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Coast Guard firing on boat in the Potomac [A TRAINING EXERCISE!?!?!?!?!?!]
CNN ^ | Sept 11, 2009 | CNN

Posted on 09/11/2009 7:13:40 AM PDT by TLI

Edited on 09/11/2009 7:47:44 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

Coast Guard fired on boat in the Potomac, nothing on the wires yet...

Who are these idiots!!!!!!!!!!


174 posted on 09/11/2009 7:37:05 AM PDT by maggief


TOPICS: Breaking News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: boat; coastguard; dc; drill; potomac; uscg
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To: maggief

The motorcade passed by then.I just got the chills.


381 posted on 09/11/2009 9:29:56 AM PDT by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: penelopesire

If it bleeds, it leads. They may be liberals, but they’re in the ad-selling business first. This stuff keeps people watching cable news.


382 posted on 09/11/2009 9:30:11 AM PDT by The Pack Knight (Duty, Honor, Country)
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To: rewrite
There is never a time NOT to train.
Example #1: Common sense is not so common ...
383 posted on 09/11/2009 9:31:15 AM PDT by _Jim
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To: SueRae
Will they try to shut down Washington now for the Teaparty protest tomorrow for security reasons?????

I have been predicting this for days!

"Are there contingency plans for when the Thug-in-Chief’s DC minions yank permits and line up DC cops to keep us from peacefully assembling?" August 29, 2009

384 posted on 09/11/2009 9:31:52 AM PDT by greyfoxx39 (Obama, the cow patty version of Midas. Everything he says is bull, everything he touches is crap.)
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To: PghBaldy
-- They could have said it was an exercise two hours ago. --

I wouldn't be surprised if CG did apprise CNN of that, long ago. Good news travels slowly.

385 posted on 09/11/2009 9:32:08 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: The Pack Knight
I do. In fact, I think that’s EXACTLY what they should be doing on 9-11.
Great. I just don't want you in charge of anything I'm involved with then ...
386 posted on 09/11/2009 9:32:51 AM PDT by _Jim
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To: maggief
Gawd!!!!

They did this after their Obamma protection mission. They were done! They were free to do whatever and go back to the dock. The commander, as they almost always do, chose to use the time to train.

It is that simple. There is no fault or mistake by the guard. This is the fault of those who aired the errant information and now want someones head to blame to save face and blame others for it. Typical liberal stuff...

Can't you see that?

387 posted on 09/11/2009 9:33:11 AM PDT by Cold Heat
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To: fatima

The Associated Press, though, just sent out this alert:

Coast Guard: Training conducted in Potomac River moments before Obama motorcade crossed.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2009/09/ap_shots_fired_on_potomac_were.html


388 posted on 09/11/2009 9:33:28 AM PDT by maggief
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To: Cold Heat

Look, even though training is a must, it is odd that they’d train at that time, on this day, around the time of the memorials. It’s no better, really, than Obama sending one of his planes to buzz Manhattan, except on this day, it’s even worse. So some Coastie is for sure going to take the fall for this, whether or not he (or she) should. Any training could have waiting until 9/12 or later. Any training of this sort SHOULD have waited until a less sensitive time.

On the other hand, the populace is again reminded of the ongoing threats against this country.


389 posted on 09/11/2009 9:33:36 AM PDT by MizSterious (Do you not think an angel rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm? John Page, 1744-1808)
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To: Cold Heat

I don’t believe a word coming out of this administration, regardless who delivers it.

Zip.


390 posted on 09/11/2009 9:35:29 AM PDT by maggief
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To: Cold Heat

If there’s anything to blame the Coast Guard for, it’s using unsecure channels for tactical communication. Shouldn’t they have something like SINCGARS for this?


391 posted on 09/11/2009 9:36:22 AM PDT by The Pack Knight (Duty, Honor, Country)
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To: _Jim
Are you folks somehow directly connected to the mainstream media strings? They pull them and you jerk???

CNN pulled a real bad boner here, and you are blaming the subject of a errant story for the errant story?

Does that not seem kosher to you? No alarms at all?????

392 posted on 09/11/2009 9:36:34 AM PDT by Cold Heat
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To: _Jim
"It was an Exercise!

So you condone ill-timed excercises by law enforcement on the morning of 9-11?"


393 posted on 09/11/2009 9:36:55 AM PDT by 444Flyer (May God Bless and protect our Boots on the ground!)
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To: 444Flyer
Yes, 444Flyer, I can't think of a better way to tie-up assets on a day terrorists just might want to repeat ...

Can you?

</clueless>

394 posted on 09/11/2009 9:40:06 AM PDT by _Jim
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To: PghBaldy

I just love people who expose themselves early on - easier to avoid them later when something important actually happens.


395 posted on 09/11/2009 9:40:23 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: The Pack Knight

I don’t buy your explanation. Back to my question..If the Coast Guard does these excercises every day or every week or so..why hasn’t the MSM jumped the gun before now? I assume all the radio traffic ‘training speak’ is the same in every excercise.

They jumped the gun because they were monitoring traffic in and around the POTUS. The MSM never did that when President Bush was POTUS..NEVER!! In fact..they made fun of him right after 911 when he was taken to a safe place. They tried to make Americans think that President Bush was a coward..blahblahblah.

The MSM is nothing but a bunch of corrupt anti-american leftists. FOX NEWS excluded from remark of course.


396 posted on 09/11/2009 9:40:37 AM PDT by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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To: maggief

Wow.


397 posted on 09/11/2009 9:40:54 AM PDT by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: Cold Heat; maggief

And do YOU believe every word uttered at a press conference? (Do the words “I never had sex with that woman” ring a bell?)

I’m not saying it’s not as the USCG stated. I’m just saying, keep an open mind. We’ve all been lied to before. In fact, most recently at the latest Obama speech.


398 posted on 09/11/2009 9:41:36 AM PDT by MizSterious (Do you not think an angel rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm? John Page, 1744-1808)
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To: Cold Heat
CNN pulled a real bad boner here, and you are blaming the subject of a errant story for the errant story?
Did you see the last line in the CG memo issued re: this event:
How and when this exercised was conducted will be reviewed.
Boneheaded move by someone. That's the bigger 'take-away' from this event.
399 posted on 09/11/2009 9:42:51 AM PDT by _Jim
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To: The Pack Knight
He said the channel is reserved and private, but was not encoded. I think they have rules as to the use of those coded channels and it would make sense if they did.

After this crap, I would think that training exercises will probably be added to the ultra-secret radio traffic.<>P>Good grief! I could see if they had put it out over the CB radio, but these channels are restricted to LEO's and Military. It's really technically illegal to be listening, but nobody enforces it and radio shack sells the scanners.

I recall a legal battle many years ago over this issue, but I don't recall how it came out. I suppose it must still be ambiguous law.

400 posted on 09/11/2009 9:43:17 AM PDT by Cold Heat
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