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    Image of TheSometimesWhy TheSometimesWhy
    12/06/09

    In reply to The Nature of President Obama's Death Threats: Peaked Early, Still Bad, Mostly Scary White Guys
    What is beyond scary is how we seem to have bottomless troughs of lucre to spend on waging a war that I still have yet to hear someone articulate an express and achievable goal for, yet the issue of funding the Secret Service is coming under scrutiny for possible cuts to be made in light of the budget crisis brought on by the federal bailout of Wall Street, the war in Iraq, etc.

    Call me crazy here but if I am president, much less the first black president to be elected, any legislation that crosses my desk that even hints of cutting the Secret Service and all it provides gets bounced out of hand. Anything short of that is insanity defined.
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    Image of Lucky Lucky
    12/06/09

    In reply to The Nature of President Obama's Death Threats: Peaked Early, Still Bad, Mostly Scary White Guys
    I would like to see one of these brave patriots take on Rahm Emanuel.
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    Image of Ogiri W Surie Ogiri W Surie
    12/06/09

    @Lucky: Meat slicers at 20 paces. The crazies wouldn't stand a chance.
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    12/06/09

    @Ogiri W Surie: I think Rahm's preferred weapon is a steak knife, but that might not even be necessary after he finishes breaking their soul armed only with his vocabulary.
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    Image of Lysergic Asset Lysergic Asset
    12/06/09

    In reply to The Nature of President Obama's Death Threats: Peaked Early, Still Bad, Mostly Scary White Guys
    Not sure if it was on purpose, but the first line says "The Nature of President Obama's Death."

    You could re-work it to say: "The Nature of the Death Threats Against President Obama...."

    I'm just saying.
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    12/06/09

    In reply to The Nature of President Obama's Death Threats: Peaked Early, Still Bad, Mostly Scary White Guys
    Interestingly enough, Rahm Emmanuel is the one Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano—whose agency has overseen the Secret Service since it was taken over from the Department of Treasury in 2003—with everything accumulated by their Internet Threat Desk.

    This is precisely the kind of sentence that the crazies write!
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    Image of The Curse of Millhaven The Curse of Millhaven
    12/06/09

    @Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Is the one that Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano does what with everything accumulated by their Internet Threat Desk? Does she beat him with with everything accumulated by their Internet Threat Desk? Does she erotically stimulate him with everything accumulated by their Internet Threat Desk?
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    Image of goetz goetz
    12/06/09

    @Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Are you referring to the kind that hints at conspiracy, or the kind that's a fragment?

    Upon closer inspection, I've realized that your quote is missing a chunk.
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    The Curse of Millhaven promoted this comment Edited by goetz at 12/06/09 2:24 PM goetz was starred goetz was unstarred
    Image of The Curse of Millhaven The Curse of Millhaven
    12/06/09

    @goetz: Nah, it got fixed. It was all just a snarky plot to reveal a typo.
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    Image of NorthernLite NorthernLite
    12/06/09

    @Uncle_Billy_Slumming: I had to take a snack break after wading through that sentence.

    I've commented previously on the most disturbing aspect of this situation - the light jail time, if any at all, that's being given to these people. (See the Denver "incident." )And my own paranoid - or not - thoughts about why that is.

    So I didn't read it - I hope that Brek guy didn't get his job back. (What a cliche - the impotent-feeling man getting puffed up on his guns and the false power of his security gig.)

    America: Full of the Crazy (and their enablers). And the beloved 2nd Amendment.
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    Image of Trixie from Toronto Trixie from Toronto
    12/06/09

    @Uncle_Billy_Slumming: I don't understand it or the opening paragraph. I feel like I just smoked hash.
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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    12/06/09

    @NorthernLite: Actually, equally if not more disturbing are the Secret Service deficiencies revealed in Ron Kessler's recent book, including underfunding, inadequate armaments, understaffing, big turnover, training cutbacks, inadequate screening of the audiences at campaign events, and management that airily dismisses all of these issues.
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    12/06/09

    @The Curse of Millhaven: They've done a stellar job. The sentence is so poorly structured, no one would ever believe that it had at some point been worse.
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    Image of morninggloria morninggloria
    10/20/09

    In reply to All These People Threatening to Kill Obama Are Expensive
    ... and all of the Kardashian daughters' names start with K. K, K, and K. KKK! And two of them are dating or married to black guys! What does it all mean!?! #barackobama
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    Image of Tits_LaRue Tits_LaRue
    10/20/09

    In reply to All These People Threatening to Kill Obama Are Expensive
    Somebody should really tell the wackos threatening the President that if they are taxpayers, then they are footing the bill for the Secret Service to investigate them threatening the President. Maybe they'll have an aneurism or something. #barackobama
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    Image of MisterMustard MisterMustard
    10/20/09

    In reply to All These People Threatening to Kill Obama Are Expensive
    Dick Cheney has his daughter and a feral hog to protect him, what does he need the secrret service for? #barackobama
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    Image of Cynical Media Bitch Cynical Media Bitch
    10/20/09

    @MisterMustard: That's not a very nice thing to say about Lynne. #barackobama
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    Image of juustuunder juustuunder
    10/20/09

    In reply to All These People Threatening to Kill Obama Are Expensive
    I'm trying to figure out who the 24 people with full-time protection are but I'm scared the SS will investigate me for such a question. Maybe I'll be the one that falls through the cracks? Here's hoping. #barackobama
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    10/20/09

    @juustuunder: Do the adult children of former Presidents still get protection? #barackobama
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    Image of that charlie sedarka that charlie sedarka
    10/20/09

    @juustuunder: The Obamas and Bidens plus all living presidents and first ladies gets me to 20. The Cheneys, under extended protection for at least a few more months makes 22. The requirements are here [www.secretservice.gov] #barackobama
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    Image of Cynical Media Bitch Cynical Media Bitch
    10/20/09

    @juustuunder: Protection for the children of former Presidents ends at age 16, according to Wackypedia.

    My count is this:

    The former Presidents and First Ladies add up to ten; the Obamas would be five, including mother-in-law; the Bidens are at least two (Joe & Jill) with another three to six possibles (Beau and wife, Hunter and wife, and Ashley and ???).

    The Cheneys would have lost their detail over the summer, unless Napolitano has extended their protection. (Insert hunting joke here.)

    Pelosi's protective detail comes from the Capitol Police, unless I'm mistaken.

    So my numbers don't add up, but they're a good start.
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    Image of Little Green Frog (Wise Latina) Little Green Frog (Wise Latina)
    10/20/09

    @Cynical Media Bitch: Wouldn't Nancy Pelosi be on the list too? I know the tea baggers "love" her. #barackobama
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    Image of juustuunder juustuunder
    10/20/09

    @Cynical Media Bitch: For some reason, I'm very concerned about Ron Reagan. I hope he has protection when he hosts the dog shows. #barackobama
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    10/20/09

    @Little Green Frog (Wise Latina): It's quite likely that she receives Secret Service protection, being second in the line of succession. I haven't found anything on the Secret Service's website explicitly stating that the Speaker gets a detail, but it's no great leap to make that inference.

    In the meanwhile, my mad Google Fu skillz dredged up an item in USN&WR from July stating that Cheney's protection has been extended, although there's no indication for how long, or whether the extension applies to his wife and daughters.

    So, let's say that we have the 10 formers, five Obamas, at least five Bidens, Deadeye Dick, and Madame Speaker, for a total of 22. Add the wives of Biden's sons, and we get to the publicized total of 24 people with full-time details.

    Now, who wants to speculate on the lucky eight who get part-time Secret Service protection? #barackobama
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    Image of 7states 7states
    10/20/09

    @Little Green Frog (Wise Latina): I believe some of the Congressional leadership (ha!) do have secret service protection, although I'm not sure how far down the line it goes (does the Whip get protection? Probably not) #barackobama
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    10/20/09

    @7states: In general, members of Congress are protected by the Capitol Police. Pelosi as Speaker would be a special case, and I haven't been able to find any discussion of arrangements for the President pro tem of the Senate. #barackobama
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    10/20/09

    In reply to All These People Threatening to Kill Obama Are Expensive
    Cut Cheney loose.

    You're welcome.
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    Image of Cynical Media Bitch Cynical Media Bitch
    10/20/09

    In reply to All These People Threatening to Kill Obama Are Expensive
    When he does, I'll be back to remind everyone that Hunter Thompson beat him to it by almost 40 years. #barackobama
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    Image of TheInternetGod TheInternetGod
    09/29/09

    In reply to Secret Service, Facebook Team Up to Catch Obama Assassination Pollster
    You should do an Updated Update to better reflect the link is to the developer of the facebook application, not the actual poll (see #2 in his list). Way it reads makes it seem like Vann admitted to creating the poll in question.
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    Image of Magister Magister
    09/29/09

    @TheInternetGod: I agree. Otherwise, it's sort of like calling the developers of Wordpress, the "mastermind" behind hundreds of blogs or trying to hold Facebook responsible for every poll.
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    Image of Michael Bauser Michael Bauser
    09/29/09

    In reply to Secret Service, Facebook Team Up to Catch Obama Assassination Pollster
    Why is the Secret Service only looking for the poll's creator? Shouldn't all the morons who voted "Yes" get a visit from the Feds, too?
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    09/29/09

    @Michael Bauser: so what do they do with the Maybes? :[]
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    Image of celery celery
    09/29/09

    @lobstr: Gitmo is still around, right? Stick 'em in there till they fess up.
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    Image of DELINQ DELINQ
    09/29/09

    In reply to Secret Service, Facebook Team Up to Catch Obama Assassination Pollster
    "Another example about how you have to watch what you put on facebook," says my local FOX news. Apparently assassination schemes are as commonplace as drunken party pics in Phoenix.
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    Image of Claire Buoyant Claire Buoyant
    09/29/09

    In reply to Secret Service, Facebook Team Up to Catch Obama Assassination Pollster
    As for the poll's results, those aren't being released.

    I can't vouch for the accuracy, but supposedly this is the break down:
    * Yes: > 5%
    * Maybe: 2.6%
    * Health care: 1.9%
    * No: 90%

    [www.huliq.com]
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    Image of miss_msry miss_msry
    09/29/09

    In reply to Secret Service, Facebook Team Up to Catch Obama Assassination Pollster
    People, I don't agree with all his policies, but for goodness sake, he is our PRESIDENT. Don't even joke about the "A" word.Anyone who could obviously didn't live through the '60s.

    Hell to the NO.
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