That’s right.  While the nitwits at the Department of alleged Homeland Security have us all taking our shoes off at airports and passing through virtual strip search machines, the other nitwits over at the State Department are so inept that, in a secret test ordered up by the Government Accountability Office, investigators repeatedly were able to obtain passports using phony documents and even the id of a dead man!

According to the A.P. report, some of the various things done by the investigators working for Congress’ investigative arm included:

Using the Social Security number of a dude who died in 1965…using info from a 5 year old boy but claiming to be 53 on the passport application…and using a totally fake driver’s license.

In each and every case, brand new passports were issued quickly…sometimes in just a few short days!

The sad truth is–homeland security is a joke. Always was. Still is. And, it is an expensive one, sucking money from the pockets of American taxpayers faster than even Citigroup and BofA can…and that’s pretty damn fast.

So keep this in mind the next time you are trying to put your shoes back on after passing through the metal detector at your favorite airport: some of those passing you by may be carrying passports that are not even real!

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