fairy tale land i dont know what world he lives in but... oh yeah hes a politician.
On 2/22/08, Bosco Bosco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We have officially moved into F'd up and totally scary spooky. > > Bosco > --- "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com>> > wrote: > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > Subject: Police concerned about order to stop weapons screening at > > Obama rally > > Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:37:56 -0800 > > From: Chris de Morsella <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <cdemorsella%40yahoo.com> > > > > To: Tracey de Morsella <[EMAIL > > PROTECTED]<tdemorsella%40multiculturaladvantage.com> > >, > > 'julia > > demorsella' <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <juliaisha%40yahoo.it>>, 'paul > demorsella' > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <pcrdm%40yahoo.com>> > > > > http://www.star-telegram.com/dallas_news/story/486413.html > > *Police concerned about order to stop weapons screening at Obama > > rally* > > *By JACK DOUGLAS Jr.* > > *Star-Telegram Staff Writer* > > > > Barack Obama speaks Wednesday at a Democratic rally in Dallas' > > Reunion > > Arena. Police were told to stop screening people for weapons before > > the > > rally began. > > > < > http://media.star-telegram.com/smedia/2008/02/21/05/416-324450-268988.standalone.prod_affiliate.58.jpg > > > > > > STAR-TELEGRAM/RODGER MALLISON > > > > Barack Obama speaks Wednesday at a Democratic rally in Dallas' > > Reunion > > Arena. Police were told to stop screening people for weapons before > > the > > rally began. > > > > > > DALLAS -- Security details at Barack Obama's rally Wednesday > > stopped > > screening people for weapons at the front gates more than an hour > > before > > the Democratic presidential candidate took the stage at Reunion > > Arena. > > > > The order to put down the metal detectors and stop checking purses > > and > > laptop bags came as a surprise to several Dallas police officers > > who > > said they believed it was a lapse in security. > > > > Dallas Deputy Police Chief T.W. Lawrence, head of the Police > > Department's homeland security and special operations divisions, > > said > > the order -- apparently made by the U.S. Secret Service -- was > > meant to > > speed up the long lines outside and fill the arena's vacant seats > > before > > Obama came on. > > > > "Sure," said Lawrence, when asked if he was concerned by the great > > number of people who had gotten into the building without being > > checked. > > But, he added, the turnout of more than 17,000 people seemed to be > > a > > "friendly crowd." > > > > The Secret Service did not return a call from the //Star-Telegram// > > seeking comment. > > > > Doors opened to the public at 10 a.m., and for the first hour > > security > > officers scanned each person who came in and checked their > > belongings in > > a process that kept movement of the long lines at a crawl. Then, > > about > > 11 a.m., an order came down to allow the people in without being > > checked. > > > > Several Dallas police officers said it worried them that the arena > > was > > packed with people who got in without even a cursory inspection. > > > > They spoke on condition of anonymity because, they said, the order > > was > > made by federal officials who were in charge of security at the > > event. > > > > "How can you not be concerned in this day and age," said one > > policeman. > > > > JACK DOUGLAS Jr., 817-390-7700 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <jld%40star-telegram.com> <mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <jld%40star-telegram.com>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > I got friends who are in prison and Friends who are dead. > I'm gonna tell ya something that I've often said. > > You know these things that happen, > That's just the way it's supposed to be. > And I can't help but wonder, > Don't ya know it coulda been me. > > __________________________________________________________ > Looking for last minute shopping deals? > Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]