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Just wondering, but if a foreign dignitary were present when this nutjob landed on the WH lawn, would the Secret Service be more likely to open fire?
Quick, somebody tape joe’s mouth shut and put him in a remote controlled gyrocopter. Guess where I would fly him too just to test the security 1 more time.
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Funny how Republican’s solution to so much begins with the phrase, “Just shoot 'em.”
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Intentionally off point, as usual. To “shoot” one would have to aim and to aim one would have to see, something no costly agency seemingly did.
Morning media wants a single head when, in fact, hundreds should feel the axeman’s kiss for this Holy of Holies penetration by a grandpa on a flying bicycle.
This guy was not a “nutjob,” he was trying to make a valid point about campaign finance reform and figured this was a good way to make it. He intended no harm and even widely publicized the fact that he was going to do it. He also sent emails to DC authorities about his plans.
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Squint and the Meat Puppet. -Charlie Pierce, Esquire.com
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WAIT we can’t shoot him down until we verify he’s not a rich White male…that way we don’t shoot down a Republican voter!
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I helped some friends move a piece of furniture the other day, the woman’s Fox-viewer son came along to help, and something triggered a stream of derpified macho blustering like Joe Scar’s. It was just agony to listen to. Why anyone would voluntarily turn a switch to make that crap come out of their TVs is a mystery to me.
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You got it. It was more like flying bicycle for which he deserves much praise, it’s about as ingenious as it comes. He wanted everybody to hear the message, but it wasn’t an anarchic message. just a plea for sanity in campaign financing.
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Yawn. What the fuck is a gyrocopter going to manage to do as a terrorist act that requires us to balance that potential damage against shooting it down and having it fall willy-nilly out of the sky in a heavily populated area where people who work there, tourists, residents, etc., are all walking around outside all the time?
Oh noes…he’s gonna fly himself into a building and do minor damage while killing himself horribly?
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Let’s make it randomly rain hot, heavy metallic debris on some public spaces and get no answers from the guy?
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Let’s wait for this dipshit to land and make sure we’re there to point some guns at him and get the situation under control and then get answers from him?
Screaming Joe may think he’s a cowboy tough guy, but he’s just a shit-for-brains chest puffer who would endanger people with his need to prove his manhood.
And Mika…oy vey. Let’s just say these are two people who just need to shut the fuck up and go away…whatever constitutes the very opposite of broadcasting their idiocy on national television.
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Can tell this idiot does not have a clue. You can shoot what you don’t see. Less than 500 lbs, very small object, flying below radar levels, etc, etc, etc. You could just see some idiot ordering someone with a rifle to shot at him with 1000s of tourists, Congress persons, etc all within range, nothing bad going to happen, yea…
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Let’s recap. A man who had a dead intern in his Congressional office is calling for the killing of a protester motivated to heighten awareness of campaign finance who notified the authorities of his intentions and purpose in advance, posing no threat whatsoever save to the status quo.
Because this is America, and politicians deserve protection, as does the money that puts them there.
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Shoot Em down is the right wing first reaction to everything. It’s THE reason why we are in perpetual war.
This was a guy who ANNOUNCED he was going to do this a year ago! It was an act of civil disobedience. Like millions of other real Americans, he is fed up with how Washington has been taken over by a bunch of radical right wing billionaires. I hope the charges are dropped and he gets his own TV show.
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mattinpa: it is mystifying to lots of us. my conclusion is that it is addictive. they hear what they want to hear. the stuff they don’t agree with, they selectively tune out. but the stuff they agree with is like a fix. they keep coming back.
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Well, President Rand Paul said he would drone the guy out of existence if he merely was robbing a liquor store or gas station.
The wannabe senator from Florida wants to be safe when he spews forth from the Senate floor.
Frankly, I seriously doubt we’d be hearing the same kind of outrage from the Morning Monkey had this gyrocopter guy been protesting the ACA or something the plutocrats hate. Instead, he was mad about money in politics and doing something stupid, but with peaceful activist intent, to draw attention to the issue…so we’re stuck listening to this nonsense.
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As they say: “If your only tool is a hammer, all problems look like nails”.
What if he was protesting the President “taking away all our guns” or the President “attaching Christians and Christianity” or maybe wanting to “impeach this outlaw President”. He would be a hero and Joe Scar would want him on his show.
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