# Name the Homeland Security mascot! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 13, 2004, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-homeland-security-mascot/259741 "2004-08-13T19:59:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fox\_Paws](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/85e7bf/32.png) [@Fox\_Paws](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fox_Paws)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-homeland-security-mascot/259741/1 "2004-08-13T19:59:50Z")
From [here](http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-08-08-terrorism-ads_x.htm): > [@](#): > > In schools, on the Internet and in TV and radio ads, youngsters will be introduced to a new Homeland Security mascot: a dog (an American shepherd) **that will be named in a contest**. The campaign, using the dog and a set of Ad Council advertisements, will encourage families to develop an emergency plan and talk about where kids should go, who will pick them up and how they will make contact. So how 'bout it, boys and girls? What would YOU name the Homeland Security mut? My suggestion: Snoopy. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-homeland-security-mascot/259741/2 "2004-08-13T20:35:35Z")
Faltraz. I’ve always wanted a dog named Faltraz, but I wound up naming mine Ernie. ---
**Author:** ![Fox\_Paws](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/85e7bf/32.png) [@Fox\_Paws](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fox_Paws)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-homeland-security-mascot/259741/3 "2004-08-13T20:46:29Z")
> [@Fox Paws](#): > > …Homeland Security mut? Ahem, I mean mut **t** , of course. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-homeland-security-mascot/259741/4 "2004-08-13T22:12:38Z")
I’d like to see the character reconceptualized as Warren Terrier. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-homeland-security-mascot/259741/5 "2004-08-13T23:00:13Z")
Bushie, the Son of a Bitch! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-homeland-security-mascot/259741/6 "2004-08-14T00:26:02Z")
Pierre. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-homeland-security-mascot/259741/7 "2004-08-14T00:40:17Z")
I’ve always liked “Natron” for a dog. or what about: -Fnord -Bert (from the Bert the Turtle “Duck & Cover” films from the Cold War) -Cujo ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-homeland-security-mascot/259741/8 "2004-08-14T01:00:41Z")
Duckin Rover. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-homeland-security-mascot/259741/9 "2004-08-14T01:05:25Z")
Big Brother. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-homeland-security-mascot/259741/10 "2004-08-14T01:10:35Z")
The same thing Steve Martin named his dog in _The Jerk_: Shithead. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-homeland-security-mascot/259741/11 "2004-08-14T01:19:47Z")
Maybe we can name him after Tom Ridge, and call him The Dog Who Barks at Everything. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-homeland-security-mascot/259741/12 "2004-08-14T01:37:06Z")
Somehow I think the most ironic name for the Homeland Security Mascot would be: **LUCKY** ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-homeland-security-mascot/259741/13 "2004-08-14T02:55:30Z")
Old Code Yeller ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-homeland-security-mascot/259741/14 "2004-08-14T03:09:26Z")
> [@laina\_f](#): > > Old Code Yeller We have a winner! ---
**Author:** ![smartini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/22d042/32.png) [@smartini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smartini)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-homeland-security-mascot/259741/15 "2004-08-14T03:58:53Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > We have a winner! I second the nomination for Old Code Yeller 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-homeland-security-mascot/259741/16 "2004-08-14T04:16:39Z")
Why’d it have to be a dog? I like dogs. Some of my best friends are dogs. You, Homeland Security, are no dog. Can we get a retroactive vote, and change the species? I vote WEASEL. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-homeland-security-mascot/259741/17 "2004-08-14T04:24:52Z")
> [@Lightnin'](#): > > Why’d it have to be a dog? I like dogs. Some of my best friends are dogs. You, Homeland Security, are no dog. > > Can we get a retroactive vote, and change the species? I vote WEASEL. How about a snipe? ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-homeland-security-mascot/259741/18 "2004-08-14T04:32:58Z")
Cujo? ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-homeland-security-mascot/259741/19 "2004-08-14T06:14:20Z")
Warren Terrier is way cleverer than Old Code Yeller. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-homeland-security-mascot/259741/20 "2004-08-14T06:55:45Z")
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