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Keeping the United States From Assassinating Its Citizens

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Posted on Aug 30, 2010
U.S. Air Force / Tech. Sgt. James Harper

The ACLU has this crazy idea that the government should not be able to kill American citizens it doesn’t like without charge, trial or due process. Hippies.

ACLU:

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By Major Domo, September 1, 2010 at 3:53 pm Link to this comment

First…@Steve E…the current drone assassination wing was developed under Bu$h and the republicans. They would shut down the entire government if Obama or a single democrat even thought about legalizing their kill-on-sight policy. It’s not run by the government…it’s run by the GOP…it’s their baby.

The problem is, their secret agent 007 is widely recognized worldwide with a license to kill. And with all the ruckus being stirred up by tea-baggers, birthers, the NRA, survivalist and so forth, the rest of the world isn’t too keen on our drones flying over or near their territory. Especially since the flight controllers are sitting in a shelter back in Nevada.

So with about half the US population going off on a tangent simply because the democrats control Congress and a black man is sitting in the White House the rest of the world doesn’t want to take any chances someone might go off half-cocked like General Buck Turgidson if given an opportunity.

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By Steve E, September 1, 2010 at 2:00 pm Link to this comment

This whole concept of killing who you want and when you want is a perfect
example of how deceitful Barrack Obama is. Now some will say he is not
responsible for these policies. I say BS. Some constitutional scholar he turned out
to be. ” Nobody is above the law ” except Barrack Obama. Now c’mon who is this
flake anyway. I betcha he does not even have the guts to sign someone’s death
warrant. No really, this guy is a shmuck. I guess if you get enough blood on your
hands these wacky ideas come easy.

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By PatrickHenry, August 31, 2010 at 5:47 pm Link to this comment

A predator or global hawk comming to U.S. neighborhoods near you.

I can believe it, armed and ready.

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By gerard, August 31, 2010 at 7:29 am Link to this comment

You guys so far are really on a bum trip.  Send the ACLU some money, for Pete’s sake!  Take some of their suggestions for action.  One American girl in
Palestine accomplished more than all the griping in the world.  “Let Me Stand Alone:  The Journals of Rachel Corrie.”  She gave her life so you probably won’t have to.  And there are others.

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By Dennis in MI, August 31, 2010 at 6:44 am Link to this comment
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This is why the loonies call Obama a Nazi. He has stopped nothing that Bush was doing, and done even worse on spying n such.
Top Secret America report claimed NSA alone, intercepts 1.7 Billion communications daily. That is what the Fusion Centers are for. “They” listen to and read everything. EVERYTHING.

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By Malcontent, August 30, 2010 at 6:26 pm Link to this comment

The terrorists have officially won.

Does this mean the troops can come home now?

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By Peter Knopfler, August 30, 2010 at 4:00 pm Link to this comment

I hear that drones will be used along the Mexican American border! Why not 28,ooo people killed in the last 3 years, 72 bodies found the other day. If the suppliers and manufactures of these Drones belong to the Elite then number of deaths are encouraged population control can be well hidden, by Homeland security is like the SS/1933, Papers please, Google earth and fire away, remote control, war, remote control for tv/play station starts at 3 years old by five, your on a computer, by 18 years old, drone remote attacks, better than suicide bombing.
We kill one way they kill another way, common ground is always death Yes we are all equal when dead!

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By rollzone, August 30, 2010 at 3:33 pm Link to this comment

hello. non discriminatory affirmative action required, let the bombs fall where they may; slaughterhouse 9. will there be a live televised broadcast? do it for advertisement ratings. the boredom of incalculable wealth. just say launch.

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