GOP is scared as hell. They want unmanned drones and 164 new security cameras for Tampa convention

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.tampabay.com/news/localgovernment/tampa-could-add-surveillance-cameras-for-republican-national-convention/1195245

Tampa could add surveillance cameras for Republican National Convention
By Richard Danielson, Times Staff Writer
In Print: Wednesday, October 5, 2011

TAMPA — This city now has five surveillance cameras watching traffic downtown, but next year's Republican National Convention could bring hundreds more on the street and in the sky.

Among other things, officials are interested in:

• 164 cameras able to read a number 3 inches high at 300 meters in the day and identify people and vehicles at 100 meters in the dark. Many of these would be mounted on light poles.

• Two "unmanned aerial vehicles" that could hover for 20 minutes, fly in 20-knot winds and carry cameras with zoom lenses or thermal imaging capabilities.

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[HopeHoops]

1. Why don't they just arm the drones with machine guns and blow away all the protesters?

The GOP - The party of FEAR!

[unhappycamper]

6. Naaaaah

Use $160,000 Hellfire missiles.......

Lockheed Martin needs the bucks.

[HopeHoops]

9. Yeah, good point.

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. I actually get their fear

for once they are not paranoid...

[C_U_L8R]

3. Unmanned drones

that's a good description of their candidates

[Arctic Dave]

8. LOL. +1

[Aerows]

10. LMAO!

Pretty much.

[SpiralHawk]

4. Poor RepubliCons just eat, drink and breathe fear

No way to go through life,
especially in Land of the Free,
and the Home of the Brave.

No wonder Republicons dream of
and promote propaganda for a totalitarian
control-state "Homeland,"
rather than the good old
United States of America.

[Bandit]

11. Home of the Brave.....

:rofl: They turn America into a joke...

[lonestarnot]

5. terra terra terra. Somebody has to make the dough.

[nichomachus]

7. Good, keep the bastards on the defensive

[socialist_n_TN]

12. They would probably be controlled by a computer

network. And computer networks CAN be hacked.

[elleng]

13. Good. Let them arrest/nuke some t-buggers.

[yodermon]

14. Just arm the security cameras.

fire on the crowd from the control room. Easy and fun!

[TheKentuckian]

15. The TeaPubliKlans need to be told that they need to pull their security up by the their bootstraps.

and stop begging the government to step in to pull their fat from the fire, we've got a deficit to deal with.

[opihimoimoi]

16. Let them get the KOCK GUYs to pay for it....

[TheCowsCameHome]

17. The drones will be the ones attending the stupid convention.

[jsamuel]

18. HA! In Tampa?! No way that is happening, they'll have to move it somewhere else.

Tampa is not a very organized city. No (useful) public transportation, etc.

[lumberjack_jeff]

19. ...to direct attendees to the best places to pick up hookers. n/t

[workinclasszero]

20. Hey the fascist GOP can hire Blackwater/Xe

I'm sure they would love suppressing their fellow Americans.

[Ganja Ninja]

21. They need to spread some of those cameras around in mens rooms across Tampa.

Also any place where young boys are likely to congregate. That would really worry the GOP.

[butterfly77]

22. And they claim they are...

some bad mfkers! What in the hell are they afraid of? Lol!!!:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: Where in the hell do they think they are at,Iraq?Afghanistan?

[monmouth]

23. This will be a gathering of the most boring people all in one place,

Cannot envision anything exciting happening. Maybe Sarah could make an un-announced visit..That would be exciting but certainly not up to the standards or needs for all of this requested security. They make far too much of themselves.

[butterfly77]

24. They act like they will be in the green zone.,

if they regain power this is what we will see all over America..

[butterfly77]

25. Kicked&Recommended...