Is anyone else kinda nervous?

I recently heard about a Census worker who was lynched and had the word "FED" carved on his chest.

Call me crazy, but I think with the rising tide of right wing extremism something very bad is going to happen. Could it be an extremely right wing president, or a race riot? Who knows...

0 members like this

▶ Reply to This

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Wheredawhitewomenat on September 28, 2009 at 9:33pm

BlackJeff said:

Darkness Unlimited* said:
LesYpersound said:
so the word FED was scrawled on dude's chest with a felt-tipped pen.
not as gruesome, but he was naked, gagged, and bound.

Naked, gagged, & bound, ed? Well, again with the homo-erotism. In a state where hate crimes against Gays is among the highest in this fucked-up country. Typical...

I always felt that the ones who exhibit the most hate are the ones who are most afraid of their erections.

uH...what?

AND YES THIS IS A FUCKING THREAT!

▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Compound Egret on September 29, 2009 at 3:24pm

Barack Obama faces 30 death threats a day, stretching US Secret Service
US President Barack Obama is the target of more than 30 potential death threats a day and is being protected by an increasingly over-stretched and under-resourced Secret Service, according to a new book.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackob...

Since Mr Obama took office, the rate of threats against the president has increased 400 per cent from the 3,000 a year or so under President George W. Bush, according to Ronald Kessler, author of In the President's Secret Service.

Some threats to Mr Obama, whose Secret Service codename is Renegade, have been publicised, including an alleged plot by white supremacists in Tennessee late last year to rob a gun store, shoot 88 black people, decapitate another 14 and then assassinate the first black president in American history.

Most however, are kept under wraps because the Secret Service fears that revealing details of them would only increase the number of copycat attempts. Although most threats are not credible, each one has to be investigated meticulously.

According to the book, intelligence officials received information that people associated with the Somalia-based Islamist group al-Shabaab might try to disrupt Mr Obama's inauguration in January, when the Secret Service co-ordinated at least 40,000 agents and officers from some 94 police, military and security agencies.

More than a dozen counter-sniper teams were stationed along the inauguration parade route and the criminal records of employees and hotel guests in nearby buildings were scrutinised.

Despite all this, there were glaring loopholes in the security. Kessler describes how more than 100 VIPs and major campaign donors were screened by metal detectors but then walked along a public pavement before boarding "secure" buses and were not checked again.

It could have been relatively simple for an assassin to have mingled with them in order to get close enough to shoot the new president.

After Mr Obama was elected president, his two children Malia, 11, codenamed Radiance, and Sasha, eight, codenamed Rosebud, began receiving Secret Service protection. Mr Obama's wife Michelle is codenamed Renaissance. The Secret Service also started to protect Vice-President Joe Biden's children, grandchildren, and mother.

Instead of bringing in more agents - instantly identifiable because of their bulky suits, worn over bullet-proof jackets, and earpieces - the Secret Service directed agents to work longer hours to cover the extra load and to miss firearms training, physical fitness sessions and tests.

"We have half the number of agents we need, but requests for more agents have fallen on deaf ears at headquarters," a Secret Service agent told Kessler. "Headquarters' mentality has always been, 'You can complete the mission with what you have. You're a U.S.S.S. agent'."

Mr Biden's constant travel, including back to his home state of Delaware-the burden has meant that all agents on his team have ceased training. According to Kessler, however, they fill in forms stating they have "taken and passed all tests, when they have not, creating a dishonest culture".

The Secret Service has increasingly cut corners after it was absorbed by the new Homeland Security Department under Mr Bush. Kessler said that when Mr Biden threw the first pitch at the first Baltimore Orioles game of the 2009 season, the Secret Service did not screen any of the more than 40,000 fans, stunning his agents and the local Secret Service field office.

▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Madamoiselle De Sade on September 29, 2009 at 3:29pm

Not unless you want it to be.

Is there something you need to talk about?

Wheredawhitewomenat said:

BlackJeff said:
Darkness Unlimited* said:
LesYpersound said:
so the word FED was scrawled on dude's chest with a felt-tipped pen.
not as gruesome, but he was naked, gagged, and bound.

Naked, gagged, & bound, ed? Well, again with the homo-erotism. In a state where hate crimes against Gays is among the highest in this fucked-up country. Typical...

I always felt that the ones who exhibit the most hate are the ones who are most afraid of their erections.

uH...what?

AND YES THIS IS A FUCKING THREAT!

▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by LesYpersound on September 29, 2009 at 10:10pm

...what?
something being a threat has nothing to do with our deconstructionist analysis of the act as if it's some kind of installment art piece or some such bullshit.

...anyway, yeah, this (that telegraph article on the volume of threats Pres. Obama gets) got me to thinking though--what would happen if he's assassinated? :x

▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Madamoiselle De Sade on September 30, 2009 at 2:43pm

I saw that on the news the other night. As more and more stories like this start to surface, how many people will realize Jimmy Carter's basic summation was right?

jahluv said:

Props to the PostBourgie blog for the story...

Facebook Poll: 'Should Obama Be Killed?'
A Facebook poll -- apparently advocating assassination -- has cropped up, with the question, "Should Obama be killed?"
"link"