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Woman Accused Of Firing Bottle Rockets At Sheriff's Helicopter
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| May 26, 2006
Posted on 05/27/2006 9:55:51 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: No Blue States
In such a situation, you don't need to run faster than the bear...just faster than your buddy. Your buddy can worry about being faster than the bear.
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posted on
05/28/2006 8:54:26 AM PDT
by
JRios1968
(In memoriam...)
To: 75thOVI; Abathar; albee; Alice au Wonderland; Amityschild; andie74; Andy'smom; Augustus McCrae; ...
To: martin_fierro
Her sentance should be a FOD walk everyday for a year at the police landing pad.
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posted on
05/28/2006 1:31:34 PM PDT
by
Delta 21
( MKC USCG - ret)
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
I say arm the Sheriff's helicopters with mini-guns.
Rain down death and destruction, call it a new urban renewal program.
To: ConservativeMind
"Thompson allegedly ran out of her house with a bottle rocket launcher..." Presumably, a bottle!
"Thompson is facing a felony charge of shooting or throwing a deadly missile into an aircraft."
That seems a stretch, especially that it went *into* an aircraft. If so, she's a great shot, though.
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posted on
05/28/2006 1:37:58 PM PDT
by
Sam Cree
(Delicacy, precision, force)
To: Sam Cree
Whoops, I see that the launcher has been well described, sorry!
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posted on
05/28/2006 1:41:18 PM PDT
by
Sam Cree
(Delicacy, precision, force)
To: No Blue States
"I dont buy it. Its like shooting a bear with a bb gun."
Actually the principle is called the "Golden BB," the idea that no matter how armored and invicible you think your aircraft is, that one absolutely lucky shot will find your weak point and bring you down.
If the bottle rocket went in the engine intake and exploded that certainly could cause it to stall.
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posted on
05/28/2006 1:44:14 PM PDT
by
PLMerite
("Unarmed, one can only flee from Evil. But Evil isn't overcome by fleeing from it." Jeff Cooper)
To: Robe
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posted on
05/28/2006 1:48:33 PM PDT
by
Delta 21
( MKC USCG - ret)
To: atomicpossum
Relative of Cynthia McKinney?Whats up with her? I guess she got away with assaulting a Police officer..
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posted on
05/28/2006 1:54:04 PM PDT
by
cardinal4
(Kerry-Mcarthy-Gore-Clinton-Feingold-Murtha- Pelosi-the true Axis of Evil...)
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan; martin_fierro; Tijeras_Slim; atomicpossum; Larry Lucido; MeekOneGOP; ...
IDIOTS like this get fireworks outlawed so those of us with common sense can't use them either. If you're facing a bottle rocket coming AT you, you don't know WHAT it is. A tracer round or antitank grenade might look similar. Evasive action in a helicopter could cause a wreck and loss of many lives.
She deserves to have the BOOK thrown at her.
NINCOMPOOP!
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posted on
05/28/2006 2:02:19 PM PDT
by
The Spirit Of Allegiance
(Public Employees: Defend the Constitution! Represent LAWFUL Constituents! SEAL THE BORDERS NOW)
To: martin_fierro
Something tells me the lady had a problem with helicopters; perhaps her tin foil was loose fitting that day?
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posted on
05/28/2006 2:06:50 PM PDT
by
sully777
(wWBBD: What would Brian Boitano do?)
To: The Spirit Of Allegiance
She's lucky as hell to still be alive.
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posted on
05/28/2006 2:15:31 PM PDT
by
wagglebee
("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
To: E.Allen
A piece of pipe works a lot better, you get better aim and don't get burned.
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posted on
05/28/2006 2:18:13 PM PDT
by
wagglebee
("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
Stupid move ,but I am not sure how many people would not feel a sense of paranoia about a helicopter hovering lowly over their house.
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posted on
05/28/2006 6:36:41 PM PDT
by
after dark
(I love hateful people. They help me unload karmic debt.)
To: wolfcreek
I used plastic 1/2 pvc pipe till a rocket stayed and melted the top after it did not launch!!!!
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posted on
05/29/2006 6:33:34 AM PDT
by
GregB
(Give Pottsville,Pa their NFL Championship back!!!!!!!!)
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