Democratic Underground Latest Greatest Lobby Journals Search Options Help Login
Google

bushco* now have their 'cook you in your clothes' weapon and are wasting no time in threatening us

Printer-friendly format Printer-friendly format
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend
Printer-friendly format Bookmark this thread		 This topic is archived.
Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (1/22-2007 thru 12/14/2010) Donate to DU
 
madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-26-07 10:00 AM
Original message
bushco* now have their 'cook you in your clothes' weapon and are wasting no time in threatening us
with it, it seems to me like. Big march this weekend and they roll out their crowd control weapon in a way that is suspicious, at best, as to their intent. I really am worried for the marchers because you know someone is itching to try this new gizmo, which I think should be illegal, out on real people and I'm not sure they, whoever 'they' are, won't attempt to cause a scene so as things might get out of control and then they would have their excuse for trying it out. I don't trust 'em

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg18725095.600

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn1470

I hope I'm just being paranoid :scared: :tinfoilhat:
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
Gidney N Cloyd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-26-07 10:06 AM
Response to Original message
1. Who dreams up this insanity? And why do republicans keep paying them?
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
dogday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-26-07 10:11 AM
Response to Original message
2. I hope your just being paranoid as well because
using any kind of force or weapons upon this crowd will cause riots throughout this land....
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
karash Donating Member (77 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-26-07 10:16 AM
Response to Reply #2
3. .
Are you kidding? If multiple stolen elections and the detention and torture of American citizens without trial won't cause riots, what will? Blasting a few hippies with microwaves? I highly doubt it.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
dogday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-26-07 10:25 AM
Response to Reply #3
6.  A Few Hippies?
Is that how you describe these protestors? I have to tell you, that is a statement from the right if I have ever heard one..... :shrug:
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Tesha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-26-07 11:29 AM
Response to Reply #6
11. "We need a sarcasm detector recalibration, STAT!" (NT)
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
MindPilot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-26-07 12:06 PM
Response to Reply #6
22. We all know that's not true, but that's how it will play out in corpmedia
from the right is exactly where the statement will come.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-26-07 10:17 AM
Response to Reply #2
4. I think you're right
I put nothing past this crew though
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-26-07 11:57 AM
Response to Reply #2
20. I will play devils advocate and say maybe this regime
wants to invoke martial law on us. I hope it doesn't get to that point.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-26-07 12:03 PM
Response to Reply #20
21. I'm not much of a conspiracy theorist but I worry about the motives of this cabal
I think I can see that they will do anything to further their cause, but thats just me
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
woodsprite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-26-07 10:17 AM
Response to Original message
5. Wouldn't that be the Air Force guy who thought we shouldn't
use a weapon on enemies that we wouldn't use on our own people - or something like that.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-26-07 10:33 AM
Response to Reply #5
7. thats the guy
he was scratching his fingers when he made that statement too
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
MindPilot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-26-07 12:11 PM
Response to Reply #5
23. Yes a couple months ago Steve Wynn, Sec of the Air Force
publicly stated the device should be tested on American citizens before being deployed in combat zones.

I got an LTTE published about it at the time and I wrote about to my rep who sits on the armed services committee. She wrote me back saying she had sent him a letter condemning his statement.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
CrispyQ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-26-07 10:37 AM
Response to Original message
8. Franklin, Jefferson & Paine are rolling in their graves.
snip...

The experimenters banned glasses and contact lenses to prevent possible eye damage to the subjects, and in the second and third tests removed any metallic objects such as coins and keys to stop hot spots being created on the skin. They also checked the volunteers' clothes for certain seams, buttons and zips which might also cause hot spots.

The ADS weapon's beam causes pain within 2 to 3 seconds and it becomes intolerable after less than 5 seconds. People's reflex responses to the pain is expected to force them to move out of the beam before their skin can be burnt.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-26-07 10:42 AM
Response to Reply #8
9. lots of IF's there aren't there
I think this weapon will be ruled illegal as it should, once cooler heads replace this cabal
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
soothsayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-26-07 11:27 AM
Response to Original message
10. Iraq is the perfect place to test things on people. Unlimited
guinea pigs. I'm sure that's going on.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-26-07 11:34 AM
Response to Reply #10
13. I seem to remember a pic of one of these, ought to be illegal, weapons in Iraq
but haven't read anything about them being used yet.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
porphyrian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-26-07 11:32 AM
Response to Original message
12. Bring big mirrors.
You might be able to reflect that crap back at them, or at least away from you. Unless they would consider that battery.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-26-07 11:36 AM
Response to Reply #12
14. and that is why they don't mention windows and such
I think a mirror will reflect microwaves
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
porphyrian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-26-07 11:48 AM
Response to Reply #14
16. The ovens use a spinning aluminum fan-like thing to disperse the waves throughout the oven.
I'm sure something could be figured out in short order, if it really becomes an issue. I think it's just threats and posturing at the moment, though, if even that.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-26-07 11:54 AM
Response to Reply #16
19. we're going to replace ours and I am going to take this one apart for show and tell
but mostly for learning on my part what the things are made of
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
porphyrian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-26-07 12:34 PM
Response to Reply #19
24. Just watch out for the thingee (transformer?) that holds an electrical charge.
http://www.gallawa.com/microtech/how_work.html

You can cook your cookies on that thing if you aren't careful.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-26-07 12:41 PM
Response to Reply #24
25. OOh I'm hurting already, make it stop
thanks for the reminder :rofl:
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Javaman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-26-07 11:48 AM
Response to Original message
15. Well, when I go to the next protest, I'm going to carry some frozen food in my pockets.
1) it should lower the burning "sensation" of the 130 imagined temp

and

2) afterwards, I will be pretty popular with all this free cooked food to give out. :)
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-26-07 11:52 AM
Response to Reply #15
18. be easy to find too, be smelling like cooked steaks instead of cooked ____
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Marr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-26-07 11:51 AM
Response to Original message
17. Everyone needs to drop and play dead the moment they turn it on.
Go to the doctor the following day, complain of chronic pain, and sue, sue, sue.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
DU AdBot (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu May 02nd 2024, 07:16 PM
Response to Original message
Advertisements [?]
 Top

Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (1/22-2007 thru 12/14/2010) Donate to DU

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators

Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.

Home  |  Discussion Forums  |  Journals |  Store  |  Donate

About DU  |  Contact Us  |  Privacy Policy

Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.

© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC