Topic ClosedGo | New | Find | Notify | Tools |
| Member |
I’ll disagree just a bit. I have a relative about to retire from FBI. Was an instructor at the academy for several years. The differences between the younger newer agents and those of the older generation are disturbing and deep. You can blame DEI for some of it, a dumbing down of the population for some of it, gen x work ethics, such as they are, for some. The good ones are still out there but they’re rapidly being put out to pasture and are rarely, if ever, assigned anything more than mundane tasks. | |||
|
Get Off My Lawn |
Yeah, and also one other important thing is that Trump, new in the Washington DC scene in late 2016, had to rely on people he really didn't know to fulfill positions in his cabinet, administration, and of course many of these were not only swamp dwellers, but unsavory political animals that wanted to use Trump for gain of power (Christie, Pence, Kelly, Tillerson, Mattis, etc) But now after 8 years of DC life and all of the shit thrown at him, IMO he now has a pretty good handle on things and people to trust. "I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965 | |||
|
| Member |
| |||
|
blame canada |
I think some shade should be thrown here. I'm sick and tired of hearing from government (especially state workers in my area) employees that they're just holding on for a retirement...or they're a good one in a bad position or place. At what point do they just admit they have NO SPINE, have compromised their integrity and ethics, IF they ever had any to begin with. It's the "I'm just doing what I'm told" or "I'm just a soldier following orders" argument...and it's pretty lame. There is a cost to doing what's right, and standing up to those who don't around you. I get that. Just admit they're too weak or selfish to bear that cost. Be honest...I can live with that. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The trouble with our Liberal friends...is not that they're ignorant, it's just that they know so much that isn't so." Ronald Reagan, 1964 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Arguing with some people is like playing chess with a pigeon. It doesn't matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon will just take a shit on the board, strut around knocking over all the pieces and act like it won.. and in some cases it will insult you at the same time." DevlDogs55, 2014  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ www.rikrlandvs.com | |||
|
Shall Not Be Infringed |
There 'may' be some good ones, but are there 'a lot' of them...That's an unknown. Regardless, their track record speaks for itself, and sucks abysmally! Therefore, I'm not inclined to trust ANY of them! ____________________________________________________________ If Some is Good, and More is Better.....then Too Much, is Just Enough !! Trump 47....Make America Great Again! "May Almighty God bless the United States of America" - parabellum 7/26/20 Live Free or Die! | |||
|
| Savor the limelight |
"Shooter's gun had 'collapsible stock,' which is easy to conceal The weapon used by the gunman had a "collapsible stock," meaning Thomas Matthew Crooks could easily conceal the gun at the rally, FBI Director Christopher Wray told the House Judiciary Committee. "The weapon had a collapsible stock, which could explain why it might have been less easy for people to observe," he said." Link That's right up there with the sloped roof.  One, plenty of people saw the guy and pointed out he had a gun. Two, I'm guessing everyone that should have had a rifle at the rally had one with a collapsible stock. From the pictures and videos, the Secret Service Counter Snipers, the Secret Service Counter Assualt Team, and local law enforcement all had rifles with collapsible stocks. Anybody have trouble spotting those guys? What is it with these Director level people that cannot speak intelligently about the topic at hand? Two questions everyone wants answered: 1. Why, when there were multiple opportunities to do so, wasn't the shooter engaged by law enforcement sooner? 2. Why wasn't someone watching that particular roof? It's almost two weeks now. How many people would one have to talk to to answers those questions? A dozen? | |||
|
Member |
I can't address that one within the context of government organizations, but in some of my past experiences in the corporate world it's because the director (big office and comfy chairs) level people have never been hands-on at the production (get the tools and git-r-done) level. Just my opinion.... God bless America. | |||
|
| Peace through superior firepower  |
Bodycam Footage from Moments After Trump Assassination AttemptThis message has been edited. Last edited by: parabellum, | |||
|
Step by step walk the thousand mile road |
With a barrel ≥ 16" and an overall length, even with a collapsible stock, of ≥ 28". Sure. Its not like a collapsible stock is Romulan cloaking technology. He said it because it was one of the five common features making regular AR pattern rifles into magically more dangerous Joe Biden "assault weapons." Nice is overrated "It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government." Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018 | |||
|
| Step by step walk the thousand mile road |
At 10:24. That my friends shows it was not very far to the stage nor is it that hard a shot, even with an unmagnified optic. I am more convinced that ever that President Trump survived through divine intervention. Nice is overrated "It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government." Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018 | |||
|
Member |
That is not what Wray said. Wray said 8 cartridges were recovered on the rooftop, not 8 casings. The question was asked: Did crooks fire 8 shots? The answer was "We recovered 8 cartridges on the roof. Wray knows the difference between a cartridge and a casing. He was very specific in his answer. https://x.com/thevivafrei/status/1816137633065554360 Hedley Lamarr: Wait, wait, wait. I'm unarmed. Bart: Alright, we'll settle this like men, with our fists. Hedley Lamarr: Sorry, I just remembered . . . I am armed. | |||
|
Unflappable Enginerd |
You sir have way more confidence in Wray's ability and knowledge than I do...  __________________________________ NRA Benefactor I lost all my weapons in a boating, umm, accident. http://www.aufamily.com/forums/ | |||
|
| Savor the limelight |
A few things of note from the video Para posted above: 1. The guy with the body cam counted 8 empty cases on the roof. 2. That tree blocked the view of SS Counter Snipers on the north building. 3. The giant ladder was in fact not there when the shooter got on the roof. 4. Somebody really needs to talk to Beaver County Sniper, Greg. He’s in the second window with a clear view of the roof and snapped at least two pictures of the shooter before the shooter got on the roof. I’m really wondering about the ladder on the other building. Where did that come from and was it there before the shooter got on the roof?This message has been edited. Last edited by: trapper189, | |||
|
| Freethinker |
I only watch bits of the testimonies before Congress, but from Wray’s comments I learned a new firearms-related word usage: “Cartridge” now means a fired and empty casing. Now that it has entered the public record, I imagine that’s how we can expect it to be used forevermore. I drafted the above before the other posts about the subject, and I wouldn’t bet the rent that Wray knows the difference between a cartridge and a casing. If he does, he probably misspoke. Either way, though, it won’t matter: fired cases are now “cartridges.” That will be just one more example of how firearms-related terminology gets changed because someone simply did not think things through. The most recent previous example I am aware of is the convention that flat is the opposite of curved. ► 6.4/93.6 “Most men … can seldom accept the simplest and most obvious truth if it … would oblige them to admit the falsity of conclusions … which they have woven, thread by thread, into the fabrics of their lives.” — Leo Tolstoy | |||
|
Doubtful... |
The video Para posted certainly shows no one having issues with the “sloped roof”. Best regards, Tom I have no comment at this time. | |||
|
| Member |
Although blurred out in the video, Crooks’s noggin appears to be mostly (too) intact. If he was killed with a round fired from a sniper’s rifle with mostly direct hit and assuming a caliber larger than 5.56, wouldn’t there be more ‘splatter’ in the area around where his head is? __________ "I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal labotomy." | |||
|
| Peace through superior firepower |
I guess the body must be planted. The real shooter, a super-secret shadowy government guy, raised from a foundling by the CIA, is the real shooter and he's gotten clean away. A billion dollars they paid him, or so I hear from my reliable, super-confidential sources. Yep Clearly, a deep conspiracy, wouldn't you say, Cookster? There's no doubt about it. All the clues are there. Yep | |||
|
| Member |
There was a YUGE blood trail going downhill from the body. -c1steve | |||
|
Member |
Para,The rumor I'm hearing this is a repeat of 1963 staged by the Cigarette Smoking Man, aka Carl Gerhard Busch, apparently the Lone Gunmen are hot on the trail and "the truth is out there." | |||
|
Member |
Yes, he probably does have that knowledge. What he doesn't have is one ounce of integrity. If he said the sky is blue, I would go outside and check it myself. I don't believe one word that comes out of his mouth, not one. . | |||
|
| Powered by Social Strata | Page 1 ... 1080 1081 1082 1083 1084 1085 1086 ... 1330 |
 | Please Wait. Your request is being processed... |
Topic Closed© SIGforum 2024