Who's Sorry Now?
It's so depressing to be a patriotic American and watch our govt do such stupid things. We are NOT fans of DHS and, in fact, wouldn't want to rely on them for security in most cases.
"The Homeland Security Department wasted hundreds of thousands of dollars last year on iPods, dog booties, beer-making equipment and designer jackets, congressional investigators have concluded.
More than 100 laptop computers and a dozen boats also bought by Homeland Security employees are missing, the investigators found.
Poor training, lax oversight and rampant confusion over what employees are allowed to buy with government-issued purchase cards left Homeland Security "vulnerable to fraud, waste and abuse," according to a draft report by the Government Accountability Office, Congress' investigative and auditing arm."
Add this to the American Embassy's failure to get Americans out of Lebanon and, well, we're pretty sorry today.
"... Brig. Gen. Carl Jensen, who is coordinating the evacuation, estimated that more than 6,000 Americans will have been evacuated by the weekend, most of them on ferries and Navy ships.
Despite the increased efforts, some expressed frustration.
Despite the increased efforts, some expressed frustration.
"I can't believe the Americans," said Danni Atiyeh, a civil engineer from Kansas City, Mo., waiting earlier Wednesday with his pregnant wife and sons, ages 6 and 10, for a bus to take them to the cruise ship. "Everybody else has gone home ... We're still here.""
