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partylessinOhio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-13-06 08:27 AM
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Miniature flags are dangerous weapons? Caption this photo.






    A U.S. secret service agent, right, confiscates miniature flagpoles for security reasons prior to U.S. President George W. Bush's arrival in Stralsund, Germany, on Thursday, July 13, 2006. Bush is stopping to talk with his newest European ally before heading to the Group of Eight summit to tackle a host of thorny problems including Iran, North Korea, and the Middle East.
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mahatmakanejeeves Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-13-06 08:31 AM
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1. You could
put your democracy out with a thing like that.
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Placebo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-13-06 03:28 PM
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18. ...
:rofl:
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rman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-13-06 08:33 AM
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2. Imagine what a terrorist could do with a box of toothpicks
It's nothing short of a weapon of mass destruction.
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partylessinOhio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-13-06 08:33 AM
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3. Give me your 18 inch weapons!







    A U.S. secret service agent confiscates miniature flagpoles for security reasons before U.S. President George W. Bush's arrival in Stralsund, Germany, on Thursday, July 13, 2006.
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partylessinOhio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-13-06 08:39 AM
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4. It's dangerous hard work.


    German special police officer prepares to accompany the motorcade of U.S. President George W. Bush in the north-eastern German town of Stralsund at the Baltic Sea July 13, 2006. Bush called Germany a key ally in the promotion of peace and freedom on Thursday at the start of a visit to the former communist east designed to strengthen bilateral ties.
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Ilsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-13-06 08:42 AM
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6. Geez. To have your own people dress like that and aim that
nasty looking weapon at you to protect a foreign leader like DimSon was be frustrating.

Yeah, and those flagpoles had dull arrow tips on them! Scary! Treacherous! They all have them so it much be a plot! Take them all to GITMO! :sarcasm:
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-13-06 02:48 PM
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15. Flagstick vs. Special Police
Why is it in this little meeting, the guys in the riot gear with the rifles and other weaponry are so piss-their-pants scared of the folks with the flags?
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GodlessBiker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-13-06 08:40 AM
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5. Fuck you. You ain't takin' my flag.
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-13-06 08:47 AM
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7. Look how many SS agents..
There are a bunch of them behind the crowd taking sticks too..

I am surprised the German people were so sanguine, considering...
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displacedtexan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-13-06 09:09 AM
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8. "Ger" + "Mann" (German) means 'MAN WITH BIG STICK.'
Teutonic ger- "spear"

So it's natural that Bush admin translators had
to pass on the intel and protect the pResident.
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KKKarl is an idiot Donating Member (662 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-13-06 09:50 AM
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9. Give me those we are having a barbecue later
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noonwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-13-06 10:20 AM
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10. They can be pretty dangerous in the hands of a 3 year old
Especially if there are other children around.
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-13-06 10:26 AM
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11. Next, confiscating writing materials ...
aside from a nasty papercut, Bush heard that "the pen is mightier than the sword" ...
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obreaslan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-13-06 11:24 AM
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12. Ha Ha! You drew the short straw. No you have to take a bullet for him.
:D
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KansDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-13-06 11:27 AM
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13. Those flagpoles will distract Bush--make him think of Ann Coulter's legs
Not what the White House wants during Q&A time...
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partylessinOhio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-13-06 01:45 PM
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14. Someone should photoshop these flagpoles into the talons of an Eagle.
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slampoet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-13-06 02:49 PM
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16. "Mommy?
.... Why is that man defacing the flag?"
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truth2power Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-13-06 11:27 PM
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22. Fascism...
Fasces - bundle of sticks. Something like that. It's late. :P
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freesqueeze Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-13-06 03:25 PM
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17. If they outlaw flagpoles...
only outlaws will have flagpoles.
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LittleClarkie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-13-06 03:31 PM
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19. No, you cannot take my stake. How else will I kill the vampire?
Oh, it's not Cheney? Well, then, never mind.
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kwolf68 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-13-06 03:50 PM
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20. Bush is a Pussy
..
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unkachuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-13-06 09:56 PM
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21. miniature American flags....
....the weapon of choice, of middle-class German terrorists....
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