Man-Caused Disaster

From Jules Crittenden 3/2009 - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano may be onto something with her new terminology. No more “terrorism.” FOX:

“I referred to ‘man-caused’ 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.”

This may sound like an absurd, even offensive semantic exercise. But the Politics of Risk Occurrence Preparation make a lot of sense in the Obama era. For example, a more inclusive ”man-caused” disaster orientation turns global warming into a homeland security matter, which allows us to go on a war footing against climate change, and put the full resources of US intelligence agencies, the FBI, Secret Service, Coast Guard, local SWAT teams and fire departments, etc., on the job. Gets them into the economy thing, too, I suppose. Does leave a gender gap you could drive a truck bomb through, though. DHS may want to consider developing risk occurrence preparation policies to address the potential for female disaster causation.