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truedelphi

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32. And these things were developed for use in Iraq -

Reply to DollarBillHines (Reply #27)

Tue Mar 26, 2013, 05:59 PM

Mar 2013

As a way to ensure that our service people wouldn't be injured by IED's to the extent that they had been being injured when the unshielded Hummers were the only vehicles they had. Now we have them deployed in Marin County?

Jeeez Louise, and apparently reading half the entries at my discussion here, I am a right wing Bircher for even thinking about the expense and the pointlessness of it all. Must remember to preface all remarks at DU with "Homeland Security Uber Alles", or risk being called a RW fanatic!

They cost at least one million bucks a piece!

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Forbes Mag lets us know that some tin foil hat wearers are sometimes right! [View all] truedelphi Mar 2013 OP

Damn, I already threw my tinfoil hat away Progressive dog Mar 2013 #1

Funny, this rates right up there with Progressive dog Mar 2013 #2

There are plenty of Alex Jones/Matt Drudge 'leftists' here geek tragedy Mar 2013 #6

Yeah, I've seen them too Progressive dog Mar 2013 #9

+1000 Blue_Tires Mar 2013 #22

Rightwing bullshit repeatedly debunked and then geek tragedy Mar 2013 #3

Snopes is to truth as truedelphi Mar 2013 #4

You're spreading rightwing shit from Alex Jones and Matt Drudge geek tragedy Mar 2013 #5

So they're buying training rounds for the next 106 years? ZOB Mar 2013 #13

1.6 billion purchased figure is a lie. From the Thinkprogress link: geek tragedy Mar 2013 #14

OK, so they only purchased 160,000,000 rounds... ZOB Mar 2013 #23

Not enough for ten years. geek tragedy Mar 2013 #24

Plus another important consideration of all of this is the fact that these truedelphi Mar 2013 #26

Actually, DHS practices with duty ammo. ZOB Mar 2013 #29

so dhs is now our homeland military? spanone Mar 2013 #7

No, this is a lie peddled by Matt Drudge and the gun nuts. geek tragedy Mar 2013 #8

Uh excuse me, but the people at Homeland Security get approximately Hundred Billion truedelphi Mar 2013 #15

How does that relate to the lie you just peddled about DHS geek tragedy Mar 2013 #16

I have not listened to Drudge for over six years - and truedelphi Mar 2013 #17

Well, you should stop posting his propaganda here. nt geek tragedy Mar 2013 #20

And what link am I gonna get from ABC - if you truedelphi Mar 2013 #18

You kind of eroded your point geek tragedy Mar 2013 #19

Tim McVeigh is dead,you do know that, don't you! truedelphi Mar 2013 #25

Apprehending child rapists is not a waste of geek tragedy Mar 2013 #28

Ralph Benko writes for Townhall and sufrommich Mar 2013 #10

jury split 3-3 Mosby Mar 2013 #11

Thats too bad but I'm not surprised. nt sufrommich Mar 2013 #12

Where's that damn UnRec button gone?! n/t GoneOffShore Mar 2013 #21

Marin County just purchased an MRAP from DHS DollarBillHines Mar 2013 #27

Are you kidding? Mill Valley? truedelphi Mar 2013 #31

Actually, the thing is garaged in San Rafael DollarBillHines Mar 2013 #33

And these things were developed for use in Iraq - truedelphi Mar 2013 #32

How well will an MRAP plow snow? Mopar151 Mar 2013 #30

Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean that the world's not out to get you. razorman Apr 2013 #34

But of course, I am sure that truedelphi Apr 2013 #35