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In reply to the discussion: The President is not safe. [View all]ancianita
(36,137 posts)121. Thanks for context, freshwest. I'm with you. I see it as a variation of protection rackets as old
as empire, which the MIC are using worldwide, 24 hours a day.
Obama himself can get to the root of the immediate problem. The larger problem has to be fought from Democratic Party war rooms.
First, Obama needs to remove SS from Homeland Security effective immediately. No more SS personnel intake allowed through HS.
Second, replace all SS staff at the White House. Obama himself should oversee the new staffing. Himself.
Defund. "Reform." Stigmatize. Privatize. Issa's faux concern is political puppetry of the protection racket theater that these bag men's bosses are playing from Afghanistan to Australia.
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Not for this President. He must be favored by God and the universe that he is still with us con-
kelliekat44
Sep 2014
#53
It's hard not to be stunned by the frequency of this type of mistake starting with earliest I recall
proverbialwisdom
Sep 2014
#70
People are stupid if they're claiming the Secret Service wants the President dead
Xipe Totec
Oct 2014
#164
It surely is partly that, but the fact that he is trying his best to represent the regular person
LawDeeDah
Sep 2014
#115
And, unfortunately, someone armed with only a knife can be horrifyingly lethal
calimary
Sep 2014
#22
But with her track record, I wouldn't want her in a supervisory position of any sort
calimary
Sep 2014
#41
Why should she? Here's the reason why security wasn't increased, but decreased:
freshwest
Sep 2014
#92
It is mighty suspicious.. this just keeps happening over and over and over again
Peacetrain
Sep 2014
#9
Maybe we can understand why he is afraid to fire Gen Clapper. His and his family's security is in
rhett o rick
Sep 2014
#12
SS complicit in "security lapses" that could endanger the President? Too much of this stuff going on
AlinPA
Sep 2014
#23
Technically, but it really only answered to itself. Once HS swallowed it up, it went downhill.
catbyte
Sep 2014
#54
I'm glad that contractor was fired on the spot. The Secret Service officer should have been too. n
SunSeeker
Sep 2014
#45
Recently the President's photos show a man whose skin looks gray. No wonder, she. nt
Hekate
Sep 2014
#106
My friend yesterday asked had I watched the 60 minutes interview the other night.
sheshe2
Sep 2014
#108
The Secret Service cannot and should not stop someone from taping the president. nt
Logical
Sep 2014
#50
Obama's in an elevator, with an uncleared, armed man, the SS doesn't know he has a gun...
SidDithers
Sep 2014
#85
I bet the problems lie between the rank and file and the director. I believe middle and upper
mulsh
Sep 2014
#51
All they have to say is, "Stand aside, we'll take it from here." Don't let any stranger on.
NBachers
Sep 2014
#82
Is this incompetance or is it intentional? If it's the former that's bad enough,
totodeinhere
Sep 2014
#65
This is the RW meme. Who do we want protecting him, Blackwater's newest incarnation?
freshwest
Sep 2014
#90
You want every single person in every single building under total survelliance? This came out after.
freshwest
Sep 2014
#105
That is what the facts show, despite this diversion in ther month prior to November.
freshwest
Sep 2014
#120
I'm left bewildered by the fact that Bush AND Cheney always had a small army of security
Rex
Sep 2014
#93
Gawd damn, Jay Z and Beyonce have more security guards around them than this!
Major Hogwash
Oct 2014
#122
I know.. Just saw this on another site.. Not that I understand what this has to do with the
Cha
Sep 2014
#104
Granted, the SS has had to work triple overtime since we elected a black president, but dang!
DamnYankeeInHouston
Sep 2014
#102
Thanks for context, freshwest. I'm with you. I see it as a variation of protection rackets as old
ancianita
Oct 2014
#121
Yes, they could. They need to be totally replaced and separated from Homeland Security.
ancianita
Oct 2014
#134
The President is a black Democrat, and most cops are white conservative Republican men.
Zorra
Oct 2014
#150
It's either a veiled threat or establishing a norm to lower our expectations and skepticism to
GoneFishin
Oct 2014
#153