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Chicago aldermen want ticker tape parade for Navy SEALs who killed bin Laden
Sun Times ^

Posted on 05/05/2011 10:25:48 PM PDT by Jim 726

The city that was the first in the nation to hold a cathartic welcome home parade for Vietnam War veterans would do the same for the elite Navy SEALs team that took out Osama bin Laden under a plan floated Wednesday by five influential aldermen.

Ald. James Balcer (11th), the Vietnam War veteran who has championed veterans issues in the City Council, is pushing for the ticker-tape parade to honor the military in general and the Navy SEALs Team Six credited with executing bin Laden in particular.

Balcer was joined by Aldermen George Cardenas (12th); Edward M. Burke (14th); Ariel Reboyras (30th), and Ray Suarez (31st).

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To: Jim 726
Al Jazeera would give it commercial free, non-stop coverage...with up close and personal video pieces of each Seal Team member and their families.
21 posted on 05/05/2011 11:15:35 PM PDT by Tex-Con-Man
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To: Tex-Con-Man

Not going to happen...Special ops guys don’t want the exposure...


22 posted on 05/05/2011 11:16:48 PM PDT by gman992
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To: gman992
Oliver North would have preferred the WhiteHouse not say anything...and makes a good argument for NOT showing the body.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2715814/posts

23 posted on 05/05/2011 11:20:11 PM PDT by Tex-Con-Man
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To: WKUHilltopper
Sure...make them known and targets.

That is the whole point my friend. That is exactly what they have in mind.

The last thing Chicago would ever do is honor soldiers. They are doing this with nefarious intent.

24 posted on 05/05/2011 11:22:05 PM PDT by 240B (he is doing everything he said he wouldn't and not doing what he said he would)
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To: WKUHilltopper
Sure...make them known and targets.

That's the plan.

The reports from the DC Insider and others (that the CIA and military did an end-run around Obama and the whole Chicago coterie) match up with the body language in the situation room photo -- much more than any of the twenty or so renditions of the story coming from Obama and his media supporters since.

25 posted on 05/05/2011 11:26:33 PM PDT by meadsjn (Sarah 2012, or sooner)
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To: Jim 726
Just shoot me !

An American Expat in Southeast Asia

26 posted on 05/05/2011 11:28:34 PM PDT by expatguy (Donations Keep The Expat Fueled !)
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To: caww

This whole PR stunt the WH tried to pull today was a disaster. They had to ratchet it back to a wreath laying after Bush and Clinton said no way to this vulgarity. Even after screening the 911 families to make sure they had a friendly crowd, Burlingame came out of it and exposed it as a sham to the media.

Add that to the constant lies coming out of the WH on what actually happened on Sunday. No one has a straight answer. As extra fun, water boarding has conclusively been proven successful and the left is on the run now with no coherent argument why it is bad. Now we find out the famous PR photo from the Situation Room was a total fake.

This whole episode is going totally sideways on the Regime when you know they were all banking on it as a total win. Even the bump in the polls was weak. Obummer is doomed.


27 posted on 05/05/2011 11:35:23 PM PDT by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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To: Jim 726

Libs would be demanding they be trial at the Hague for warcrimes


28 posted on 05/05/2011 11:38:43 PM PDT by 4rcane
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To: FlingWingFlyer

they simply want pictures of them standing next to our heroes, shaking hand. Photo-op opportunity


29 posted on 05/05/2011 11:39:40 PM PDT by 4rcane
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To: Jim 726

So the Jihadis can ID them for future follow up, no doubt.


30 posted on 05/06/2011 12:03:42 AM PDT by JimRed (Excising a cancer before it kills us waters the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
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To: Jim 726

World Famous Covert Operators


31 posted on 05/06/2011 12:26:22 AM PDT by ninonitti
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To: Jim 726

Maybe not a good idea - but if I ever meet any of them I’ll gladly by them all a round or two.


32 posted on 05/06/2011 12:37:51 AM PDT by jongaltsr (It)
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To: Jim 726
As long as the guys were ski masks and gloves. I don't see the problem.
33 posted on 05/06/2011 12:46:38 AM PDT by BigCinBigD (Northern flags in South winds flutter...)
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To: Jim 726

Either they are idiots or they want our heroes punished by revealing their identity.

Given it’s Chicago I believe it’s the latter.


34 posted on 05/06/2011 12:57:27 AM PDT by Carley (We will not tire. We will not falter. We will not fail. W, 9/20/01)
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To: Jim 726
I'm sure in order to protect their identity, Obama will step in and accept the honor and parade for himself.
35 posted on 05/06/2011 1:25:02 AM PDT by MacMattico
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To: Jim 726

Where’s that graphic “the stupid, it burns”? Grief, what an idiot.


36 posted on 05/06/2011 1:42:25 AM PDT by Hoffer Rand (There ARE two Americas: "God's children" and the tax payers)
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To: MacMattico
This is 0bungle's fault for making the whole thing a media spectacle in the first place. What a dunce!
37 posted on 05/06/2011 2:02:37 AM PDT by TigersEye (Who crashed the markets on 9/15/08 and why?)
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To: WKUHilltopper

“Sure...make them known and targets. What a bunch of backward idiots in Chicago!”
LIKE THE OLD QUESTION; Why are there always more horses asses than there are horses !


38 posted on 05/06/2011 4:33:38 AM PDT by aumrl (let's keep it real Conservatives)
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To: meadsjn

Yesterday I read (twice) that DC Insider account and found it very compelling. Do you suppose it comes from the Clintons? They were fond of leaking things to the press during their reign and there is certainly animosity between the camps. My current 2012 prediction: Obama will raise a lot of money leading up to the DNC in 2012. Then some excuse will be made as to why he can’t run (the Parkinson’s, no doubt) and Hillary will become the nominee. This deal was worked out in June 2008 during their secret rendezvous (one report is here:
http://www.americanfreepress.net/html/obama_secret_ties.html). Disclaimer: I admit I am a Bilderberger of sorts! Would love to hear your (and others) thoughts! I just think that Bill and Hillary are the keys to a lot of things we will never know about in our lifetime.


39 posted on 05/06/2011 5:39:02 PM PDT by Rona Badger (Heeds the Calling Wind)
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