Odd Governmental Acquisition

I am not much of one to ques­tion the actions of oth­ers, though at times I find it a humor­ous endeavor. Also, I know that gov­ern­ments are not always the most ratio­nal enti­ties on the planet — though they are sup­posed to be led by rea­son and research. 9/11 brought many changes and opened our eyes to new chal­lenges. In time, the Depart­ment of Home­land Secu­rity was born. Fed­eral dol­lars made their way to major cities at risk. Some of their minor dol­lars trick­led down to smaller com­mu­ni­ties.
It is a long way from New York City to Sander­sville, which tells you how much money from the 9/11 cri­sis would make it here. New York and other major cities have used the money to increase secu­rity at air­ports, train ter­mi­nals, and other places where peo­ple gather. On one of my late night walks with my dog “Killer” (AKA “Patches” “Oscar” or “Dog”), I noticed the local acqui­si­tion marked “Home­land Security” — it is near the police sta­tion. Is it a secret radar sys­tem? No. Is it a robot for check­ing for bombs? No. It is a four wheeler!
I do not want to be crit­i­cal, but I am a lit­tle per­plexed. A four wheeler? I am sure there are good rea­sons for the acqui­si­tion — after all it was not a lot of money that made it here. We have plenty of police cars. A four wheeler? I almost could not sleep last night won­der­ing how a four wheeler could be used in deal­ing with ter­ror­ists. Then again, I am not real sure what rural Geor­gians con­sider ter­ror or a ter­ror­ist. (Though I know ter­ror is often asso­ci­ated with Geor­gia being behind in a foot­ball game.)
The four wheeler would be just the thing if a ter­ror­ist took off into the woods. Maybe there is more behind the think­ing than I real­ize. One thing for sure, if I bump into a very sus­pi­cious look­ing per­son I am going to remind them of our secret weapon. Watch out for us! We have a four wheeler! (I bet they did not buy any of those in New York.) I love this coun­try. I pray for all gov­ern­men­tal agen­cies and offi­cials. For­give my For­rest Gump assump­tions. I do not always know what is going on. I am happy just to be part of what­ever it is to be a cit­i­zen of this country.