{"id":1779,"date":"2009-03-23T19:42:24","date_gmt":"2009-03-23T23:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=1779"},"modified":"2009-03-23T19:42:24","modified_gmt":"2009-03-23T23:42:24","slug":"janet-napolitano-this-weeks-biggest-idiot-in-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/23\/janet-napolitano-this-weeks-biggest-idiot-in-washington\/","title":{"rendered":"Janet Napolitano: This Week&#8217;s Biggest Idiot in Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/kessler\/napolitano_terrorism\/2009\/03\/23\/194888.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span>Newsmax<\/span>.com<\/span><\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The new term for terrorism being used by President Obama\u2019s secretary of Homeland Security would be comical if it were not so scary.<\/p>\n<p><span> Instead of referring to threats from terrorists, Janet <span>Napolitano<\/span> is referring in her speeches to \u201cman-caused disasters.\u201d In an interview, a reporter for Germany\u2019s <span>Spiegel<\/span> Online asked <span>Napolitano<\/span> whether her avoidance of the term terrorism means that \u201c<span>Islamist<\/span> terrorism suddenly no longer pose[es] a threat to your country?\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course it does,\u201d Napolitano replied. \u201cI presume there is always a threat from terrorism. In my speech, although I did not use the word \u2018terrorism,\u2019 I referred to \u2018man-caused\u2019 disasters. That is perhaps only a nuance, but it demonstrates that we want to move away from the politics of fear toward a policy of being prepared for all risks that can occur.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Man-caused disasters??? <\/span><span><span>Huh???<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>Idiot.<\/span>..<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Newsmax.com: The new term for terrorism being used by President Obama\u2019s secretary of Homeland Security would be comical if it were not so scary. Instead of referring to threats from terrorists, Janet Napolitano is referring in her speeches to \u201cman-caused disasters.\u201d In an interview, a reporter for Germany\u2019s Spiegel Online asked Napolitano whether her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7,193],"tags":[538,537,462],"class_list":{"0":"post-1779","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-politics","7":"category-war-on-terror","8":"tag-homeland-security","9":"tag-janet-napolitano","10":"tag-obama-administration","11":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-sH","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1996,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/22\/gaffestastic-napolitano-strikes-again\/","url_meta":{"origin":1779,"position":0},"title":"Gaffestastic: Napolitano Strikes Again","author":"Jeff","date":"April 22, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"The hits just keep coming... This time it's Canadians who are wondering how an idiot like Janet Napolitano got the job of Homeland Security Secretary: A diplomatic skirmish has broken out over suggestions by Janet Napolitano, the U. S. homeland security secretary, that terrorists have routinely entered the United States\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Politics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3119,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/27\/janet-napolitano-the-system-worked\/","url_meta":{"origin":1779,"position":1},"title":"Janet Napolitano: &#8220;The System Worked&#8221;","author":"Jeff","date":"December 27, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I've said it before and I'll say it again now: Janet Napolitano is an idiot who is completely unqualified for the position she holds. 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