a company owned by a county commissioner. But the biggest abuse is later in this article. Put on your ten gallon hat and step into your biggest Texan stereotype for a minute. Think Boomhauer on King of the Hill. Yup, they're using it to buy a trailer used to transport lawnmowers to lawnmower drag races.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- An audit of the state's spending of nearly $600 million in federal anti-terrorism funds found that some of the money was spent improperly, including to buy a trailer that was used to haul lawn mowers to "lawn mower drag races.''I'm dying to see what the Daily Show and Molly Ivins do with this. Hat tip to Atrios for the story.
The state auditor's office pointed out several cases in which poor monitoring by the Texas Engineering Extension Service may have allowed abuse.
One county bought 18 radios and other communication equipment from a company owned by one of its county commissioners, according to the report released Thursday. Another jurisdiction used a trailer ostensibly bought as emergency equipment to haul lawn mowers to races, the report says.
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