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    Report: Coast Guard Fires on a Boat on Potomac River in Washington, D.C.
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    Image of onebadclam onebadclam
    09/11/09

    In reply to Report: Coast Guard Fires on a Boat on Potomac River in Washington, D.C.
    From my time in the Coast Guard I can say that CG Units perform training exercises like this every day. The blame here lies with CNN.
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    Image of Shini: R.O.A.C.H. Shini: R.O.A.C.H.
    09/11/09

    @onebadclam: Wait, are you saying that a branch of the armed forces practices to make sure they are prepared to do their jobs at any moment? Maybe CNN should look into doing that too.
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    Image of onebadclam onebadclam
    09/11/09

    @Shini: R.O.A.C.H.: Go figure.
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    Image of Trai_Dep Trai_Dep
    09/11/09

    In reply to Report: Coast Guard Fires on a Boat on Potomac River in Washington, D.C.
    It's about damned time that somebody has finally declared war on Paddle Boaters.
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    Image of Botswana Meat Commission FC Botswana Meat Commission FC
    09/11/09

    In reply to Report: Coast Guard Fires on a Boat on Potomac River in Washington, D.C.
    There is a certain type of journalist who absolutely LIVES for scanner chatter. Seriously, they're a weird breed, even among other already-weird journalist types.

    I had an editor who I thought was going to have an orgasm when our city had one of those huge 50-car pileups during a snow storm.
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    Image of sweetpickles sweetpickles
    09/11/09

    In reply to Report: Coast Guard Fires on a Boat on Potomac River in Washington, D.C.
    Well, now we can update the definition of "stupid" in the dictionary with just a logo of the Coast Guard.
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    Image of onebadclam onebadclam
    09/11/09

    @sweetpickles: Hey, now! Former Coastie here. The Guard is anything but stupid. This looks more CNN's error than the Coast Guard's.
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    Image of paxcincinnatus paxcincinnatus
    09/11/09

    In reply to Report: Coast Guard Fires on a Boat on Potomac River in Washington, D.C.
    Oh, it's all a bunch of jokes now. . . until Al Qaeda get their hands on an Evinrude.
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    Image of kimsama kimsama
    09/11/09

    In reply to Report: Coast Guard Fires on a Boat on Potomac River in Washington, D.C.
    Arlington Alert tells me:

    Activity on the Potomac involving the U.S. Coast Guard is confirmed to be a training exercise. OEM/LROT

    A good question, though, is why this email was sent after the fact. Especially since that lameass movie stunt in the Potomac over the summer (the "explosion") was all over the local news, the alert lists, etc, days in advance.

    So, the lesson is: movie people have their shit together more than the Coast Guard.

    P.S. Alert DC didn't have a message about this at all. Ahhh, to feel safe in our nation's capitol on such a ominous date.
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    09/11/09

    In reply to Report: Coast Guard Fires on a Boat on Potomac River in Washington, D.C.
    My goodness. In the movies the Coast Guard does some cool breath holds and goes after poachers...why exactly are they firing rounds again today? Was it some sort of misguided 9/11 salute? Kind of like scratching your ass with a rifle muzzle, but you know, whatevs.
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    Image of Botswana Meat Commission FC Botswana Meat Commission FC
    09/11/09

    @Spirit Fingers: You have to admit, flying around on a speedboat shooting machine guns at shit, practicing your "Bad Boys 2 flying through the air with guns blazing" move ....... good times.
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    Edited by Botswana Meat Commission FC at 09/11/09 11:38 AM Botswana Meat Commission FC was starred Botswana Meat Commission FC was unstarred
    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    09/11/09

    @Botswana Meat Commission FC: Only if you're in a drug cartel or have a penchant for white suits, pink undershirts, and sock-less shoe adornment. However, I think this highly dramatizes dudes on a boat itching to have their own 9/11 showdown, when all the alligator poachers have moved on to gorilla hands (Gorillas in the Mist. Just sad.) or whatever devious things the poachers are into today.
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    Image of A Pimp Named DaveR A Pimp Named DaveR
    09/11/09

    In reply to Report: Coast Guard Fires on a Boat on Potomac River in Washington, D.C.
    Fred Smoot, are you sexboating again??? BAD! BAD DEFENSIVE BACK!
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    Image of Hamilton Nolan Hamilton Nolan
    09/11/09

    In reply to Report: Coast Guard Fires on a Boat on Potomac River in Washington, D.C.
    NICE ONE GUYS.
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