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18. Bush legacy

Reply to pat_k (Original post)

Fri Feb 13, 2026, 07:45 PM

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From its inception, DHS was a corruption of fundamental American values. [View all] pat_k Yesterday OP

I recall when it was created & there were many who opposed it. SheltieLover Yesterday #1

Including moi! Mme. Defarge Yesterday #2

Me too... SheltieLover Yesterday #4

If I remember correctly, the wet dream was actually pnac's. We knew they niyad Yesterday #20

Yes. SheltieLover Yesterday #22

Way back when I saved a report on PNAC pat_k Yesterday #28

Would you consider posting this as its own OP, for wider niyad Yesterday #32

I was one MustLoveBeagles Yesterday #14

Me too, Beagles! SheltieLover Yesterday #15

Yep TimeToGo Yesterday #16

I was suspicious right from the start when they used the term "Homeland". llmart Yesterday #17

Same here. SheltieLover Yesterday #23

My elderly father, who was raised as a farm Republican, was absolutely INCENSED by Jack Valentino 23 hrs ago #35

Your dad sounds like a great patriot! SheltieLover 23 hrs ago #36

I forgot to say my 'late' father.... he died in 2020, at the age of 91... Jack Valentino 23 hrs ago #38

So sorry for your loss. SheltieLover 23 hrs ago #40

I particularly miss him when working on my garden, which is something we did together Jack Valentino 22 hrs ago #41

The fear of immigrants coming here goes hand-in-hand with racism FakeNoose Yesterday #3

I Wholly Agree - It Was a Corrupt Idea and Violation of the American Credo from the Get-go The Roux Comes First Yesterday #5

Absolutely! (does not excuse the current further corruption) pat_k Yesterday #26

I always hated that name Homeland MacKasey Yesterday #6

When I first heard homeland under the Bush administration, Sanity Claws Yesterday #7

I think when we redeem our national soul 1WorldHope Yesterday #8

Now, that's an idea! pat_k Yesterday #33

Whose time has come! 🙂 1WorldHope 23 hrs ago #37

Nazis favored the word ''heimat'' dalton99a Yesterday #9

We are a Nation, not some ethnic Homeland. pat_k Yesterday #30

So say we all. BidenRocks Yesterday #10

Yes, the entire reorganization that led to DHS (and that un-American name) needs to be undone. JHB Yesterday #11

republicans are an organizational mess BaronChocula Yesterday #12

Using the word "homeland" has always given me the willies. It's creepy. paleotn Yesterday #13

I have no doubt that it was intended. pat_k 23 hrs ago #34

INDEED! For anybody 'white', this is NOT their 'homeland'! Jack Valentino 23 hrs ago #39

Bush legacy malaise Yesterday #18

It was a harmful idea from the start dlk Yesterday #19

A Lot of Us Deep State Witch Yesterday #21

end this travesty. quakerboy Yesterday #24

I remember in the GW Bush days when the government formed DHS and they began infringing phylny Yesterday #25

Ugh is right. pat_k 10 hrs ago #43

Referring to the country as "Homeland" should have set off klaxon horns during W's administration Tim S Yesterday #27

For many it did -- but tragically not enough. pat_k Yesterday #31

DURec leftstreet Yesterday #29

DHS is some nazi bullshit. Always has been. Iggo 21 hrs ago #42