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calimary

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27. Glad you liked it! LOL!
Wed Oct 1, 2014, 07:46 PM
Oct 2014

I would venture to add that even the presence of one single guard, with even an unloaded rifle, might have been at least SOME deterrent outside even ONE of those doors to the outside. Don't you suppose? There wasn't even that outside the White House! You're somehow okay with this? Where was even ONE guard with ANY visible fire-arm, loaded OR unloaded, along the path that the White House intruder took? WHERE? What about the guards that were visible at the left of your screen when that video of the intruder running across the lawn toward the building itself? They couldn't have taken off running after him and maybe intercepted him before he got inside? What was up with those two? In the video that played over and over and over, the intruder got all the way to the unlocked entrance - and where were those two guards at the kiosk over at the far left? Did they even bother to give chase? It doesn't look like it, from what I saw when I watched that video over and over. Were they overweight and unable to run? In which case, why were they stationed there, if they weren't in sufficient physical condition to be able to give chase?

I don't think it's hyperbole at all. But it's nice that you were entertained.

Good first step leftynyc Oct 2014 #1
Exactly, they failed miserably at their job... FarPoint Oct 2014 #4
Yes, indeed. narnian60 Oct 2014 #6
Yup. No excuses. n/t JimDandy Oct 2014 #15
As she should. darkangel218 Oct 2014 #2
Good, a fish rots from the head and all that tularetom Oct 2014 #3
I wonder where and how that saying ever came to be Bandit Oct 2014 #8
You're correct, it's incorrect. Feral Child Oct 2014 #20
Glad to hear it. (nt) Paladin Oct 2014 #5
I wish this kind of response was more common. Baitball Blogger Oct 2014 #7
She Should Not Have Resigned erpowers Oct 2014 #9
Agree. moondust Oct 2014 #12
Yes ^^^ RobinA Oct 2014 #33
Sorry its was obvious she wasn't a leader Historic NY Oct 2014 #13
A Little More Than A Year erpowers Oct 2014 #16
No, the president should have fired her before she had a chance to resign tularetom Oct 2014 #18
Yes she should. Does a member of the First Family have to die first before it's a fail? Please. nt TeamPooka Oct 2014 #22
I disagree. Responsibility without accountability is meaningless. At the CDC, their ineffectivenes 24601 Oct 2014 #31
It would be nice to have a SS head who thinks of keeping the White House front door locked (nt) Nye Bevan Oct 2014 #34
more needs done! ebbie15644 Oct 2014 #10
Hmmm. Yes, well . . . OldRedneck Oct 2014 #11
Hallelujah. Now get someone in that will work HARD JimDandy Oct 2014 #14
That's a good thing Renew Deal Oct 2014 #17
Good. She's clearly incompetent. n/t tabasco Oct 2014 #19
Good. jwirr Oct 2014 #21
Good, now get the Secret Service out from under the monster that is mountain grammy Oct 2014 #23
Another bit of encouraging news. calimary Oct 2014 #24
One Guard with an unloaded rifle... hardtravelin Oct 2014 #25
Glad you liked it! LOL! calimary Oct 2014 #27
what took so long? Botany Oct 2014 #26
An appropriate choice, imo. And a wake up call for the whole management team. (nt) pinto Oct 2014 #28
And the agents who were on WH duty when Gonzalez got in? moondust Oct 2014 #29
Lawrence O'Donnell is discussing this now. That was my first thought, too... Rhiannon12866 Oct 2014 #30
Good news. I think she should have been fired instead of being allowed to resign, though. Turborama Oct 2014 #32
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