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bobandrileysmom

(45 posts)
2. Retired from the formerly sane DHS
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 10:37 AM
Aug 2025

Started when it was still US Customs. Back in the olden days, if you applied and lived in the north, you were assigned to the southern borders and visa versa. Kept everyone relatively honest (always a few bad apples). It took a year or more for the background and psychological checks. Then there was six weeks at the Academy. Rudimentary Spanish was mandatory for everyone. And you were expected to flesh that out to fluency (with help, of course). This all changed after we came under the DHS umbrella, which was a cluster fark from the beginning. No more having to change from the border you were from. No more transfers to other sites to keep one honest. Want to stay at the southern border for 20 years? That’s cool now. Tough? Yeah. It was supposed to be. How is DHS Barbie supposed to keep all the felons, nutcases, those unwilling to do their jobs in a sane manner, the easily corruptible from going hog wild? Oh, they’re supposed to be jackbooted thugs. I forgot for a moment.

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When the Regime Ends JustAnotherGen Aug 2025 #1
The Truth and Reconciliation Hearings are gonna be epic Prairie Gates Aug 2025 #6
Beauty of it is JustAnotherGen Aug 2025 #13
Considering how badly this country dropped the ball in its response to 1/6/21, I have no faith in its ability or Karasu Aug 2025 #11
I think that's because JustAnotherGen Aug 2025 #12
I completely agree with what Harris said, yes...I just really hope I'm wrong and this country actually has the guts to Karasu Aug 2025 #14
Retired from the formerly sane DHS bobandrileysmom Aug 2025 #2
Indoctrination. chowder66 Aug 2025 #3
I can't remember which city but an ICE facility was torched. I call that the first. twodogsbarking Aug 2025 #4
No age limit. Like being President or Senator. twodogsbarking Aug 2025 #5
Hitler Youth anybody? cstanleytech Aug 2025 #7
That was my first thought, too. BigmanPigman Aug 2025 #16
I'm more thinking old dudes Polybius Aug 2025 #18
Give them time, they'll get there. cstanleytech Aug 2025 #19
is this anticipating the end of Social Security? DBoon Aug 2025 #8
Should us older people join and let everyone go? joanbarnes Aug 2025 #9
Same thought here. Join the gestapo and late at night let the concentration camp prisoners go free. Irish_Dem Aug 2025 #26
This makes me believe dweller Aug 2025 #10
Robbing the cradle and the grave Marthe48 Aug 2025 #15
raising the age, poaching from FEMA, offering big bonues Skittles Aug 2025 #17
Another DU thread says they got 80,000 applicants. tblue37 Aug 2025 #20
hard to believe Skittles Aug 2025 #21
I'm guessing 3/4 of applicants won't qualify. oasis Aug 2025 #22
strange Skittles Aug 2025 #23
Can't have too many Kyle Rittenhouse dimwits oasis Aug 2025 #24
as long as the victims are THOSE PEOPLE Skittles Aug 2025 #25
I'm sure they'll get the best and the brightest kids Justice Brandeis Aug 2025 #27
How exactly will that work? Justice Brandeis Aug 2025 #28
What would you expect from a psycho who shot her own dog? raccoon Aug 2025 #29
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