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Helicopter stunt creates buzz at Patriot High School
Washington Post ^
| 9/17/12
| Jenna Johnson
Posted on 09/18/2012 9:16:52 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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Your tax dollars at work.
To: mikey_hates_everything
there are no black helicopters...
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posted on
09/18/2012 9:21:08 AM PDT
by
sten
(fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
To: sten
Ray Liotta knows about those danged black helicopters.
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posted on
09/18/2012 9:25:03 AM PDT
by
RexBeach
To: mikey_hates_everything
Somebody’s dad needs to lose his job.
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posted on
09/18/2012 9:26:53 AM PDT
by
STYRO
(Do not accept unconstitutional government as legitimate government.)
To: RexBeach
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posted on
09/18/2012 9:38:10 AM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: mikey_hates_everything
“CBP management is looking into the matter and the pilot in command of the aircraft has been relieved and reassigned to administrative duties pending completion of the review of the incident.”
Obviously not on "official business." Clearly the pilot and the kid's old man suffered a major lapse in judgment. Guess who's paying the fuel and maintenance cost for that little stunt.
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posted on
09/18/2012 9:38:14 AM PDT
by
PowderMonkey
(WILL WORK FOR AMMO)
Geez folks. Lighten up a bit. You really want to see this guy lose his job for this? Seriously?
Come on...
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posted on
09/18/2012 10:11:14 AM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Imagine how bad these global protests would be, if Obama hadn't won us so many new friends.)
To: mikey_hates_everything
Your tax dollars at work.I had that thought as well, But then, if the chopper was scheduled to be up and flying anyway and the school was not a side trip, no harm done. A quick investigation should settle that.
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posted on
09/18/2012 10:17:18 AM PDT
by
JimRed
(Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed &water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS, NOW & FOREVER!)
To: DoughtyOne
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posted on
09/18/2012 10:28:52 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Day 1338 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Obama, a queer and present danger)
To: mikey_hates_everything
The boy’s father is a senior official at U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Your tax dollars at work.
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posted on
09/18/2012 10:35:00 AM PDT
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: null and void
Nah. Sorry to disagree on this one, but I do.
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posted on
09/18/2012 10:41:16 AM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Imagine how bad these global protests would be, if Obama hadn't won us so many new friends.)
To: DoughtyOne
Not a problem. It’s still (theoretically) a free country!
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posted on
09/18/2012 10:50:24 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Day 1338 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Obama, a queer and present danger)
To: Yo-Yo
That’s the One!!!! LOL!!!
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posted on
09/18/2012 10:54:37 AM PDT
by
RexBeach
To: mikey_hates_everything
If you are going to do something like this, shouldn’t you use your own helicopter?
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posted on
09/18/2012 10:55:36 AM PDT
by
paul51
(11 September 2001 - Never forget)
To: null and void
LOL... or should it be COL?
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posted on
09/18/2012 10:59:24 AM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Imagine how bad these global protests would be, if Obama hadn't won us so many new friends.)
To: DoughtyOne
Geez folks. Lighten up a bit. You really want to see this guy lose his job for this? Seriously? Lets see, our country has been literally flooded with tens of millions of illegals, to the point where it's choking off our schools, jails, hospitals, social services, not to mention compromising and undermining our electoral process, as a tax paid 20 million dollar border protection helicopter plays a part in a high school dating game?
lol...
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posted on
09/18/2012 11:09:47 AM PDT
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: mikey_hates_everything
If they were using a regularly scheduled practice or test flight, I got no problem with this.
I do question why customs in Prince William County, Virginia needs a helicopter in the first place. More overfunded bureaucratic spending on shiny toys.
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posted on
09/18/2012 11:39:46 AM PDT
by
Valpal1
To: dragnet2
I’m not sure how far the base of operations is from this school, but it seems entirely possible this helicopter could been tied up for less than fifteen minutes, if the distance was fairly close.
The helicopters don’t fly 24 hours per day. This could have been after a shift, when the craft would have remained unused until the next morning. We don’t even know if the person paid for the fuel himself.
This is massive overkill over something that amounts to next to nothing.
One poster even mentioned the maintenance costs this would generate. Seriously, this is plain silly.
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posted on
09/18/2012 1:09:22 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Imagine how bad these global protests would be, if Obama hadn't won us so many new friends.)
To: DoughtyOne
Hello, D1, It’s good to see you again. I don’t participate here much anymore for just the sorts of reasons you’re experiencing here. People have lost their sense of proportion and ability to discriminate the important from the trivial, much less waiting or investigating to discover the facts of a matter... /grin
To: tarheelswamprat
I can’t stand not coming here. After reading something on the internet, I always want to talk back and then remember I’m not on FR. LOL
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posted on
09/18/2012 3:02:36 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Imagine how bad these global protests would be, if Obama hadn't won us so many new friends.)
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