tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32278169577563552.post8879937582256841295..comments2023-11-05T05:49:22.093-05:00Comments on The Breda Fallacy: thugocracybredahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00216098318849287384noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32278169577563552.post-588126464373163732009-08-30T12:51:33.066-04:002009-08-30T12:51:33.066-04:00This could also be nothing more than a symptom of ...This could also be nothing more than a symptom of current military training. You don't think that they issue ACOGs to Marines only for shooting do you? Ask a Marine how many times he has used his rifle mounted ACOG to get a better view of someone.<br /><br />I seriously doubt that the Secret Service detail would have acted differently if there was anyone else holding the office.Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01576166710887594371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32278169577563552.post-51982462536833184542009-08-04T23:29:56.439-04:002009-08-04T23:29:56.439-04:00Much adieu about absolutely nothing.Much adieu about absolutely nothing.TheBronzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06636056122240966943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32278169577563552.post-37280690637650975082009-08-04T16:06:48.080-04:002009-08-04T16:06:48.080-04:00Caleb: I don't recall SS commandos pointing we...Caleb: I don't recall SS commandos pointing weapons at local Portland Anarchists when they egged his limo.<br /><br />Bush just waved and laughed at them.Kristophrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08370888276707569365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32278169577563552.post-46490720017619698562009-08-04T13:39:53.847-04:002009-08-04T13:39:53.847-04:00On another note, if you look at the caption under ...On another note, if you look at the caption under the first photo from the article you linked here:<br /><br />http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/11/06/2008-11-06_obama_gets_his_first_threat_briefing_as_.html<br /><br />You'll notice that it says "U.S. Secret Service Counter Assault Team member has his assault weapon at the ready..."<br /><br />No wonder the public thinks that assault weapon == machinegun...matt caronhttp://www.mattcaron.net/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32278169577563552.post-23186907965246946902009-08-02T13:55:54.300-04:002009-08-02T13:55:54.300-04:00Appears they should keep the presidential motorcad...Appears they should keep the presidential motorcade out of hill country. Did you see how much trouble those limos were having with the hill and at a turn? Who planned this route.<br /><br />One wonders if something happened on the front end since the convoy slowed by the time the car sweeping the crowd got there. Did they get an alert?JKBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32278169577563552.post-84967455318289472882009-08-02T11:39:35.299-04:002009-08-02T11:39:35.299-04:00Breda,
"Also, why is the man in the sedan so...Breda,<br /><br />"Also, why is the man in the sedan so far back from the Obama's limo?"<br /><br />Think of it as "riding drag". You don't want all the cowboys at the front of the herd. Put a team on the tail as a rear guard.<br /><br />Every time you walk by the White House, you are having a rifle pointed at you. Every time you walk within line of sight of Barry's Chicago home, you are having a rifle pointed at you.<br /><br />Obama is surrounded by men with guns, always. Heck, the Secret Secret brought in four helicopters of just small arms (pistol, riles, shotguns, sniper rifles, .50 rifles, rocket launchers, etc.) into Hyde Park shortly after January 20th.<br /><br />Shootin' BuddyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32278169577563552.post-15602530920075910002009-08-02T06:30:30.706-04:002009-08-02T06:30:30.706-04:00@ The Saj.
Calm down. This has apparently been in...@ The Saj.<br /><br />Calm down. This has apparently been in place since 9/11. According to Navy spokespeople..<br /><br />Anyway, it makes me feel better. I mean, if they don't trust U.S. naval cadets, or FBI agents.. it only makes sense that foreign allies have to be disarmed too. <br /><br />Funny how paranoia spreads. Sixty years ago, only people who had military men of their own nation disarmed before meeting them were Joe Stalin and Adolf Hitler..Y.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10829210511429371730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32278169577563552.post-50828534495208428782009-08-01T19:40:34.542-04:002009-08-01T19:40:34.542-04:00Welcome to Greater Chicago.Welcome to Greater Chicago.jbrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06300144776575465111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32278169577563552.post-43250135056153134762009-08-01T16:55:50.031-04:002009-08-01T16:55:50.031-04:00What a !@$% prick of a President we have.
He won&...What a !@$% prick of a President we have.<br /><br />He won't let military cadets graduate with their swords. But he'll sweep his fellow Americans with an M4.<br /><br />Nice....!!!<br /><br />I've long postulated how to tell whether a nation was an agressor. If they paraded their missiles and all their tanks and mens with rifles in their celebratory parades and motorcades. They're aggressors.<br /><br />While this isn't being done, sweeping with a rifle leaves me inclined to believe it would be if he could.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08835798235779289846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32278169577563552.post-85310337420698640992009-08-01T11:23:50.433-04:002009-08-01T11:23:50.433-04:00Maybe it is a sign that the citizens are winning. ...Maybe it is a sign that the citizens are winning. Maybe the government is beginning to fear the citizens again. <br /><br />Nah! Couldn't be.<br /><br />Ah well, a guy can hope.Newbiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09501998014769060130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32278169577563552.post-7680658117866781932009-08-01T11:21:48.949-04:002009-08-01T11:21:48.949-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Newbiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09501998014769060130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32278169577563552.post-40848730772179595402009-08-01T09:21:53.022-04:002009-08-01T09:21:53.022-04:00Blaming this on Obama is kind of foolish. I'm...Blaming this on Obama is kind of foolish. I'm sure that there were plenty of other loaded guns pointed at members of the crowd, but you couldn't seem them because the windows were up.<br /><br />This is SOP for the Secret Service, and <i>not</i> a symptom of Obama's presidency. I mean, I'm all for blaming him for stuff, but only if it's legitimately his fault.Calebhttp://gunnuts.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32278169577563552.post-53623599270493934742009-08-01T07:16:54.551-04:002009-08-01T07:16:54.551-04:00Seems their little stunt would be a Rule 2 violati...Seems their little stunt would be a Rule 2 violation instead of Rule 1. Except I suspect that they were plenty willing to destroy what their muzzles covered.Lokidudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16621746696000747854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32278169577563552.post-70837011197659907852009-08-01T00:55:53.178-04:002009-08-01T00:55:53.178-04:00With this Soviet Premier, er *ahem* "Presiden...With this Soviet Premier, er *ahem* "President", intimidation is SOP.Crotalusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32278169577563552.post-81688900507671851102009-08-01T00:29:36.170-04:002009-08-01T00:29:36.170-04:00It's just more evidence of the kind of monster...It's just more evidence of the kind of monster the country elected last November.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32278169577563552.post-14463661680326363452009-07-31T21:33:47.524-04:002009-07-31T21:33:47.524-04:00Imagine if it had been President Bush's motorc...Imagine if it had been President Bush's motorcade, and the protesters had been MoveOn.Borepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32278169577563552.post-66142091705040939642009-07-31T21:17:09.823-04:002009-07-31T21:17:09.823-04:00Contempt and paranoia are standard procedures for ...Contempt and paranoia are standard procedures for the Secret Service. <br /><br />Have been for some time, I guess ever since that loony tried to shoot Lt.Reagan with a .22.<br />The motorcade* too, is not Obama's invention.<br /><br />When the previous US president was visiting in a certain European NATO member country, the local honor guard equipped with non-functioning Vz. 52 rifles had to have the extensible bayonets on these ceremonial weapons secured with duct-tape. <br /><br />I guess the S.S. was concerned that these NATO soldiers were going conduct a terrorist bayonet charge. <br /><br />*Was pretty impressive. <br />Couldn't they just fly him in in a helicopter? That way, traffic disruptions could be avoided.Y.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10829210511429371730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32278169577563552.post-21707783897555182812009-07-31T20:29:36.832-04:002009-07-31T20:29:36.832-04:00Like it or not, we're headed in the direction ...Like it or not, we're headed in the direction of becoming just another banana republic. And it's in more ways than just this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32278169577563552.post-30626605304598201932009-07-31T18:26:33.230-04:002009-07-31T18:26:33.230-04:00I don't like seeing the President riding aroun...I don't like seeing the President riding around in an armed convoy like some banana republic dictator.<br /><br />Secret Service: Go back to keeping it subtle. You don't need intimidation in the US.Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18382683082580500698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32278169577563552.post-85922285792448222202009-07-31T18:07:59.543-04:002009-07-31T18:07:59.543-04:0032 vehicles, and I'll bet not a single one of ...32 vehicles, and I'll bet not a single one of them was running bio-diesel or flex fuel. Nope. Big-block V8s (at least) in the cars and trucks and 1,000+cc for the cycles.<br /><br />Nothing like a little intimidation factor.<br /><br />I'm impressed by The One (c). Yep. Real impressed.<br /><br /><br />NOT!Stevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32278169577563552.post-63619567349511128272009-07-31T17:28:31.576-04:002009-07-31T17:28:31.576-04:00I'd be MUCH more concerned about what was in t...I'd be MUCH more concerned about what was in the back of that last SUV.<br /><br />It most assuredly wasn't a damn doppler. Guaran-damn-tee.JAFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16156862389929535444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32278169577563552.post-55557414526121069832009-07-31T16:39:21.315-04:002009-07-31T16:39:21.315-04:00Welcome to the reign of The Obamessiah...Welcome to the reign of The Obamessiah...TexasFredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06412925337032937983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32278169577563552.post-46792998656260538292009-07-31T15:50:39.990-04:002009-07-31T15:50:39.990-04:00I don't take kindly to having weapons pointed ...I don't take kindly to having weapons pointed at me but it would've been in rather poor taste to return the courtesy.<br /><br />The answer to your question is, "Yes. It has."Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15035052275086136787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32278169577563552.post-13619940890850028232009-07-31T15:45:45.270-04:002009-07-31T15:45:45.270-04:00In any other context I think that would be called ...In any other context I think that would be called "Drive-by in progress."Stingrayhttp://www.atomicnerds.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32278169577563552.post-25194501109988397062009-07-31T15:39:02.382-04:002009-07-31T15:39:02.382-04:00My guess is Secret Service Counter Assault Team (C...My guess is Secret Service Counter Assault Team (CAT).<br /><br /><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=CtPxOn7FLR0C&pg=PA364&lpg=PA364&dq=Secret+Service+Counter+Assault+Team+(CAT)&source=bl&ots=EUm9tbIqLc&sig=JJHZYGiPh4rT94fJNb2SwlGjQzM&hl=en&ei=yEZzSuK2LovwMr--kaAP&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3#v=onepage&q=Secret%20Service%20Counter%20Assault%20Team%20(CAT)&f=false" rel="nofollow">CAT is responsible for dealing with the armed attackers while Secret Service Protective detail rushes the President away.</a><br /><br />However, I'm not keen on being swept by anyone either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com