Showing posts with label drones. Show all posts
Showing posts with label drones. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Hegemony Abroad Requires a Security State at Home - McGovern Pt2

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Bob McDonnell, GOP Gov., Wants Drones Policing Virginia Because They're Used 'On The Battlefield'

Bob McDonnell, GOP Gov., Wants Drones Policing Virginia Because They're Used 'On The Battlefield': "Virginia is for drones.

Or rather, since drones are good for fighting insurgents in Afghanistan, they must be good for policing Virginia.

That was the message Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell told WTOP Radio on Tuesday, when he praised drone technology as "great" and urged its use domestically for the same reasons it is deployed overseas.

"I think we ought to be using technology to make law enforcement more productive; it cuts down on manpower in the air -- and more safe," he said. "That's why we use it on the battlefield."

Civil liberties "like privacy" need to be addressed, but if drones keep police officers safe and save money, using them was "absolutely the right thing to do," McDonnell said.

The Department of Homeland Security recently launched a $4 million program to accelerate the adoption of unmanned drones by police and other public safety agencies."

'via Blog this'

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Who Going To Deliver My Mail? I Know let's Use Our Drones. The plus: they don't need benefits. The downside: they only make delivery in Pakistan, Yemen, and any other country with stan in the name

Why can't we even deliver are own mail? It's probably a good thing because the Americans would start thinking that they deserve to be treated better. The good news is that these drones don't need benefits. The bad news is they really can't lift the latch to access the yard. While, if worse comes to worse, they can always flatten the house.

Over 30 K


Average letter carrier paid 44,000
In 2008 there were 343300  letter carriers
We're going to need a massive building program