Indiana tops the list of states with most security "assets"

The Department of Homeland Security, in an effort to allocate funds to states with the most high-risk targets, asked states to list their assests (aka possible terrorist targets).

Ok, they are trying to be fair. I get that. States with more security concerns should get more money.

But...they let the states themselves decide what an "asset" is?

That's like letting employees write their own reviews and determine their own raises!

Indiana has 8,591 assets, which puts it at the top of the list. That's right -- at the top, above both New York and California, which only have 5000-6000 assets.

Fort Wayne Children's Zoo? Asset!
Little diner downtown? Asset!
Hall's restaraunts? Assets! Each of them!

Times Square in NYC? Mmmmm...nah, not an asset.
Empire State Building? Brooklyn Bridge? Statue of Liberty? Hmmm, no, not assets.

I'm sorry, but I can't help laughing at the fact the Indiana - a land-locked state other than a small corner touching Lake Michigan - with 6 million people over 36 thousand sq mi, beat both New York (19 million people over 54 thousand sq mi) and California (37 million people over 158 thousand sq mi).

And you wonder why we pay our government employees so much. I think we've got the best bullshitters in the country!



-- C.
MSNBC Article on the topic