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Fred Pete - Oct 17, 2008 6:47:09 am PDT #5085 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.

A friend of mine says she's "terrified" of what would happen if Obama wins as apparently he wants to create a national police force.

Too late, I'd say. We already have the FBI. Not to mention the Secret Service and various other segments of the Department of Homeland Security.


tommyrot - Oct 17, 2008 6:48:45 am PDT #5086 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Oh yeah, and now the US military too.


Gudanov - Oct 17, 2008 6:55:09 am PDT #5087 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping

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Is the speech it came from, I'd say listen at about 15 minutes. He mentions a civilian national security force, but it's in the context of peace core and opening consulates, to me it doesn't sound like new police force though taken out of context you can get that impression. So the source is a couple lines from a speech that are taken out of context.


Gudanov - Oct 17, 2008 7:12:04 am PDT #5088 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping

Apparently it also was not in the transcript of the speech, so it looks like it was taken out in a revision of the speech, probably just because it was badly worded, and Obama worked off the wrong version or something. So great fodder for the conspiracy minded, but he's never mentioned anything about a new national police force. You've got one vague line in a speech. Tempest in a teapot.


Anne W. - Oct 17, 2008 7:14:25 am PDT #5089 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.

Thanks, Gud. I'll point her towards that and reminding her that checking one's sources is always a good idea. Her hubby leans very right-wing, so I have a feeling that her view of "reliable" news sources has been somewhat compromised.


Trudy Booth - Oct 17, 2008 7:17:36 am PDT #5090 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Billytea, if you don't name the kid Joey you'll be missing a grand chance! :-)

I'm pretty sure we should call this baby The Joey regardless of what name his/her parents go and pick.


Gudanov - Oct 17, 2008 7:19:03 am PDT #5091 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping

I'm sure that there are left wingnuts who have found something that McCain has said that same sort of fear mongering way. That could be a good counter example, but I don't have time to search for left wingnut sources to find any.


Gudanov - Oct 17, 2008 7:20:33 am PDT #5092 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping

I'm pretty sure we should call this baby The Joey regardless of what name his/her parents go and pick.

Joey the Baby. Joeytea. Lots of goodness there.


Kathy A - Oct 17, 2008 7:25:41 am PDT #5093 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

If any Chicagoistas are looking for something to do the evening of November 4th, Obama will likely be having his Election Night celebration (I refuse to say "concession speech" because it ain't gonna happen) in Grant Park.


Steph L. - Oct 17, 2008 7:34:55 am PDT #5094 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Congrats, billytea! I knew right away where that post was leading and it took a tremendous amount of will to avoid just jumping to the end of the post.

Hm. I feel like a shitheel, because as soon as I read the first line, I figured what it must portend, so I jumped to the last line right away.

(What? I wanted to know RIGHT AWAY!)