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Good News: DHS Hard at Work to Prevent
Terrorist Attacks
Zombie Apocalypse
Posted by Gateway Guest Blogger
December 5, 2012
Guest Post by Mara Zebest
Heres one less worry what a relief that Obamas DHS is spending our hard-earned taxpayer money to prevent a zombie apocalypse. I almost wouldnt mind if this meant they would rid this nation of the obot zombies. Apparently, its another excuse to transfer wealth with no worthwhile results. None of these Liberal bureaucrats live in REALville. Step away from the remote control were borrowing money from China for this nonsense.
As Hotair notes:
Weve spent $35 billion since 2003 on DHS grants, and were just now closing the gap on zombie-apocalypse preparation? Ill bet that China is way ahead of us in this area.
Other silly grants are noted in the article from the DailyCaller, which reports the following:
Most believe zombies are relegated to the movies and video games, but Oklahoma Republican Sen. Tom Coburn has highlighted the Department of Homeland Securitys participation in a staged zombie apocalypse.
According to Coburns most recent oversight report Safety at Any Price: Assessing the Impact of Homeland Security Spending in U.S. Cities, first responders were approved grant funds for a $1,000 entry fee to a week-long HALO Counter-Terrorism Summit in San Diego where the marquee event was a demonstration of a zombie apocalypse.
[Strategic Operations] performed two shows on Halloween, which featured 40 actors dressed as zombies getting gunned down by a military tactical unit. Conference attendees were invited to watch the shows as part of their education in emergency response training. [HALO president Brad] Barker explained that, the idea is to challenge authorities as they respond to extreme medical situations where people become crazed and violent, creating widespread fear and disorder, the report reads.
Coburn was not pleased by the event or much of the waste detailed in his report.
For instance, paying for first responders to attend a HALO Counterterrorism Summit at a California island spa resort featuring a simulated zombie apocalypse does little to discourage potential terrorists. I hope this report encourages DHS to award funds based on calculated risk, not politics, Coburn said upon the reports release. Congress has a duty to ensure that this grant program does not become a parochial, pork-barrel entitlement program. We need to help the program fulfill its original goal of providing funds for projects in areas most at risk.
The government has spent over $35 billion on DHS grant programs since 2003, and according to Coburn, there is no measure that Americans are safer today than they were before the multibillion dollar expenditures.
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/