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December 14, 2013
The Finest Security Money Can Buy!
Live for the bullshit, die from the bullshit:"How heartening, as one watches the viral video of Obama droning on while a mere foot and a half away Mr. Jantjie rubs his belly and tickles his ear, to think that the White House’s usual money-no-object security operation went to the trouble of flying in Air Force One, plus the “decoy” Air Force One, plus support aircraft, plus the 120-vehicle motorcade or whatever it’s up to by now, plus a bazillion Secret Service agents with reflector shades and telephone wire dangling from their ears, to shepherd POTUS into the secured venue and then stand him onstage next to an $85-a-day violent schizophrenic. In the movie version—In the Sign of Fire—grizzled maverick Clint Eastwood will be the only guy to figure it out at the last minute and hurl himself at John Malkovich, as they roll into the orchestra pit with Malkovich furiously signing “Ow!” and “Eek!” But in real life I expect they’ll just double the motorcade to 240 vehicles and order up even more expensive reflector shades." - - Funeral Spice | Mark Steyn
Posted by gerardvanderleun at December 14, 2013 5:52 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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Sorry, my favorite paragraph from that wonderful piece:...
Michelle Obama glowered straight ahead, as stony and merciless as the 15-foot statue of apartheid architect Dr. Hendrik Verwoerd that once stood guard outside the government offices of the Orange Free State. Eventually, weary of the trilateral smooching, the first lady switched seats and inserted herself between Barack and the vivacious Helle.
How poignant that, on a day to celebrate the post-racial South Africa, the handsome young black man should have to be forcibly segregated from the cool Aryan blonde....
That's great stuff!
Posted by: John the River at December 14, 2013 7:21 AM
Thanks, I'm going to use that to update and bump another item.
Posted by: vanderleun at December 14, 2013 7:52 AM
Who was the handsome young black man?
Posted by: Potsie at December 14, 2013 9:02 AM