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ruh roh
« on: August 16, 2012, 07:09:12 PM »
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It is much more powerful to seek Truth for one's self.  Seeing and hearing that others seem to have found it can be a motivation.  With me, I was drawn because of much error and bad judgment on my part. Confronting one's own errors and bad judgment is a very life altering situation.  Confronting the errors and bad judgment of others is usually hypocrisy.


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« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2012, 04:03:46 PM »
Reverse racism!?  ;/
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Re: ruh roh
« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2012, 04:20:35 PM »
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It is much more powerful to seek Truth for one's self.  Seeing and hearing that others seem to have found it can be a motivation.  With me, I was drawn because of much error and bad judgment on my part. Confronting one's own errors and bad judgment is a very life altering situation.  Confronting the errors and bad judgment of others is usually hypocrisy.


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« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2012, 04:24:38 PM »
The Mayor of Chicago has MORE THAN ELEVEN officers on his security detail? WTFO?
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« Reply #4 on: August 17, 2012, 04:48:29 PM »
Quote from: SADShooter on August 17, 2012, 04:24:38 PM
The Mayor of Chicago has MORE THAN ELEVEN officers on his security detail? WTFO?

How many are with him at one time, though?  Even cops need days off.
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« Reply #5 on: August 17, 2012, 04:55:17 PM »
Quote from: Jamisjockey on August 17, 2012, 04:48:29 PM
How many are with him at one time, though?  Even cops need days off.

Sure. 3 shifts of a driver and 2 bodymen would be 9, plus relief/backup. I can see that. The article seemed to imply the 11 were a chunk but not close to the whole complement.
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« Reply #6 on: August 17, 2012, 05:52:16 PM »
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« Reply #7 on: August 17, 2012, 06:28:41 PM »
Quote from: SADShooter on August 17, 2012, 04:55:17 PM
Sure. 3 shifts of a driver and 2 bodymen would be 9, plus relief/backup. I can see that. The article seemed to imply the 11 were a chunk but not close to the whole complement.

Ah yeah.  He's probably got several plus at least one driver all the time, then figure on a permanent detail at his residence and office.
Unsurprising for a large, high profile city.
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« Reply #8 on: August 17, 2012, 07:48:28 PM »
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Ah yeah.  He's probably got several plus at least one driver all the time, then figure on a permanent detail at his residence and office.
Unsurprising for a large, high profile city.

A former mayor of Milwaukee had two plainclothes officers in the car with him, and two unmarked squads following. He also had a drop-down compartment in the roof of the car that contained two M-16's.
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« Reply #9 on: August 17, 2012, 07:56:22 PM »
Which raises a question....when's the last time a mayor has been subjected to an assignation attempt?
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« Reply #10 on: August 17, 2012, 08:31:41 PM »
Quote from: Jamisjockey on August 17, 2012, 07:56:22 PM
Which raises a question....when's the last time a mayor has been subjected to an assignation attempt?

I'm guessing most mayoral assignations succeed.  =D That's another perk of a security detail.

ETA: Seriously, '78 Moscone-Milk in SanFran  is the last big city mayoral assassination I can think of.
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Re: ruh roh
« Reply #11 on: August 17, 2012, 09:01:06 PM »
Quote from: Jamisjockey on August 17, 2012, 06:28:41 PM
Ah yeah.  He's probably got several plus at least one driver all the time, then figure on a permanent detail at his residence and office.
Unsurprising for a large, high profile city.

The mayor of Dallas had one plainclothes Dpd officer with him when I saw him at a corporate event circa 2000 (Ron Kirk). It was a low risk appearance in a high rise office building in a tony neighborhood in North Dallas, so might be a lower risk scenario than general life in Chicago, but it struck me as ridiculous that they shut down a freeway for a motorcade in Dallas around the same time period for a President (Prime Minister?) of Ireland when the Mayor of Dallas represents nearly as many people as the entire nation of Ireland and gets one driver/cop. 
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Re: ruh roh
« Reply #12 on: August 17, 2012, 09:07:31 PM »
Quote from: Jamisjockey on August 17, 2012, 07:56:22 PM
Which raises a question....when's the last time a mayor has been subjected to an assignation attempt?

Now that's definitely a Freudian slip, coming from you.  :lol:
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« Reply #13 on: August 17, 2012, 09:08:30 PM »
Quote from: Stand_watie on August 17, 2012, 09:01:06 PM
The mayor of Dallas had one plainclothes Dpd officer with him when I saw him at a corporate event circa 2000 (Ron Kirk). It was a low risk appearance in a high rise office building in a tony neighborhood in North Dallas, so might be a lower risk scenario than general life in Chicago, but it struck me as ridiculous that they shut down a freeway for a motorcade in Dallas around the same time period for a President (Prime Minister?) of Ireland when the Mayor of Dallas represents nearly as many people as the entire nation of Ireland and gets one driver/cop. 


Wouldn't the Irish dude have more to worry about? Being, ya know, Irish?
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« Reply #14 on: August 17, 2012, 09:31:55 PM »
Quote from: fistful on August 17, 2012, 09:08:30 PM

Wouldn't the Irish dude have more to worry about? Being, ya know, Irish?

Yeah, I was gonna say.  We have fewer bombings here.  Still have plenty of Irish, though.
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« Reply #15 on: August 17, 2012, 10:28:00 PM »
Quote from: fistful on August 17, 2012, 09:08:30 PM

Wouldn't the Irish dude have more to worry about? Being, ya know, Irish?

He didn't SEEM worried after a couple of drinks. We laughed. We cried. We sang pub songs...
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