Homeland Security

To me, there is something alien about the word homeland. Maybe I watched too many WWII movies when I was growing up but everytime someone says homeland, a chill runs up my spine and the picture of a guy in a Nazi uniform shouting about the fatherland pops into my mind. I grew up with the concepts of my country, my state, and my county. The closest thing to homeland was homestead, ole home place or just home. So to me homeland is the land that your home stands on, which in my case is 2 acres in Alabama. If you say home security to many folks they think of Brinks or ADT, but I always think of that loaded shotgun I keep standing in the corner. So in conclusion, to me homeland security is a loaded shotgun in my home in Alabama.