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slackmaster

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5. They've standardized their sidearm, and buying in quantity can save lots of money.
Tue Aug 14, 2012, 01:00 PM
Aug 2012

I'll become concerned when they start issuing life jackets to everyone without explanation.

Are they worried sarisataka Aug 2012 #1
I wonder if this is the original Weathermen zzaapp Aug 2012 #2
Lol Callisto32 Aug 2012 #8
Thanks Callisto...I wasn't sure if anyone would "get it" zzaapp Aug 2012 #11
just for fun discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2012 #14
Thanks DIS.....can you tell me what the link is before I open it? zzaapp Aug 2012 #15
Sure :) discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2012 #20
Wow !! Cool pictures. Thanks. zzaapp Aug 2012 #23
re: "...nerdy weather guys dressed in long dark coats, dark sunglasses..." discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2012 #28
lol.....funny. zzaapp Aug 2012 #30
Obviously... discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2012 #32
Mr. Ayers thanks you for your patronage :D Callisto32 Aug 2012 #33
Ok, I missed that one.....Mr. Ayers? zzaapp Aug 2012 #34
Bill Ayers Callisto32 Aug 2012 #35
Ok, that's who I thought you meant, zzaapp Aug 2012 #36
LOL! That's funny! Kaleva Aug 2012 #16
Thanks Kaleva, of course, I know that you're not old enuff to remember them. zzaapp Aug 2012 #21
If you are talking about a faction of the SDS, I recall them. Kaleva Aug 2012 #37
why? gejohnston Aug 2012 #3
Do they know something we don't? Equate Aug 2012 #4
I had no idea that there were weather enforcers !!!!! zzaapp Aug 2012 #19
These are the guys who, Equate Aug 2012 #24
LOL...have a nice rest. zzaapp Aug 2012 #27
Oh, oh... discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2012 #29
This has been a fun thread. zzaapp Aug 2012 #31
They've standardized their sidearm, and buying in quantity can save lots of money. slackmaster Aug 2012 #5
NOAA's Office of Law Enforcement enforces US fisheries and natural resources laws hack89 Aug 2012 #6
Thanks, I was curious about this - I had no idea NOAA had a LE branch... (nt) petronius Aug 2012 #7
A lot of federal agencies have LE branches that people haven't heard of slackmaster Aug 2012 #9
It's a rare government agency that DOESN'T have a gun-carrying contingent. Callisto32 Aug 2012 #10
What next, air traffic controllers? nt Remmah2 Aug 2012 #12
LOL....how about crossing guards? zzaapp Aug 2012 #17
Postal workers. Kaleva Aug 2012 #18
Oh GOD Noooooooooooooo !! zzaapp Aug 2012 #22
United States Postal Inspection Service Glaug-Eldare Aug 2012 #39
The FAA does have LEOs. hack89 Aug 2012 #26
FAA also farms out physical security services for its facilities to private contractors slackmaster Aug 2012 #40
So DHS buys 200,000,000 rounds of .40 S&W MicaelS Aug 2012 #13
Different departments, different budgets. hack89 Aug 2012 #25
Obviously, DHS needs to be investigated. HALO141 Aug 2012 #38
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