Death Threats Against Bush at Protests Ignored for Years zomblogIf you just want to see the evidence and not read the introduction, simply scroll down to the photos, or click here to jump directly to them. On Wednesday, August 1. Death to Obama at a town hall meeting in Maryland was detained and turned over to the Secret Service which will likely soon charge him with threatening the president. As well they should. I fully and absolutely agree with the Secret Service pursuing this case, since anyone who threatens the president is breaking the law and should be prosecuted. It doesnt matter that Obama was not at the meeting nor that the man was unarmed the threat all on its own is a federal crime, according to the United States Code. I support the arrest and prosecution of any person who threatens Obama or any president of the United States. Bush was threatened frequently but no arrests. But the story of this arrest got me to thinking Why was no one ever arrested for threatening President Bush at protests, when they displayed signs in public that called for his death Many readers may naively think, The answer is obvious no protester was ever arrested for threatening Bush at a protest because no one ever threatened him at a protest. Who would be that stupid I certainly never heard of any such threats. Alas, if only it were that simple. Because the bald fact is that people threatened Bush at protests all the time by displaying menacing signs and messages exactly as the anti Obama protester just did in Maryland. Yet for reasons that are not entirely clear, none of those Bush threateners at protests was ever arrested, questioned, or investigated at least as far as I could tell. 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Below this introduction you will find dozens of examples of such threats unaltered photographs from a wide variety of sources, along with links verifying their authenticity. Just show us the pictures already If you want to get straight to the action and not bother with reading the rest of this introduction, simply scroll down a short way to see the pictures right now. But if youre outraged by the very existence of this report, or curious about my motivations for publishing it, then please take a few minutes to read the following explanation. The Overwatch fandoms favorite new character has only appeared within an in game poster, but that hasnt stopped players from drawing fanart of her, cosplaying. This week we have a guy who cant get his annoying coworker to stop talking to him about politics during his lunch break. 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Threats to the president arent excusable now, and werent excusable in the past and yet death threats against Bush at protests seem to have been routinely ignored for years and readers who have any evidence showing that the threateners depicted below were ever prosecuted for threatening the president, please tell me and Ill update this essay with the new info. Why the discrepancyAm I calling the Secret Service incompetent No I am not calling the Secret Service incompetent. In fact, Im pointing the finger of blame in an entirely different direction. Im quite sure that the Secret Service always dutifully investigates any threat to the president of which it becomes aware. But thats the key right there of which it becomes aware. The Secret Service has only a limited budget and a limited number of investigators, and so cant be present to witness every potential threat as it appears. Often, the Secret Service is only alerted to a possible threat by reports in the media. And the media is the weak link. I contend that the media is aggressively reporting on, highlighting and pursuing any and all possible threats to President Obama and even hints of threats but they purposely glossed over, ignored or failed to report similar threats to President Bush. Why I believe it is part of an ideological bias most mainstream networks and newspapers tried their best during the Bush administration to portray the anti war movement as mainstream and moderate whereas now they are trying to portray the anti tax and anti health care bill protesters as extremists and as fringe kooks. To achieve these goals, they essentially suppressed any mentions of the violent signage including threats to Bush at anti war rallies, but have highlighted anything that could even conceivably be construed as a threat at anti Obama events. I believe this partly accounts for the 4. Obama over those against President Bush. Part of that reported increase in investigated threats is undoubtedly due to an increase in actual threats but part of it is almost certainly due to an increase in threats which get reported by the media and are therefore brought to the Secret Services attention. This is similar to the famous paradox about rape awareness programs. Researchers were long mystified as to why incidents of rape in a city or a social group seemed to invariably rise after rape awareness campaigns drew attention to the problem in order to help solve it. The answer turned out to be obvious Its not that the number of actual rapes went up its that the number of rapes which got reported went up, as women had more awareness and less shame about reporting the crime. The end result is that more threats to Obama are being reported. After scanning the pictures below of death threats against Bush, ask yourself Holy cow why was I never aware of these at the time The reason Because the media intentionally failed to report on them. Which is why both the average American and the Secret Service never became aware of many of these protest threats. So now when a single protester shows up at an anti Obama rally displaying a death threat, he is immediately pounced upon by the media and the Secret Service. Whereas in the past when protesters by the dozen threatened Bush, the media turned a blind eye, and the threateners got off scot free. Double standard Is there a double standard Seems to be. Every threat to Obama is now vigorously pursued, trumpeted and dissected by the media and the blogs, and roundly condemned. And I condemn such threats as well. But in the past, whenever someone threatened Bush at a protest, there was a deafening silence on the part of the media and the left leaning blogs, and consequently very little if any follow through on the part of the Secret Service. Which I find quite distressing. I was condemning those threats in the past as best I could, by drawing attention to them on my blog but few people were joining me in my condemnation. I am NOT repeat NOT defending anyone who threatens a presidents life. Thats the whole point. I say that anone who threatens Obama should be arrested andor investigated. All I am saying is that threats to Bush should have been similarly pursued but werent. And the only reason Im publishing the essay is that many Obama supporters to my astonishment now claim that Bush was never threatened at protests. Before we can have a rational discussion on this topic, we need to have a shared factual basis. The evidence below will establish that basis. If you truly, truly cared about presidents lives being threatened, you would be just as incensed by people threatening Bushs life at protests as you are about the far less frequent instances of Obamas life being threatened at protests. Some Bush threats followed up as expected but protest threats ignored. How to Silence Your Jabbering Coworker. Youve got problems, Ive got advice. This advice isnt sugar coatedin fact, its sugar free, and may even be a little bitter. Welcome to Tough Love. This week we have a guy who cant get his annoying coworker to stop talking to him about politics during his lunch break. Youve got problems, Ive got advice. This advice isnt sugar coatedin fact, its sugar free, andRead more Read Keep in mind, Im not a therapist or any other kind of health professionaljust a guy whos willing to tell it like it is. Watch Witchblade Online. I simply want to give you the tools you need to enrich your damn lives. If for whatever reason you dont like my advice, feel free to file a formal complaint here. Now then, lets get on with it. Hi Patrick,Ive got this one coworker who just loves to hear himself talk, and for some reason hes chosen me specifically to be the recipient of his blessings. He keeps coming up to me during lunch breaks wanting to talk European politics. Im European and interested in politics so with anyone else I would usually welcome this topic however, he isnt actually interested in my opinion at all, he just seems to want to show off how much he knows. I know all of these things, probably better than him. But no matter how often I interjected Yes, I know, he just kept talking at me, getting louder and louder at every interjection, and keeping up a constant string of umms and aahs to make sure I couldnt say anything even when he was picking his next words. I am not very good at communicating when Im uncomfortable in a situation, so I just sit there staring blankly at nothing while he talks in my general direction. The problem is, since hes talking about something I actually find interesting, I do occasionally contribute something to the conversation, which obviously keeps him going. Im pretty sure my other coworkers with whom I get on very well have noticed that I am very uncomfortable when this happens, but since he is usually interested in talking to me specifically, they generally stay out of the conversation cant say I blame them. How do I communicate to this guy that I dont care about his opinions and that I dont want him ruining my lunch breaks Cheers,Going Deaf. Hey Going Deaf The first thing you need to do is stop responding to him. At all. I know its hard because hes talking about something youre actually interested in, but you absolutely cannot respond in any wayeven if you have the best retort ever. If you nod and give an occasional mmm, hell probably keep talking, but if you actually respond with words, hell ramble on til the end of days my friend. You probably do know more than this guy, but that does not matter to him in the slightest. Hes seeking self affirmation by spouting off his own political knowledge and garbage opinions. Its what makes him feel whole, so if that bugs you, theres no way you can interact with him and expect anything less than this ancient form of verbal torture. But not responding wont fix the problem entirely, G Dizzle. Its just to keep from encouraging the bastard. Clearly your colleagues arent going to save you, and frankly, I wouldnt dive on that grenade either. So, to stop it for good, youll need to take action. Here are a few solutions I recommend Stop him before he gets started. When you see him approach, hold your hand up like youre a crossing guard on a hot day and say, I really cant chat today, Im insert plausible excuse here Or, try this alternative thats worked for me I close my eyes, point my finger up, and say, Im sorry, Im trying to focus on something right now. Putting on headphones and acting like youre concentrating on a hot new audiobook or meditating to gong sounds might work as well. Set a time limit for the conversation, verbally. When he approaches, immediately look at your watch or phone, so he can see it, then say, I can chat persons name, but only for five minutes. Whats up Then listen to him without engaging or interrupting. Stop him at the time limit with a line like, Okay, Im going to get back to this now, or Okay, Im going to just zone out and enjoy the rest of my lunch for a bit. Hes more likely to stop because you gave him a reasonable expectation at the beginning of the conversation. He started talking knowing you could only spare five minutes, and thats what he got. Schedule a time outside of work to talk about politics. Say, Hey, Id really like to talk about all this, but I dont really feel comfortable talking about it at work. Maybe we can grab a coffee and discuss it another time Then, heres the kicker, dont follow through. Keep putting it off and rescheduling, while being stern about not discussing it at work. Hopefully, hell take the hint. Leave during your lunch break. Like, go outside and eat your lunch, grab lunch and a margarita at a nearby restaurant, sit in your car with the radio on and your windows open, anything to get away from this guy and save your sanity. Do it enough times and he might finally realize you dont want to talk to him anymore. Who knows Maybe hell latch onto some other poor sap Hopefully one of those solutions works for you, Going Deaf. If not, you have to put on your big boy pants and stand up for your own well being. Tell him straight up that you dont care about his opinions and that you dont want him ruining your lunch breaks anymore. I guess you can say it nicer, though, if you want. Something like, Im sorry, I dont want to discuss this stuff with you anymore. Id appreciate it if you kept these things to yourself. Or I really need my personal time during my lunch breaks, so Id really appreciate it if youd let me do my own thing. It will be uncomfortable, sorry. But whats worse One awkward, uncomfortable confrontation, or a lifetime of listening to his bullshitSave yourself. A good conversation is all about the back and forth both parties listening and responding. IfRead more Read. Quickies. Because I just dont have the time or patience for all of you. Miss Patience asks Hi Patrick, I am 2. My relationships are ending due to this. Please advise me. Hey MP First, let me say that your virginity is yours. If you dont want to lose it, you dont have toever. These people ending relationships with you because youre not ready arent right for you. You need someone who understands your feelings and is willing to wait. Just make sure you tell them that when things start to get serious so they dont feel like youre holding out on them for other reasons. That said, theres a difference between not feeling ready and just being afraid of the process itself. If its the latter, learn about sex and arm yourself with some knowledge. Our resident sexpert yup, I went there, Vanessa Marin, has covered the topic of losing your virginity as an adult very well. But if youre not ready, MP, youre not ready. Dont rush something just because some jerks are mad you wont put out. Not all of us lose our virginities at age 1. Camry. If youre still a virginRead more Read. Thats it for this week, but I still have plenty of blunt, honest advice bottled up inside. 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