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WaPo's Froomkin reports on the new action drama about the DHS

"President Bush and Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge both 'endorse and contribute sound bites to the introductions of the series,' according to the show's producers. . . . 'They love it. They think it is fantastic.' . . .

"The show is billed as a realistic action series following the exploits of Special DHS Agents Andrea Bacall and Jack Callahan, portrayed by actors Alison Heruth Waterbury and Timothy Patrick Cavanaugh. The characters venture from the halls of Washington, D.C., to war-torn locales as they fight fanatical terrorism."

Don't miss the trailer. Its prologue is none other than Bush's solemn declaration on the morning of Sept. 12, 2001: "The deliberate and deadly attacks which were carried out yesterday against our country were more than acts of terror. They were acts of war. This will require our country to unite in steadfast determination and resolve. Freedom and democracy are under attack."

And it's got visuals and a soundtrack that would make even Karl Rove blush.

Just another one of those subtle little indicators I'm living in a parody universe...

A parody universe where the word "homeland" has replaced the word "country"...

A parody universe where the unWar is being marketed like a deoderant.... And, readers, I'm not making this up! The show's slogan is "How do we know that we are truly safe?" (Answer: Just like deoderant, you never know. So the answer is to buy more deoderant/war, right?)

See the awful truth here.

This show is an act of profiteering just as shameless and disgusting as the (pewter) nails being hawked at Gibson's Passion.

At least Acting President Rove could have the decency to use some of his $100 million to make and distribute his own propaganda videos, instead of having the networks do it for him.

Yech!