[Rictor]

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6806255/

The nerve center for the most heavily guarded presidential inauguration in history will not be in Washington, where President Bush will take the oath of office, but 25 miles away in a futuristic command post in Northern Virginia.

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Inside a gleaming steel-and-marble complex, the Secret Service and 50 federal, state and local agencies will monitor action in the sky, on the ground and in the subway system. Giant plasma screens will beam in live video from helicopters and cameras at the U.S. Capitol, along the parade route and at other potential trouble spots. Officials will be able to track fighter jets patrolling the skies, call up three-dimensional maps of downtown, even project the plume of any chemical release.

You know, nothing shows how loved the respected you are by the people than having to hide behind an army of Secret Service agents at your own inauguration. And helicopters.

Hail Caesar!

[vyper]

Cop: Do you know who the President is?
Blade: An asshole.

[ShadowWolf_IH]

he isn't going to be in the bunker.  the bunker is just the command center for security.  it tells you that in the first paragraph.

[SKYNET-011]

Well, considering how many people want him dead...

[vyper]

It may be to avoid scenes like last time with... lots of protestors.

[Corsair]

No president has ever been universally loved. They all have their detractors...although Dubya is one of the more divisive presidents ever.

[vyper]

They don't ALL have mass protests at the inauguration. He had that 2000.

[Bobboau]

That's really not the kind of stuff we need to have posted, sorry. // Sandwich

[diamondgeezer]

Goatse, was it?

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[Rictor]

There have been 42 American presidents before Dubya. Not one has had a need for this level of security, even in times that were far more dangerous. What does that tell you about Bush and his presidency?

edit: my bad ShadowWolf. It was early in the morning when I posted this, and I guess my brain wasn't quite awake.

[vyper]

Alright wtf did he post?

[Unknown Target]

Oh well.

Oppression breeds resistance. Resistance breeds oppression. Resistance to opression will always win.
So long as there is oppression, there will always be resistance.

[redmenace]

Originally posted by Corsair
No president has ever been universally loved. They all have their detractors...although Dubya is one of the more divisive presidents ever.

Don't forget Johnson, wow, boy was he hated.

[Liberator]

Originally posted by Rictor
There have been 42 American presidents before Dubya. Not one has had a need for this level of security, even in times that were far more dangerous. What does that tell you about Bush and his presidency?
 

No American President has had to lead a fight against cowardly bastards who hide in the indiginous population either.

OT
I'd be interested in what bob posted that was so bad that Sandwich wiped it almost instantly.

[Langy]

Lib - I do believe there was this one something called Vietnam a few years back when that very thing happened. But then again, my memory isn't always top-notch.

[Liberator]

The difference langy is that they could be in the crowd at the inauguration.  AFAIK, no VC ever made to the States, much less Washington D.C.

[karajorma]

Originally posted by Liberator
No American President has had to lead a fight against cowardly bastards who hide in the indiginous population either.

I guess you need to get out the Ouija board and tell that to Regan and Kennedy then

Or is it that you don't mind someone taking potshots at the president as long as it's a white american rather than one of those stinking A-rabs.

[Liberator]

kara, was Reagan or Kennedy under potential threat from terrorists?

[Ford Prefect]

Well, seeing as they were both shot, I'm gonna go with 'yes.'

[Gank]

Terrorists killing Bush would probably do themselves more harm than good, or are you that dumb that you think Bin Laden thought you might actually listen to him when he said vote for Kerry.