[BC] Re: Omaha detonates ham gear

[Jerry Mathis]

I remember seeing/reading about that incident. I thought at the time, this
is stupid. It's a legacy of Prez W that we came to this.
Everything/everybody was a threat after 9/11. Remember all those who said
that it was worth it if it kept us safe? A lot of us were saying that we
were surrendering our liberties for nothing. Looks like the latter group got
it right.

Anyone see the story today on the memos Obama released? Bush and Co. came to
the opinion they had the right to set aside the Constitution because of the
terrorism threat.

If any of us broke this many laws, we'd be thrown UNDER the jail. W gets to
live out his life in comfort and fame.

Life's a b***h.

--
Jerry Mathis

On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 6:07 PM, <RichardBJohnson at comcast.net> wrote:

> The scenario is this: Some TV writer creates some weird
> contraption made from LEDs and other junk obtained from
> Radio Shack. They flash and twinkle to make idiots think
> it's some kind of bomb arming device. They put this thing
> on some cylinder made from a junked oxygen bottle and call
> it a nuclear bomb. The idiots on the police force and on
> the judicial bench eat this stuff up.
>
> Somebody comes up with an advertising campaign using these
> flashing LED widgets. They scatter them all around the city
> of Boston as part of their promotion. They are put everywhere
> that traffic might get backed up during the morning commute.
> The cops see these things, blow them up, and arrest the poor
> slobs who were paid $10.00 per hour to put these things everywhere
> they could. There were three six-month jail sentences and over
> $10 million in fines as a result of this --true story. The police
> will do this again if they get a chance because it makes money
> for the city and gets the troublesome entrepreneurs off the
> streets.
>
> No, they err on the side of idiocy.
>
> Cheers,
> Richard B. Johnson
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>