Kentucky's Homeland Security strategy:
Reliance on God

The Kentucky Legislative Findings on homeland security begin with this:

"The safety and security of the Commonwealth cannot be achieved apart from reliance upon Almighty God as set forth in the public speeches and proclamations of [previous] American Presidents ... urging Americans to pray and fast ..."

Based on those findings, Kentucky state law has proscribed that the very first duty of the executive director of Homeland Security shall consist of the following:

"The executive director shall publicize the findings of the General Assembly stressing the dependence on Almighty God as being vital to the security of the Commonwealth by including the provisions of [the above legislative findings] in its agency training and educational materials.  The executive director shall also be responsible for prominently displaying a permanent plaque at the entrance to the state's Emergency Operations Center stating the text of [the above legislative findings]."

By the way, just how long are the people of Kentucky supposed to fast, and when, exactly, are they supposed to pray?  If nothing else, this law sure seems to be unconstitutionally vague.

We've all seen five-year-olds at the airport, one hand held by mommy or daddy and the other hand clutching a stuffed animal for security.  It's time that the Kentucky state legislature stop acting like a bunch of little kids and, instead, start relying on communication, transportation, surveillance and weapons technologies, as well as human resources, for their homeland security, rather than trying to protect the people of the state through not eating and by wishing upon the stuffed animal for grown-ups, Almighty God, for protection.