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Obama’s energy chairman paints rifles a ‘terrorist threat’ for Bloomberg group
Washington Examiner ^ | 11/24/12 | David Codrea

Posted on 11/24/2012 7:07:09 PM PST by Nachum

Rifles, even .22 caliber models many young people receive as their first gun, are “among the greatest threats to the reliability of the nation’s power system,” U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Jon Wellinghoff claimed at a Tuesday Bloomberg Government Breakfast, Bloomberg News reported yesterday.

Citing “inadequately protected” transformers as easy targets, Wellinghoff told the group that terrorists in "coordinated" actions committed to destroying them “could get 200 yards away with a .22 rifle and take the whole thing out.”

His proposed solution, a “couple hundred bucks” of “metal sheeting to block the view of transformers” hardly seems comprehensive, realistic, or even sober or sane when his further assertion that it will keep people from seeing through fences presupposes the entire perimeter must be covered. That would seem to be a very expensive proposition, especially when multiplied by the thousands of utility substations throughout the U.S. And it’s not like ladders aren’t plentiful enough.

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KEYWORDS: banglist; bloomberg; chairman; energy; obama; opec; rifles
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Pumped up kicks comin' for yer gun
1 posted on 11/24/2012 7:07:17 PM PST by Nachum
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To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...

The list, Ping

Let me know if you would like to be on or off the ping list

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2 posted on 11/24/2012 7:08:16 PM PST by Nachum (The List is off the Google blacklist- www.nachumlist.com)
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To: Nachum

“They better run, better run, outrun my gun. All the other kids with the pumped up kicks, they better run, better run, faster than my bullet.”


3 posted on 11/24/2012 7:11:12 PM PST by bigheadfred
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To: Nachum

That is a given.The only question is when.


4 posted on 11/24/2012 7:13:00 PM PST by sport
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To: Nachum

Where do these people get their information??? A .22 LR has an effective range of 150 yrds ...


5 posted on 11/24/2012 7:14:41 PM PST by Ken522
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Thanks Nachum.
Citing "inadequately protected" transformers as easy targets, Wellinghoff told the group that terrorists in "coordinated" actions committed to destroying them "could get 200 yards away with a .22 rifle and take the whole thing out."

6 posted on 11/24/2012 7:15:37 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Ken522
Here is how to do it. Put the .22 round in sabots and mount the result in a .50 cal cartridge. Rechamber the rifle so it will accept the .50 cal cartridge and plink away. The effective range goes up to about 1000 yards and is useful against lightly armored vehicles out to 200 yards.

That is what they are thinking of!

7 posted on 11/24/2012 7:23:28 PM PST by 17th Miss Regt
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To: Nachum

Replace “transformers” with “politicians” and you may find what they are really worried about.


8 posted on 11/24/2012 7:26:27 PM PST by doorgunner69
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To: Nachum

Wind turbine blades are more fun cuz there`re movin` targets.


9 posted on 11/24/2012 7:30:31 PM PST by bunkerhill7 (yup)
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To: sport; Ken522

What Good Can a Handgun Do Against An Army?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2312894/posts


10 posted on 11/24/2012 7:33:47 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: Nachum

American-style freedom is the real danger President You Didn’t Build That and his minions see.


11 posted on 11/24/2012 7:34:15 PM PST by Standing Wolf
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To: Nachum

Maybe they should be looking over their shoulders.

Plenty of people fed up.


12 posted on 11/24/2012 7:34:26 PM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal The 16th Amendment!)
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To: Nachum

Yeah, there’s the ticket: Elmer and Joe Rob seceding from whatever by having at a transformer. With a (shudder) rifle.

People get paid to think this stuff up. Hard to believe.


13 posted on 11/24/2012 7:38:20 PM PST by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
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To: Nachum

Sounds like IQ and shoe size are similar numbers.


14 posted on 11/24/2012 7:39:18 PM PST by Quickgun (I came here screaming and covered in someone else's blood. I can go out that way if I have to)
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To: bunkerhill7

If you can hits a dove on the wing, you can bag a drone, no prob Bob. I think we scares them. Good.


15 posted on 11/24/2012 7:39:35 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
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To: Nachum

United Soviet States of America bump for later...


16 posted on 11/24/2012 7:41:19 PM PST by indthkr
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To: Nachum

I think it’s cocaine fueled paranoia by Barry’s homie czars.

I’ll bet each one of his “czars” has the work ethic and moral compass of Jackson Jr.


17 posted on 11/24/2012 7:43:21 PM PST by PhiloBedo (You gotta roll with the punches and get with what's real.)
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To: tumblindice

The small ones flying at low altitude, yes. But you would be hard pressed to hit one of the bigger ones that fly higher than you can see.


18 posted on 11/24/2012 7:46:53 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Why is the government more concerned about protecting a microbe on Mars than an unborn baby here?)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
Well, we just give `Rowdy' Roddy Piper a call. He can shoot down satellites with a handgun!
19 posted on 11/24/2012 7:53:04 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
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To: Nachum
Rifles, even .22 caliber models many young people receive as their first gun, are “among the greatest threats to the reliability of the nation’s power system.."

Actually, tree limbs near the power lines that the electric companies no longer bother to trim because they want to milk out some more profits for their hedge fund owners are the greatest threat to the reliability of the nation's power system. Just look at how many power lines are downed by any good sized storm.

As far as I can tell the kind of guys who own guns are the first guys on the scene with chainsaws, bucket trucks, and everything else you need to put the power lines back up and get them working again when they get knocked down by trees because the electric utility execs are too cheap to trim the trees like they used to.

We've got a lot of fools working for the government.

20 posted on 11/24/2012 7:54:08 PM PST by freeandfreezing
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