Comments on: StateGate Update: Reality Bites

By: dduck12

dduck12 — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:24:08 +0000

Could be. I was thinking of OW's War of the Worlds- another fictional brouhaha.

By: JSpencer

JSpencer — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:10:42 +0000

I think that was Joseph Conrad, not Orson Wells.

By: dduck12

dduck12 — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:56:27 +0000

Thanks for the chuckle. As Orson Wells would have said; “Oh, the horror”.

By: Mike_Licht

Mike_Licht — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:41:34 +0000

Not the first time the Obama White House has had gatecrashers.

See:

http://notionscapital.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/...

By: dduck12

dduck12 — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:30:01 +0000

I'm sure the completely false, scurrilous, and partisan rumors of a secret dungeon with the words Jack Bauer Suite, under the White House, that only Dubya had a key for, are completely unfounded.

By: dduck12

dduck12 — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:25:02 +0000

O, PLEASE, don't bend on this one. No: “Let's get together over a glass of Chardonnay” moment. These people should not make a extra cent on this breach of security. No articles, no books, no more reality than this one. And, if they have to be threatened with criminal charges, so they shut their pie holes, so be it.
I feel sorry for the head(s) that will roll because of this, but at least security will be tightened so a more serious threat might be thwarted.
And, Jack Bauer where were you when we needed you.

By: ShannonL

ShannonL — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:24:49 +0000

Why aren't these people in jail? As soon as this came out they should have been arrested. On what charges…I'm not sure…but I am sure there is a law against unlawful entry or something like that.

By: Father_Time

Father_Time — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:24:51 +0000

Like it or not these yahoos did the White House a favor by exposing a weakness in security for the President and his family, not to mention the Vice President also. Should they pay with jail time and national discrediting by media blackballing?....Yes.

Secret Service aside, sad thing is, the three young Marine’s careers are over as a matter of routine. If it had been Bush, same same, no dif.

By: JSpencer

JSpencer — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:26:36 +0000

Probably a pointless excercise, but I can't help but wonder what the “media” reactions would have been had an identical occurence taken place during a GWB bash? I'm not suggesting anything in particular, only speculating. That said, some security concerns are specific to Obama more than the presidency in general, but probably not most of them.