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Isn’t it good to know that the humongous department of homeland security is so wisely spending our tax dollars to defend us from terrorists? The slick mass mailing recently put out by DHS urges America’s homeowners to buy flood insurance. In the midst of various color-coded warnings about imminent terrorist attacks on America, our homeland […]https://www.texasobserver.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/about-the-texas-observer.jpg740402