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Man-Caused Disaster

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano may be onto something with her new terminology. No more “terrorism.” FOX:

“I referred to ‘man-caused’ disasters. That is perhaps only a nuance, but it demonstrates that we want to move away from the politics of fear toward a policy of being prepared for all risks that can occur.”

This may sound like an absurd, even offensive semantic exercise. But the Politics of Risk Occurrence Preparation make a lot of sense in the Obama era. For example, a more inclusive ”man-caused” disaster orientation turns global warming into a homeland security matter, which allows us to go on a war footing against climate change, and put the full resources of US intelligence agencies, the FBI, Secret Service, Coast Guard, local SWAT teams and fire departments, etc., on the job. Gets them into the economy thing, too, I suppose. Does leave a gender gap you could drive a truck bomb through, though. DHS may want to consider developing risk occurrence preparation policies to address the potential for female disaster causation.

Topics: Obama, moronocy, terrorists, warmalism

  Posted by Jules Crittenden at 10:26 am on Friday, March 20, 2009

6 Responses to “Man-Caused Disaster”

1. Fatty Bolger Says:
   March 20th, 2009 at 11:43 am

   The Obama administration is a man-caused disaster.

2. My Bracket’s Blown « Ennuipundit Says:
   March 20th, 2009 at 12:22 pm

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3. RebeccaH Says:
   March 20th, 2009 at 12:32 pm

   It’s just more double-plus ungood newspeak.

4. Man Caused Disaster, Woman is an Idiot… « Truth, Lies and In Between Says:
   March 20th, 2009 at 7:37 pm

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5. Gerard Van der Leun Says:
   March 21st, 2009 at 1:39 am

   One might observe that Napolitano is a man-caused disaster, although she may disagree with reason.

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