Latest Breaking News

Hekate

(90,565 posts)

136. I heard today that Sidwell security is NOT armed

Reply to squirefld (Reply #125)

Thu Jan 17, 2013, 07:43 PM

Jan 2013

How is your knowledge so much greater than MSNBC?

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

154 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

NRA's New Ad Calls Obama "Elitist Hypocrite" For Having Secret Service Protection For His Children [View all] BVictor1 Jan 2013 OP

What a bunch of sick fucks. Might as well pay $ to the church perverts. MichiganVote Jan 2013 #1

just saw it on Piers he said it was pathetic, couldn't agree more sasha031 Jan 2013 #2

The End Is Nigh, Gun Fucks. nt onehandle Jan 2013 #3

you go with that commercial guys ..... Botany Jan 2013 #4

Focus groups? randome Jan 2013 #97

he needs to call them out as LIARS Enrique Jan 2013 #5

I can't help but thinking BainsBane Jan 2013 #6

agree - "stand and fight" is scarey NRA code for wordpix Jan 2013 #30

agree, the NRA try to rile-up their whackiest armed nutters. probably spammed millions of emails. Sunlei Jan 2013 #36

Precisely. Joe Bacon Jan 2013 #50

Using their guns to bully and intimidate. (nt) ehrenfeucht games Jan 2013 #139

to put there idiotic question bluntly. uh Yes they are more important. They are targets. PatrynXX Jan 2013 #7

Post removed Post removed Jan 2013 #10

Excuse me, John2 Jan 2013 #15

Those guards are separate from secret service marshall Jan 2013 #78

Sidwell has their own security force squirefld Jan 2013 #125

How Come You Know So Many Details Of The School's Security? (nt) Paladin Jan 2013 #131

I heard today that Sidwell security is NOT armed Hekate Jan 2013 #136

Sidwell certainly has police officers under employment sgsmith Jan 2013 #143

Seriously? Last year, they had to evacuate their school... TomCADem Jan 2013 #26

No kidding. How many threats does the POTUS get per day? R. Daneel Olivaw Jan 2013 #32

About 1,000 threats per month per a Secret Service announcement last fall. Scuba Jan 2013 #71

Other kids aren't the children of the POTUS. R. Daneel Olivaw Jan 2013 #31

Really all the kids from government families have some form of security. That's why okaawhatever Jan 2013 #43

Yep. R. Daneel Olivaw Jan 2013 #44

Not true. I WAS a kid from a high-level government family and didn't have special security tpsbmam Jan 2013 #126

That's why those kids are there, NOT because it is a "better" school duffyduff Jan 2013 #153

bwahahahahaha!! frylock Jan 2013 #42

............ Angry Dragon Jan 2013 #47

get real - the President's children need protection as he is fighting terrorists samsingh Jan 2013 #54

No one has implied that the President's children don't need protection. That does not humblebum Jan 2013 #84

Get real ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2013 #102

And who said they were. But as a vulnerable, generally undefended location and advertised as such, humblebum Jan 2013 #107

You did ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2013 #113

I knew it. I knew it wasn't only religion. 2ndAmForComputers Jan 2013 #140

so i guess you're saying we should expand the secret service to include all children samsingh Jan 2013 #121

The kids who got shot in schools needed protection, too Blandocyte Jan 2013 #86

Normally not the targets of strangers. JDPriestly Jan 2013 #62

"Sometimes the targets of family friends or family members or of other kids" - then yes, other humblebum Jan 2013 #70

anyone outside of their home is a vulnerable target to an unknown assailant SemperEadem Jan 2013 #73

Others are more likely to be targeted, although children seem to be targeted for the rare mass JDPriestly Jan 2013 #147

non sequitur SemperEadem Jan 2013 #72

i would say that your non sequitur is itself a non sequitur argument. humblebum Jan 2013 #100

here's the thing, though... SemperEadem Jan 2013 #118

YOU need to get real madokie Jan 2013 #74

The President's children are *not* any more important than any other child. Llewlladdwr Jan 2013 #14

Other children can't be used to blackmail the man with the button Recursion Jan 2013 #75

Amazing isn't it ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2013 #106

Here. Let President Josiah Bartlet explain it for the idiots: Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2013 #116

Actually they are Marrah_G Jan 2013 #82

Exactly. The children of anyone who controls nuclear missiles are very important to all of us (nt) Recursion Jan 2013 #108

To put it even more bluntly, it is terrorists like the NRA who are making them targets. (nt) ehrenfeucht games Jan 2013 #138

Agreed.... n/t defacto7 Jan 2013 #152

My Response: The NRA wants to be the terrorists best friend. Fresh_Start Jan 2013 #8

Would refer to the NRA as traitorous bastards if I could find a way to express that indepat Jan 2013 #19

agreed samsingh Jan 2013 #55

just saw on Lawrence O'Donnell.. chillfactor Jan 2013 #9

He corrected that later. GoCubsGo Jan 2013 #45

It is known as "PRESSURE"! malibea Jan 2013 #90

I love how they had to insert a jab about taxes on the rich Bjorn Against Jan 2013 #11

Koch > ALEC > SYG > Guns 'adopted' to 'wanted homes'> Megabucks off misery. freshwest Jan 2013 #148

Then why was the "press conference" at which Wayne Barkingmad spoke swept for guns? hatrack Jan 2013 #12

crazy wayne lives in a phantasy land world populated and supported by other lunatics samsingh Jan 2013 #56

Why was that "press conference" held in DC? atreides1 Jan 2013 #87

Please, I saw Chelsea Clinton with friends in the mid-90's... mike dub Jan 2013 #13

They did and do. riqster Jan 2013 #17

"bulky individuals"... mike dub Jan 2013 #21

Bulky!!??!11! Who you calling "Bulky"? JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2013 #89

That's funny! malibea Jan 2013 #93

Oh, no! Just bulked up. We know you've been working out, dude! freshwest Jan 2013 #149

I saw Chelsea at a local figure skating competition. amandabeech Jan 2013 #24

Last line " ...gun free zones for ours[re:kids] " Ash_F Jan 2013 #16

The NRA is a public menace jsr Jan 2013 #18

I am sure the Secret Service agents are better trained and better shots nobodyspecial Jan 2013 #20

you're right. At the inner city public school where I teach, the security wordpix Jan 2013 #25

On top of that, police and guards at the Holocaust Museum and even the U.S. Capitol... CBHagman Jan 2013 #29

You're talking about the same SS that got busted whoring and scamming in Colombia? Psephos Jan 2013 #51

i don't know what life is like in your neck of the woods, XtopherXtopher Jan 2013 #66

As I said, how quaint. Psephos Jan 2013 #133

HOW would they pay these people? Demobrat Jan 2013 #128

His children are no more important then mine, but they are more at risk than mine. . . Journeyman Jan 2013 #22

Precisely ! Sinistrous Jan 2013 #41

But sad that anyone would even need this explained to them. OnionPatch Jan 2013 #144

With all due respect ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2013 #109

Journeyman, this is very astute take on the issue that I've not seen articulated truth2power Jan 2013 #124

Agree - he's speaking to something few people have been able to express. freshwest Jan 2013 #151

Amazing that in the 8 years Bush was President, I never saw a single derogatory... BlueJazz Jan 2013 #23

Psssst. It's because Obama is, you know... R. Daneel Olivaw Jan 2013 #33

no, he is black nakocal Jan 2013 #37

Perhaps it is because he is left handed Angry Dragon Jan 2013 #49

Sinister even n/t Fumesucker Jan 2013 #58

You weren't paying attention nan4tjn Jan 2013 #63

this group is so despicable, I hope their members leave in droves wordpix Jan 2013 #27

I was watching MSNBC tonight and they announced that it had been removed from the NRA website. truthisfreedom Jan 2013 #28

NRA promotes their new 'school guards' for profit business to rape your state and federal money Sunlei Jan 2013 #34

President needs protection from NRA kooks Skittles Jan 2013 #35

He has to protect his children from Turbineguy Jan 2013 #38

How stupid especially to bring young girls into this! obama2terms Jan 2013 #39

Newsflash HawkeyeLibkid Jan 2013 #40

It's. A. Private. School. DRoseDARs Jan 2013 #46

I was trolling through some 2A websites looking for info on Yeager okaawhatever Jan 2013 #48

It is just sad AND creepy at the same time. nt Mojorabbit Jan 2013 #59

A part of me ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2013 #111

Yes. Keeping things small and insular doesn't allow for outside information. okaawhatever Jan 2013 #123

It won't be the world ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2013 #127

I hope everything they have is being monitored. Warrant or not. nt Comrade_McKenzie Jan 2013 #146

Par for the course ellisonz Jan 2013 #52

truly revolting and sick - the essence of the nra on open display samsingh Jan 2013 #53

Just when you thought the NRA couldnt sink any lower they find a way to do so. nt cstanleytech Jan 2013 #57

It's actually just an old, re-warmed tactic Blue_Tires Jan 2013 #154

Wow. Maybe, just maybe, because he and his family all kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #60

Maybe if we had better gun regulations, our President would not need armed Secret Service JDPriestly Jan 2013 #61

Post removed Post removed Jan 2013 #64

Presidents have their families protected as well because there's so many Cha Jan 2013 #65

Hey, Wayne! Don't you have some slaves' quarters to inspect? KansDem Jan 2013 #67

The depth of ignorance is beyond belief! liam_laddie Jan 2013 #68

On top of the appalling message. They called him "Mr." Obama. He is President okaawhatever Jan 2013 #69

It is their way of showing the President "No Respect" malibea Jan 2013 #94

The NRA goes all in on crazy. JoePhilly Jan 2013 #76

Boy talk about reaching. This ad is the worst ad I ever saw. Desperation that is what this southernyankeebelle Jan 2013 #77

So the NRA is going to clean up its racists, right? cap Jan 2013 #79

The nra is so petty demOcrat11 Jan 2013 #80

His logic should be that we should all have secret service then, since the Pres does Marrah_G Jan 2013 #81

You call that LOGIC? malibea Jan 2013 #88

ummmm please reread the post Marrah_G Jan 2013 #96

We got it. randome Jan 2013 #98

Someone has to protect them from NRA loonies Kelvin Mace Jan 2013 #83

Are the President's kids more important than yours? malibea Jan 2013 #85

If I were a member or supporter of the NRA, I'd be highly offended by this ad because truth2power Jan 2013 #91

By doing this they basically upped the need for even more security for Sasha and Malia Jennicut Jan 2013 #92

Other kids aren't known worldwide because the media shows their pictures hundreds of times a year. 4lbs Jan 2013 #95

How about the NRA opens their conventions to members of the public The Second Stone Jan 2013 #99

Think it's time to put the NRA on the official terrorist group watch list. And, sinkingfeeling Jan 2013 #101

NRA should have been on that list many years ago... Tippy Jan 2013 #103

Yes, I hope they are under extensive FBI monitoring. nt Comrade_McKenzie Jan 2013 #145

There are no words for this level of stupidity. Idiocracy, anyone? Nay Jan 2013 #104

I think you've coined a good one. May I borrow it? wordpix Jan 2013 #137

Of course! Nay Jan 2013 #142

What a viscous circle DaveJ Jan 2013 #105

just when you thought they couldn't sink any lower ecstatic Jan 2013 #110

Am I the only one who has seen this on FB the past 4 years? maryellen99 Jan 2013 #112

This is the best argument they can make? Kablooie Jan 2013 #114

False equivalence, also adigal Jan 2013 #115

They are desperate. City Lights Jan 2013 #117

not "more important" but at a much higher risk. DCBob Jan 2013 #119

The rabid mutts on the lunatic fringe of the far right will love the ad mokawanis Jan 2013 #120

These fuckers have no shame. Odin2005 Jan 2013 #122

I wonder how many gungeoners paid for this ad. aandegoons Jan 2013 #129

Uh - the President can't choose or not choose Secret Service protection. yellowcanine Jan 2013 #130

"Are the president's kids more important than yours?" daschess1987 Jan 2013 #132

Right. It doesn't seem like a big mental leap mostlyconfused Jan 2013 #134

The president cannot, by law, refuse Secret Service protection for himself NYC Liberal Jan 2013 #135

I'm going to break down the ad a little, more for my sake than anyone else's. ZombieHorde Jan 2013 #141

Why should the President have armed guards and not me? XRubicon Jan 2013 #150