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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 09:07 PM

The Velveteen Ocelot (34,719 posts)

56. Good God, no! That's banana republic stuff.

That's one of the most anti-progressive, scary-authoritarian notions I've ever seen expressed on DU.

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196 replies	Author	Time	Post
A good friend of mine is an ex-Secret Service agent. [View all]	11 Bravo	Nov 2012	OP
The threat is real and it needs to be watched very closely.	2on2u	Nov 2012	#1
I have been worried about	femrap	Nov 2012	#31
I have a special place in my heart for cops.	BouzoukiKing	Nov 2012	#99
I have	femrap	Nov 2012	#153
Yeah, me too, checkin' in from the 60's.	Jackpine Radical	Nov 2012	#176
Yep,	femrap	Nov 2012	#191
You must be kin to my wife.	Jackpine Radical	Nov 2012	#193
We haven't invaded Iran yet!!!	femrap	Nov 2012	#194
She's busy right now.	Jackpine Radical	Nov 2012	#196
+1000 nt	ProudProgressiveNow	Nov 2012	#119
+1000	orpupilofnature57	Nov 2012	#128
Maybe it's time the left starts fighting fire with fire	Hutzpa	Nov 2012	#131
My father was part of this in the 80's and took it very serious at the time	juxtaposed	Nov 2012	#2
The resurgence of the KKK is frightening - saw this on Nightline last week and got chills - they are	Pachamama	Nov 2012	#178
Ok, anything can happen in the US,we know that. And it would be bad	MichiganVote	Nov 2012	#3
BS	obxhead	Nov 2012	#68
My dear, many,many of the children and youth of the JFK generation	MichiganVote	Nov 2012	#70
I don't disagree with that.	obxhead	Nov 2012	#71
yes i was there... and i am here	oldhippydude	Nov 2012	#83
Did it? ;_;	Leopolds Ghost	Nov 2012	#88
Yes. RFK was the last best hope.	hifiguy	Nov 2012	#93
Certainly they seem to give some sort of "come into the fold" talk	Leopolds Ghost	Nov 2012	#95
Cooperate or we will kill you	hifiguy	Nov 2012	#96
Here's a choice video related to what you just said --	Leopolds Ghost	Nov 2012	#133
For those who'd like a transcript:	Stardust	Nov 2012	#170
"Funny how only left politicians were the victims of the 1960s."	KansDem	Nov 2012	#118
+1 nt	ProudProgressiveNow	Nov 2012	#120
Outstanding post.	CrispyQ	Nov 2012	#143
Rec this post.	HughBeaumont	Nov 2012	#152
Rec your post	LiberalLovinLug	Nov 2012	#155
"...just wait until Jeb is crowned as the next nominee."	KansDem	Nov 2012	#156
Brilliant post, KansDem. +1 n/t	SomeGuyInEagan	Nov 2012	#162
right wingers were targets too	Squeaky Weal	Nov 2012	#140
Malcolm X scared the hell out of racist whites.	dixiegrrrrl	Nov 2012	#172
From my persepctive, yes. When I was young, it was a horrific deal	MichiganVote	Nov 2012	#158
No, it left us devastated and fractured.	mountain grammy	Nov 2012	#129
I think you underestimate the power of war.	MichiganVote	Nov 2012	#159
Thank you, MichiganVote, from another one of that generation. n/t	whathehell	Nov 2012	#135
Two steps back and three steps forward	tavalon	Nov 2012	#107
It's polyanna to think that assassinations aren't effective.	Marr	Nov 2012	#126
A while back, I posted this article on how overloaded the	cleduc	Nov 2012	#4
I've been to several Presidential rallies.	LeftofObama	Nov 2012	#10
There was one recent rally where Barack was coming	cleduc	Nov 2012	#15
There was a big bald SS guy after Obama's victory speech..	pangaia	Nov 2012	#35
The hands are the key	Floyd_Gondolli	Nov 2012	#73
Yeah, the bald one his POTUS's shadow ...	Myrina	Nov 2012	#37
The bald guy is his body man.	underthematrix	Nov 2012	#45
We on DU call him "Bob".	gateley	Nov 2012	#81
That is, in the words of Mick Foley,	hifiguy	Nov 2012	#92
I delivered a pizza to Clinton's detail	Nevernose	Nov 2012	#17
some	heaven05	Nov 2012	#55
Nice links. Bookmarking.	geckosfeet	Nov 2012	#134
These thoughts crossed my mind during Obama's victory speech	aletier_v	Nov 2012	#5
Yeah	MynameisBlarney	Nov 2012	#48
Yes..why wouldn't PBO have the highest threat level in history as we know it? limpbaugh,	Cha	Nov 2012	#6
My observation is that the only other POTUS	The Green Manalishi	Nov 2012	#69
They are true believers	tavalon	Nov 2012	#109
"True Believers" was the title of a 1960s or early 1970s	tblue37	Nov 2012	#160
yeah, that was the angle I was trying to avoid so I went with a more current movie	tavalon	Nov 2012	#190
Lincoln also -- Booth and his many southern sympathizers.	anneboleyn	Nov 2012	#175
You confirm my fears	siligut	Nov 2012	#7
NO!!!!! Absolutely Not!!!! In this country, we do NOT punish the families of offenders!!!!!	LongTomH	Nov 2012	#11
You are right, they would just send an unmarried orphan anyway. nt	siligut	Nov 2012	#16
If you're pushing laws like that you're on the wrong site. (nt)	Posteritatis	Nov 2012	#13
This violates legal precedent	nadinbrzezinski	Nov 2012	#14
The threats against our POTUS are unprecedented	siligut	Nov 2012	#19
Hmm no they are not	nadinbrzezinski	Nov 2012	#24
And there is a big deterrent in place. Biden. :)	aletier_v	Nov 2012	#27
My biggest fear after the term 1election was that he wouldn't finish it. Then I saw how much tRepubs	PATXgirl	Nov 2012	#122
"There is a precedent to this"	jaysunb	Nov 2012	#171
Yes, that is a lesson of the 1960s	nadinbrzezinski	Nov 2012	#173
all	heaven05	Nov 2012	#181
You are right, why Kennedy lies at Arlington National Cemetery.	nadinbrzezinski	Nov 2012	#184
you	heaven05	Nov 2012	#185
Read my original response to this thread	nadinbrzezinski	Nov 2012	#186
yeah	heaven05	Nov 2012	#188
How about we round up all Republicans and place them in concentration camps...	ScreamingMeemie	Nov 2012	#58
Apart from being utterly barbaraic, such an approach would be completely ineffective.	gkhouston	Nov 2012	#18
For a second I thought I was reading...	awoke_in_2003	Nov 2012	#26
It's not the people who make threats I worry about	ProudToBeBlueInRhody	Nov 2012	#38
I agree with longtom	pangaia	Nov 2012	#40
I'm in Nova Scotia and can get it just fine	Posteritatis	Nov 2012	#46
Interesting,	pangaia	Nov 2012	#54
We get Fox	laundry_queen	Nov 2012	#149
Are you for real???	Beacool	Nov 2012	#49
no	heaven05	Nov 2012	#50
Wanna bet Trump got a cautionary call or visit	tblue37	Nov 2012	#161
yep	heaven05	Nov 2012	#180
Good God, no! That's banana republic stuff.	The Velveteen Ocelot	Nov 2012	#56
What the hell? I'm ashamed this is on DU.	RedCappedBandit	Nov 2012	#60
Oh for fuck sake what is wrong with you?	Sheldon Cooper	Nov 2012	#66
Funny you bring that up because in Barack Obama's case, the "sins" of the father ARE visited	justiceischeap	Nov 2012	#115
I'm going to be charitable and assume this post is a joke.	dairydog91	Nov 2012	#87
That would make us no better than the people we oppose....perhaps much worse. nt.	OldDem2012	Nov 2012	#103
Yes, let's employ Soviet tactics circa 1935	bayareamike	Nov 2012	#116
+1000	orpupilofnature57	Nov 2012	#130
That's pretty much insane, what you're suggesting.	WinkyDink	Nov 2012	#139
As much as I would like to see Limbaugh prosecuted	BarackTheVote	Nov 2012	#148
What the fuck is wrong with you?	Marrah_G	Nov 2012	#154
I'm sorry, but I find this post to be evidence of some kind of mental issue.	cherokeeprogressive	Nov 2012	#183
I have worried since 2008	Maeve	Nov 2012	#8
That's chilling.	Matariki	Nov 2012	#9
I have no friends	nadinbrzezinski	Nov 2012	#12
This is the #1 thing I worry about right now	distantearlywarning	Nov 2012	#20
I'm hoping we don't have a replay of the sixties and watch out leaders be assassinated. nt	valerief	Nov 2012	#21
For years, death threats against Obama are at four times the rate of any previous President. nt	Bernardo de La Paz	Nov 2012	#22
The media fear mongering must be creating a strain on the Secret Service, no doubt!	janx	Nov 2012	#23
I am very grateful that the secret service is doing such a great job.	Whisp	Nov 2012	#25
I can't imagine what Michelle goes thru knowing this and having to put	EmeraldCityGrl	Nov 2012	#28
No kidding. I felt a little panicky just watching Presidents Obama and Clinton walking out into the	Iris	Nov 2012	#44
She deserves a medal	grantcart	Nov 2012	#111
Very seriously. I'm actually	zentrum	Nov 2012	#29
The GOP scoffed when Janet Napolitano said right wing fringe groups were a danger......	Swede Atlanta	Nov 2012	#30
I am your age and agree with you. n/t	janx	Nov 2012	#43
Interesting you mention road rage-	cprise	Nov 2012	#102
Clear channel buying up the small market radio stations	bigbrother05	Nov 2012	#137
I had not thought of the connection between hate radio, being stuck in your car & road rage.	CrispyQ	Nov 2012	#146
I posted my feelings below - almost exactly the same as yours.	CrispyQ	Nov 2012	#145
11 Bravo	Diclotican	Nov 2012	#32
I once	AsahinaKimi	Nov 2012	#33
"Marine" is one of those things you are forever.	hifiguy	Nov 2012	#41
"ex" implies you were somehow disassociated with your profession under negative circumstances while	Native	Nov 2012	#82
Indeed.	hifiguy	Nov 2012	#84
No such thing as ex-Beatle, either.	Manifestor_of_Light	Nov 2012	#89
And Crips.	Leopolds Ghost	Nov 2012	#189
I've been thinking about this.	yardwork	Nov 2012	#34
It's very real. It IS like the movies portray it. You have to be willing to give up your life	RB TexLa	Nov 2012	#36
When you see idiots like the girl who got fired at Coldstone....	ProudToBeBlueInRhody	Nov 2012	#39
Look at the hate posted in response to any Yahoo.com story remotely related to PBO	spooky3	Nov 2012	#42
+1 nt	ProudProgressiveNow	Nov 2012	#121
America	heaven05	Nov 2012	#47
but millions of Americans think that every fucking word they utter is gospel.	Herlong	Nov 2012	#51
Hate radio bearing fruit	ItsTheMediaStupid	Nov 2012	#52
Son of a Teabagger!	ErikJ	Nov 2012	#53
Every threat must be addressed	The Wizard	Nov 2012	#57
Thanks for sharing. Definitely a lot of misery/bad vibes in teabilly heaven, NY where 90% occupy	adirondacker	Nov 2012	#59
On high alert	Jaimeb	Nov 2012	#61
Above all else... I hope the President takes these threats to his safety seriously.	ScreamingMeemie	Nov 2012	#62
Fox and the GOP continue to try and dislodge the next Timothy McVeigh from the crazy tree.	JoePhilly	Nov 2012	#63
U r correct!	Jaimeb	Nov 2012	#65
Excellent analysis. n/t	adirondacker	Nov 2012	#72
McVeigh was a function of Waco and FBI bumbling	aletier_v	Nov 2012	#76
Nonsense.	JoePhilly	Nov 2012	#179
The concept is called "stochastic terrorism".	Manifestor_of_Light	Nov 2012	#91
I will pop a bottle of champagne when Rush Limbaugh dies.	CrispyQ	Nov 2012	#147
I sooooo wish I could rec your post. That first sentence sums it up with	Stardust	Nov 2012	#192
y'all if you truly love the president	underthematrix	Nov 2012	#64
This is my big fear.	drm604	Nov 2012	#67
There was a private limo parked in front of our grocery store this afternoon.	Eddie Haskell	Nov 2012	#74
Now that Obama doesn't have to campaign his public exposure can be limited.	Spitfire of ATJ	Nov 2012	#75
Light is fatal to darkness...	inamatteroftime	Nov 2012	#77
Unprecedented 400% increase in threats on the life of the Pres	ProfessionalLeftist	Nov 2012	#78
I wondered about this very possibility.	Doremus	Nov 2012	#79
As much as the threat level against our president is alarming,	SCALA13	Nov 2012	#80
I was stationed in the south in the mid 1960's...	usafvet65	Nov 2012	#85
+1 n/t	Tsiyu	Nov 2012	#97
I was stationed at Keesler AFB in the same time frame. ...	spin	Nov 2012	#104
+1 nt	ProudProgressiveNow	Nov 2012	#123
Sadly, I am not even remotely surprised.	aquamarina	Nov 2012	#86
I hope Obama lays low until the shock of the election wears off.	Kablooie	Nov 2012	#90
The threat is stochastic terrorism from the minions of the far right...	Hekate	Nov 2012	#94
The "left" was mad as Hell at *ush FOR GOOD REASON	Tigress DEM	Nov 2012	#98
talk about a stressful job.	Kurovski	Nov 2012	#100
My husband is beside himself with worry about the President's safety.	Lugnut	Nov 2012	#101
All it takes is some nutbag like Loughner.	AtheistCrusader	Nov 2012	#105
Damn it all.	tavalon	Nov 2012	#106
Friend and I talk about this frequently since Tuesday	lebkuchen	Nov 2012	#108
So, how do we get them to rachet it down?	tavalon	Nov 2012	#110
^This. Pull the plug, jackhammer the foundation, start some lawsuits	nc4bo	Nov 2012	#112
How do we pull the plug on Fox News?	tavalon	Nov 2012	#113
There will have to be mass RW rejection barring some catastrophic calamity	nc4bo	Nov 2012	#114
start with a minor regulation - require on-air corrections as part of broadcasting license	ReasonableToo	Nov 2012	#144
Massive boycott of their sponsors, which worked with Beck.	dixiegrrrrl	Nov 2012	#174
We Survived 8 Years of Bush. You Can Survive 8 Years of Obama.	CrispyQ	Nov 2012	#150
So why aren't they going after the hate-filled vitriol of tv and radio?	ccinamon	Nov 2012	#117
+1000 nt	ProudProgressiveNow	Nov 2012	#124
The Secret Service need to start making a regular visit	Hutzpa	Nov 2012	#125
Misanthrope Sycophant Monsters.... Are worse than terrorists using	orpupilofnature57	Nov 2012	#127
All threats must be looked at	Blue4Texas	Nov 2012	#132
I say arrest 'em all and ship them to re-education camps in black helicopters...	jimlup	Nov 2012	#136
RW radio monopoly can't survive if students stop their university sports from supporting it	certainot	Nov 2012	#138
I, too, worry for this president & his beautiful family.	CrispyQ	Nov 2012	#141
One incident that stood out for me	polly7	Nov 2012	#142
The FCC	Turbineguy	Nov 2012	#151
I worry about this all the time	AndrewP	Nov 2012	#157
There is a level of pushing implied encouragements of assassination	Anthony McCarthy	Nov 2012	#163
I saw an article with links to quite a few Tweeted threats to assassinate Romney if	Flatulo	Nov 2012	#164
I have a bunch of clients in the news media and they are really frightened for the President and...	Walk away	Nov 2012	#165
I have feared for Obama's life	drmeow	Nov 2012	#166
We might be seeing fewer public appearances by Pres. Obama until things cool down	JPZenger	Nov 2012	#167
I'm just happy he doesn't have to run for office anymore and expose himself	Cleita	Nov 2012	#168
I believe Doris Kearns Goodwin respects Obama very much, but . . .	SleeplessinSoCal	Nov 2012	#169
My 76 year old mother is worried about this	get the red out	Nov 2012	#177
I remember the Kennedy's and Dr King	upi402	Nov 2012	#182
I agree	get the red out	Nov 2012	#195
there's JFK, RFK, MLK and there's rabin	newspeak	Nov 2012	#187

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