Dept. of Homeland Security concerned with Child Porn? What were we thinking?

[Armstead]

There was a representative of the Department of Homeland Security on C-Span talking about child pornography and pedophilia.

Correct me if I am wrong. The whole reason for creating the Dept. of Homeland Security was in response to the threat of terrorism after 9-11.

So -- at the suggestion of Joe Lieberman and with the complicity of both parties Congress -- we have created a super department that deals with everything from child porn to gambling to emergency relief.

That seems like a really stupid thing to have done. I don't just say that as a bleeding heart liberal. If this were a sane world, that would also be a conservative and libertarians nightmare.

Don't get me wrong. Child porn is terrible, and pedophiles should be pursued and prosecuted. But it should be handled under the quaint system of constitutional law and checks-and-balances that were created by the founders.

Why did we go along with the frickin bright idea to create a massive, all-powerful Stazzi-like bureaucracy like DHS?