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  • Congress OKs 30,000 drones...for American cities

    It's the most benign thing in the world. In fact, it's a concept whose time has come and it will only help protect us and keep us safe. Naturally, there's nothing to worry about because there won't be any abuse of the technology. After all, spy drones are already being used around the U.S.; what's the problem with adding tens of thousands more?

    In case you didn't know it -- and you probably didn't -- Congress, with little fanfare, passed an FAA reauthorization bill last week President Obama is expected to sign into law that will make it much easier for the government to put scores of unmanned spy drones into American skies.

    Not only that, the legislation authorizes the Federal Aviation Administration to develop regulations for the testing and licensing of commercial drones by 2015. If the law takes full effect, it is believed as many as 30,000 drones could be hovering over the U.S. by 2020.
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    President Obama is expected to sign into law a bill that will make it much easier for the government to put scores of unmanned spy drones into American skies. The legislation authorizes the Federal Aviation Administration to develop regulations for the testing and licensing of commercial drones by 2015. If the law takes full effect, it is believed as many as 30,000 drones could be hovering over the U.S. by 2020.



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    Time to buy a goose gun I guess. lol
    Originally posted by racrguy
    What's your beef with NPR, because their listeners are typically more informed than others?
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    Voting is a constitutional right, overthrowing the government isn't.

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    • #3
      Obama has been trying to fuck with private flying as well. seems he wants to kill joe schmoe's flying fun

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      • #4
        I'm sure he'll sign it, "with reservations," just like the NDAA.
        ZOMBIE REAGAN FOR PRESIDENT 2016!!! heh

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        • #5
          Originally posted by onemeangixxer7502 View Post
          Obama has been trying to fuck with private flying as well. seems he wants to kill joe schmoe's flying fun
          I've not heard about this. Do you have a link?
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          • #6
            Blaming Obama?

            LOL

            Bush would have signed this in a heartbeat as well.
            Full time ninja editor.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by majorownage View Post
              Blaming Obama?

              LOL

              Bush would have signed this in a heartbeat as well.
              That doesn't make it any less unjust.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by majorownage View Post
                Blaming Obama?

                LOL

                Bush would have signed this in a heartbeat as well.
                they are all wrapped in the turd burrito package
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                Some dudes jump out of airplanes, I fuck hookers without condoms.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by ThreeFingerPete View Post
                  That doesn't make it any less unjust.
                  x2

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                  • #10
                    WTB line item vetos.

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                    • #11
                      This country isnt going to be the land of the free much longer at this rate! Soon their be spying on all of us!
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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by SEB View Post
                        This country isnt going to be the land of the free much longer at this rate! Soon their be spying on all of us!
                        soon?they already are

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by SEB View Post
                          This country isnt going to be the land of the free much longer at this rate! Soon their be spying on all of us!
                          Hasn't been the land of the free in 20 years.
                          Originally posted by BradM
                          But, just like condoms and women's rights, I don't believe in them.
                          Originally posted by Leah
                          In other news: Brent's meat melts in your mouth.

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                          • #14
                            About time, the FAA was not allowing the military to fly our Uav in civilian airspace. I worked on the mq1 in Houston but we were not allowed to do training missions because of the FAA.
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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by mk5.0 View Post
                              About time, the FAA was not allowing the military to fly our Uav in civilian airspace. I worked on the mq1 in Houston but we were not allowed to do training missions because of the FAA.
                              Thats for good reason, most civilian aircraft are much slower. Why train in highly congested airspace with slow aircraft and high frequency of student training. No good will come from uav's buzzing around spying on its own people.

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