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DHS chief: ‘We don’t have heat shields around our airspace’
washingtonpost.com ^ | Al Kamen

Posted on 04/16/2015 1:14:19 PM PDT by BenLurkin

“What’s a gyrocopter?” Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said he asked when he learned that one of those ultralight contraptions landed undetected by radar Wednesday on the West Lawn of the Capitol. ...

Johnson, speaking briefly to a small group of reporters Thursday, declined to elaborate because “the facts are not in,” but noted that, unlike the movie “Independence Day,” “we don’t have heat shields around our airspace.”

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


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I blame Congress for confirming this imbecile.
1 posted on 04/16/2015 1:14:19 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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> I blame Congress for confirming this imbecile.

Imbecile? He’s not that smart.


2 posted on 04/16/2015 1:16:07 PM PDT by BuffaloJack (When did the 2nd amendment suddenly require a license or permit to exercise as a right?)
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To: BenLurkin

Apparently the pilot told everybody he was coming. Hell there were people watching his live video feed on their computers in real time.


3 posted on 04/16/2015 1:16:54 PM PDT by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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low tech little people can GET'cha'

What if it was loaded with nitro and a useful idiot ...

4 posted on 04/16/2015 1:17:01 PM PDT by knarf
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To: BuffaloJack

Hey he’s an Ivy League educated lawyer.
That makes him eligible to rule your world.


5 posted on 04/16/2015 1:17:59 PM PDT by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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What if it was loaded with nitro and a useful idiot ...

Well Baraq was off at a fund raiser in NC, Malaria and Sharia were at Sidwell, so maybe the SecServ crew wasn't too worried what happened to Mooch.

6 posted on 04/16/2015 1:19:51 PM PDT by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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To: cripplecreek

Wonder if the late night leftists have had any jokes about this guy and Mathias Rust....


7 posted on 04/16/2015 1:20:19 PM PDT by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: BenLurkin

I’ve worked with people who have little technical knowledge. I can’t reconcile having them installed in positions of power in high government.


8 posted on 04/16/2015 1:22:08 PM PDT by W. (3 Disqus sites, Cheezburger.com and [The Internet] Archive.org all censor conservative comment.)
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To: BenLurkin

What a stupid thing to do. Thanks for confirming the suspicions of ISIS about our security system, thanks so much!!


9 posted on 04/16/2015 1:22:27 PM PDT by lee martell (The sa)
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To: BenLurkin

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10 posted on 04/16/2015 1:22:50 PM PDT by pabianice (LINE)
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..the guy was streaming his WH raid?

I knew he had given an interview on his plans but didn't know he as also streaming his attack.

So any terrorist with a low-flying drone or gyro-copter can just fly right into the Oval Office.

----

Ahmed !! ..Ahmed, come here.

I have new plan.

11 posted on 04/16/2015 1:22:53 PM PDT by TexasCajun
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Yet another heartwarming affirmative-action success story.


12 posted on 04/16/2015 1:23:40 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (There is no "allah" but satan, and mohammed was his demon-possessed tool.)
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“we don’t have heat shields around our airspace.”

Not YET anyway

13 posted on 04/16/2015 1:24:04 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: nascarnation
Worth mulling over ...

THAT'LL start trouble, if they begin the conversation in that flavor ...


All seriousness aside ( .. /8^) .. )

All this will do (until Ted takes over) is bring more barriers and protections around the white mosque

I would LOVE a president to come in and say, "Y'know ... I'm not afraid of my people ... I'm afraid of YOU ... " and take all the barriers and fences down from around the White (it will be THEN) House

14 posted on 04/16/2015 1:25:53 PM PDT by knarf
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To: W.

Heck, I’m about as technologically ignorant as they come.

But even I know the difference between a heat shield and a force field.


15 posted on 04/16/2015 1:25:59 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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Wouldn’t it be better to have force fields?

Unless we’re going to put the capitol building into orbit and then send it down for re-entry.


16 posted on 04/16/2015 1:27:10 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Wouldn’t it be better to deport every undocumented and put guns on the borders .... cheaper, too ?


17 posted on 04/16/2015 1:28:40 PM PDT by knarf
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To: knarf

I’m not so sure.

When I visited the WH in 2009, the place looked like a freak show.
There were nutcase protestors all over the place, advocating every crazy thing you can imagine, and that was with Obama living there.

Under Bush it was worse.

That place does need security.


18 posted on 04/16/2015 1:29:42 PM PDT by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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To: BenLurkin
Obie One Nairobi from the Half Dark Side.

may the farce be with you...

19 posted on 04/16/2015 1:30:27 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools)
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Set up a triage tent outside for protesters .... filter ‘em.


20 posted on 04/16/2015 1:32:57 PM PDT by knarf
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