Homeland Security

When you walk outside of your house, you probably don’t think much of how safe you are. Some would say this is because the homeland security department is doing their job so well. But others would say it’s because you’re just not paranoid. No matter what your answer is (we won’t tell), you might want to think about what homeland security is and what it is actually doing for you RIGHT NOW.

Watching Everyone

Yes, that sensation that someone is watching you – completely true. Look around you right now, yes, they’re all looking at you. But really, though Big Brother might be watching you RIGHT NOW, Homeland Security is more concerned about the behaviors of those other folks in other countries outside of this one. They want to hear the chatter between other countries, i.e. did you see what America was wearing on Tuesday? Oh my goodness. And based on the chatter that Homeland Security receives, they act on it accordingly. They might implement that flashy red, yellow, orange, green threat thing or they just might tell the President what’s happening.

Watching You

Okay, but Homeland Security is looking at you too. And even though they swear they aren’t, the truth is that they can look at you if they want to. If you’re doing anything suspicious, they can probably get into your email account or into your phone records to find out if you were really as sneaky as you sounded. While the legality of this is a bit of an issue with civil rights grounds, other countries around the world are doing the same sorts of things, so it was only a matter of time before the U.S. decided to play too. The question becomes, do you mind giving up a little personal freedom in order to find out if there’s a terrorist down the road from you?

Thinking up Disaster Responses

Homeland Security sounds like they’re playing Risk every night while giggling maniacally, but this is not the case. What they are doing is thinking about ways that the country could be safer. Whether this is through surveillance and more phone tapping or they have a new system of terror, they are trying to figure out ways to keep the country safe from those who want to destroy the security of the land – hence their name. They might also be called upon to create highly boring documents and other manuals that the rest of the government has to read and yawn about while reading it.

Homeland Security is not a joke (but as you can see, it could be). These people are working to ensure terrorism doesn’t happen on their watch. And while it seems that certain personal freedoms have to be sacrificed in order to help the country be safe. It might just be worth it to avoid any more attacks that have ripped the country apart – and people have still not recovered from the surprise and the aftermath of these incidents.