Ray's Thought for the Day - How close did US come to Fatherland Security?

You know, that debate had to have taken place, probably deep inside one of Chitlin’s secret locations. Yes. Deep inside a secret recess of that secret location, the Mammonite Chieftains debated, Homeland versus Fatherland, security. Yet, in the end, as many of US know, Homeland carried the day and became the spell of our newest small government department, Homeland Security.

Yet, despite Homeland Security, I am still free to speculate on why Homeland won out over Fatherland. The advantages of Fatherland are obvious. Fatherland references The Father, the most obvious. Read into that what you will.

The ideological trickle down from having The Father in charge jives nicely with the world view of many; Christians, Muslims and Jews, oh my. Then there are all those historical sit-coms that featured fathers, providing security, like Father Knows Best. Seems like Fatherland should have been a shoo-in.

Yet, as some of US know, Homeland won out. Why is that? Perhaps some of the Mammonite Chieftains surmised,

Duh, was not their once a Fatherland of old that afflicted US?

Then too, those Mammonite Chieftains probably considered the potential effect Fatherland Security might have on the feminists. The outcry from those feminists shall be too squeaky. All those squeaky little voices shall be very annoying. Better go with Homeland to avoid all that squeaking.