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themanintheseersuckersuit
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by themanintheseersuckersuit » Fri Aug 29, 2014 8:56 am
You will all be relieved to know that The Myrtle Beach Police Department is debuting its new SkyWatch Mobile Surveillance Tower at this weekend's BBQ festival
http://www.wmbfnews.com/story/26399545/ ... g.comments
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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BackInTex
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by BackInTex » Fri Aug 29, 2014 1:53 pm
Searching for the Gamecocks' defense?

..what country can preserve it’s liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? let them take arms.
~~ Thomas Jefferson
War is where the government tells you who the bad guy is.
Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.
-- Benjamin Franklin (maybe)
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Estonut
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by Estonut » Fri Aug 29, 2014 6:51 pm
I wouldn't want to be the cop (one of the cops) in that top-heavy contraption once the BBQ crowd gets unruly.
A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five.
Groucho Marx
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themanintheseersuckersuit
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by themanintheseersuckersuit » Fri Aug 29, 2014 9:39 pm
BackInTex wrote:Searching for the Gamecocks' defense?

Ouch!
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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silverscreenselect
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by silverscreenselect » Sun Aug 31, 2014 6:49 am
BackInTex wrote:Searching for the Gamecocks' defense?

No, they're searching for the Clemson team. They disappeared at half time against Georgia and haven't been seen since.
Check out our website: http://www.silverscreenvideos.com
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lilclyde54
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by lilclyde54 » Sun Aug 31, 2014 9:30 am
The NOPD has been using those on Bourbon St. for a while. It makes sense to get up above the shoulder to shoulder crowds and see what is going on.
I felt the change
Time meant nothing and never would again