Time for the U.S. to Dump the Word "Homeland"

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102. I also wonder about the "Homeguard" in the old Babylon 5 tv show...

If you look at this page, it describes them as a paramilitary xenophobic group were the foundations of the fascist takeover of Earth...

http://babylon5.wikia.com/wiki/Homeguard

And as noted earlier on DU, there's been a concern by many including the show creator himself, J. Michael Straczynski, that because Rove and Bush "loved" this show as one of their favorites, that these entities in this show served as a template to what would become our security state here in this country during Bush's time...

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/IanDB1/1747

J. Michael Straczynski on usenet's babylon 5 group personally commented on comments made by Karl Rove himself to show star Bruce Boxleitner on a usenet post that is shown on this page (Have a hard time locating the original usenet post now at this time).

http://www.scottsmovies.com/comments/c021212.html

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In one of his posts, Straczynski recounted a conversation he had had with fellow B5 producer Doug Netter, who in turn recounted a conversation he had had with B5 star Bruce Boxleitner. It seems that Boxleitner had accompanied his wife, Screen Actors Guild president Melissa Gilbert, to the White House. The occasion was to discuss acting roles moving north of the border to Canada. In the middle of the conversation, the door opens and White House strategist Karl Rove walks in. He says to Melissa, “I hope you will forgive me, but I’m actually here to see Bruce.” And, no, it wasn’t to give him a hard time about how the Night Watch subplot on Babylon 5 was an eerie foreshadowing of the War on Terrorism.

According to Straczynski, Rove tells Boxleitner, “I just wanted to tell you that I’m a big science fiction fan, and that Babylon 5 is the best science fiction television series ever.” After a pause, he adds, “And the president thinks so too.”

Take a deep breath and pause for a few minutes to digest that. The president of the United States is allegedly a Babylon 5 fan.
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