Obama left without police protection during visit to California's murder capital

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California: Police Radio Failures During Obama’s Visit to Oakland

Oakland’s year-old $18 million police radio system failed repeatedly during President Obama’s visit on Monday and during protests surrounding it. Many of the 100 officers assigned to presidential security duty were unable at times to communicate with police dispatchers or with one another during the president’s fund-raiser at a downtown theater, said Barry Donelan, president of the Oakland Police Officers’ Association. “It doesn’t work, that’s the bottom line,” Mr. Donelan said of the radio system. City officials said that while some officers experienced “intermittent” transmission problems, officers were able to communicate with one another. “There was never a complete failure,” the police chief, Howard Jordan, said.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/27/us/california-police-radio-failures-during-obamas-visit-to-oakland.html

More wasted Obama bucks.

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Local news coverage this morning stated the system was down for eighteen hours because one of the relay sites overheated during peak operation, and would not reset.

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More wasted Obama bucks.

Obama paid for the Oakland police radio system? How generous of him.

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Obama paid for the Oakland police radio system? How generous of him.

Out of your wallet.

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Out of your wallet.

How'd he do that? He's never seen let alone touched my wallet. Not to mention that I don't usually carry 18 million dollars with me.

Edited July 27, 2012 by Mr. Big Dog

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How'd he do that? He's never seen let alone touched my wallet. Not to mention that I don't usually carry 18 million dollars with me.

Maybe you should be making all your tax returns available since 2009 here on VJ so that we can verify that you didn't pay any taxes.

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Was the radio system paid for by federal, state or city funds?

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Maybe you should be making all your tax returns available since 2009 here on VJ so that we can verify that you didn't pay any taxes.

Oh, I paid taxes. But Obama doesn't get to spend them. Not a dime of them. You should familiarize yourself with how this works - i.e. who holds the power of the purse. It ain't the President.

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Oh, I paid taxes. But Obama doesn't get to spend them. Not a dime of them. You should familiarize yourself with how this works - i.e. who holds the power of the purse. It ain't the President.

Right. He just signs the checks.

Was the radio system paid for by federal, state or city funds?

Yes.

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Right. He just signs the checks.

Only after Congress authorizes it. So I'll have to take my complaint to Boehner.

Yes.

This wasn't a yes or no question. It was multiple choice. Try again.

Edited July 27, 2012 by Mr. Big Dog

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Who paid for this?

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Only after Congress authorizes it. So I'll have to take my complaint to Boehner.

If the wife says it is okay for you to visit with your friends down at the pub, and you come home drunk, do you blame her?

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If the wife says it is okay for you to visit with your friends down at the pub, and you come home drunk, do you blame her?

Not as long as she doesn't blame me.

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Good answer!