Posted on 09/30/2014 10:26:54 AM PDT by illiac
A knife-wielding intruder allowed to run rampant through the first floor of the White House. Bullets that struck the window of Barack Obama's private residence but went unnoticed for days. A presidential bodyguard so drunk he passed out in hallway of a hotel.
These are just some of the recent incidents that have shaken confidence in the Secret Service, the elite agency assigned to protect Mr Obama, his family and the White House.
On Tuesday, Julia Pierson, the Secret Service's director, will face a grilling from members of Congress and a battle to convince them that her agents are up to the task of protecting the world's most powerful man.
The hearing was called after a September 19 incident, when the Secret Service allowed Omar Gonzales, a troubled Iraq war veteran, to scale the White House fence and go through the unlocked front door of the executive mansion.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
“Christian Szell: Oh, don’t worry. I’m not going into that cavity. That nerve’s already dying. A live, freshly-cut nerve is infinitely more sensitive. So I’ll just drill into a healthy tooth until I reach the pulp. That is unless, of course, you can tell me that it’s safe.”
Marathon Man (1976)
If he’s ok with putting his life and those of his family into the hands of politically reliable stooges of no particular competence then who am I to gainsay him?
Got a kick out of your response which showed Pain In the Neck to Illiac....LOL
When the Caesars of imperial Romedisrespected, and in any fashion, “threw the Praetorian Guards under the bus”, they found themselves ‘swimming in the River Tiber”.
With 0bama, it’s only a matter of time.
Of course he is safe..he is never living in the white house him and his family are always on vacation..I would not put it past him to leave the doors and windows open for this guy..
‘fi i had to protect obama, id drink too’
Looks like you might have already started. ;)
***,,,leashes that the Presidents staff has placed on them***.
I heard a commentary on Fox indicating that the WH staff demanded the siren alert be turned off or lowered because they hate the noise.
Don’t know if this will have legs.
at this point I don’t care.....
funny they’re carping about how vulnerable he is..almost like they want someone to ..... no can’t be
Doesn’t matter both take instructions puppets.
Amen.
2016 will be here soon.
Personally, I’d like to see him perp walked out in handcuffs by Seal Team 6 .... they deserve the ‘honor’ after he’s betrayed them. I do not want to see a martyr situation where every street name, school, public park, etc. carries his name ... and I don’t much care for Biden, although I think that there are two things that would make us marginally “better” off with Biden: he’s not black & can’t hide behind the race card and he’s not Muslim .... and I believe Obama is and if he isn’t, he’s a major sympathizer.
That all being said, the Secret Service is to be apolitical and should protect ANY duly elected president. Their utter collapse in the performance of their duties is a disgrace. It goes to the incompetence of the administration in general .... the “performance” by the director today should have any and every American demanding her resignation and the appointment of somebody who can get the job done (we DO pay for all this). It’s an embarrassment at best and at worse, an encouragement to terror groups to “give it a try” - the vaunted reputation of the SS has sunk so low that there is little, if any “deterence” factor left. I for one, despite thinking Obama should be dragged out of the WH for his crimes, dereliction of duty, and putting our soldiers in harms way when he has no intention or expectation of winning, don’t want to give terrorists the satisfaction of taking out an American president.
**** “I care, the LAST thing I want is for Obama to become a martyr.” *****
Yeah wouldn’t it be awesome to have every third street named Obama, every other building named Obama... and then there is the Obama Islands out there in the Pacific (the 51st, 52nd, 53rd, 54th, 56th and 57th States)
TT
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