Re: Home of the free

["Rob Thompson" <my.security.lists () gmail com>]

On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 4:12 PM, John C. A. Bambenek, GCIH, CISSP
<bambenek.infosec () gmail com> wrote:
> And people sent "anthrax" letters to one of McCain's offices too.  Your
> point?  Is it that we, as a society, should be defined by the lowest-common
> denominator among us?

No points, just opinions...

Of course we are defined by the lowest-common denominators.  Whether
we should be, is a whole different story.

It typically works this way:   The hard work of hundreds can be ruined
by one arsehole.

It seems to have always been this way.  More than likely always will.


> On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 5:04 PM, Rob Thompson <my.security.lists () gmail com>
> wrote:
> > I think that there were some death threats to Obama...
> >
> > You'd think that we were, but it seems like our Country is not yet
> > mature enough for a black president.
> >
> > Freaking sad if you ask me...  Though I do understand where you're
> > coming from, in regards to that is a TOUCH overboard.  What are they
> > going to do if he WINS???
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 1:30 PM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon &
> > Hannah <rMslade () shaw ca> wrote:
> > > "Two U.S. cities will become virtual fortresses during the Democratic
> > > and
> > > Republican nominating conventions, protected by airplanes, helicopters,
> > > barriers,
> > > fences, and thousands of police officers, National Guard troops, and
> > > Secret Service
> > > agents. In Denver, Colorado, where Democrats assemble next week, police
> > > are
> > > spending $18 million on equipment alone and will be bolstered by
> > > National Guard
> > > troops and hundreds of officers from surrounding suburbs. In St. Paul,
> > > Minnesota,
> > > site of the September 1-4 Republican nominating convention, police are
> > > calling on
> > > 80 law- enforcement agencies to provide 3,000 officers to supplement the
> > > city's
> > > 500-person force. The federal money is being spent for security measures
> > > such as
> > > fencing and high- tech camera-surveillance systems. More than 1,000
> > > National
> > > Guard troops will help with communication and supplies in Denver, said a
> > > spokesman for the Colorado National Guard. More than 1,000 Minnesota
> > > National Guard troops will help provide security at sites outside the
> > > Xcel Center
> > > that are being used by convention participants, said a Guard spokesman.
> > > The
> > > North American Aerospace Defense Command, based at Peterson Air Force
> > > Base
> > > in Colorado Springs, will also participate. The Federal Bureau of
> > > Investigation
> > > plans to use a new version of a computer network that lets all its
> > > branch offices
> > > build leads on cases. The Coast Guard will monitor the Mississippi River
> > > near the
> > > Xcel Energy Center."
> > >
> > >
> > > http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=aJgx7Uji1acI&refer=ho
> > > me
> > >
> > > ======================  (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer)
> > > rslade () vcn bc ca     slade () victoria tc ca     rslade () computercrime org
> > > Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be
> > > persuaded to say it.                          - James Russell Lowell
> > > victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm
> > > blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/author/p1/
> > >
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