[My2Cents]

Ugh.

[tal hajus]

The department was not created by the stroke of a pen, but by Congress. The stroke of the pen law of the land was slick willy.

[jjm2111]

Maybe Ridge can color code the filing cabinets. The man is an administrative genius. That and they should design a new logo to celebrate their new status.

[kellynla]

I feel safer already(sarcasm off)...This is all window dressing...Until the borders are sealed and the illegals deported I think I will keep the Mossberg under the back seat, the Sig in the glove box, the Rottie fed and the 1911 under my pillow. Now that's what I call "Homeland Security." Semper Fi

[dirtboy]

"Wrinkles will have to be ironed out," presidential spokesman Ari Fleischer (news - web sites) said.

I believe a better metaphor would be that canyons need to be filled in.

[NormsRevenge]

Sun Nov 24,10:05 AM ET

President Bush (news - web sites), top, looks out at reporters and photographers as he departs St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church, with a uniformed Secret Service agent keeping watch, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2002, in Washington. (AP Photo/Ken Lambert)