Some Dumb Ass Xenophobe Got Nabbed For Planning To Assassinate Barack Obama!

I knew the idiots would emerge sooner or later! Some asshole got nabbed down in the good state of Mississippi for planning to assassinate Barack Obama. Here's more on that from the Telegraph:

"Steven Joseph Christopher, who is from Wisconsin, was arrested by the Secret Service in Brookhaven, Mississippi, after two threats were posted on the internet.

Federal prosecutors said that he was charged with threatening to kill the US President-Elect for what he claimed was "the country's own good".

The criminal complaint was sealed until the 42-year-old suspect's appearance in a federal court. A judge ordered Mr Christopher to be held until a bail hearing next Thursday.

He is said to have made two threats on Jan 11 and Jan 15.

The security scare came as Mr Obama was preparing to take office as America's first black president at his inauguration in Washington next Tuesday.

It followed the uncovering of a suspected neo-Nazi plot to kill Mr Obama last October shortly before the US election. The plot centred on Tennessee, where the black civil rights campaigner Martin Luther King was assassinated 41 years ago."(END OF EXCERPT) Read the rest here:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/4274602/Man-arrested-for-threatening-to-assassinate-Barack-Obama.html

Barack Obama isn't the only one that some folks hate.George Bush is going to need all the security he can get as well!But Time magazine is comparing it to a police state:

"Meanwhile, the Secret Service has infuriated Virginians just across the Potomac River by ordering all five bridges linking the state and capital closed to private cars on Inauguration Day. They say it's necessary to minimize congestion in the capital, but not everyone agrees. "The Secret Service, they're insane," James Moran, a Virginian Democratic Congressman, told the Washington Post about the agency's decision. "This is security on steroids." He fought — and succeeded in reversing — a Secret Service decision to bar pedestrians from the 14th Street bridge, which would give walkers the closest access to the Inauguration. However, major Virginia roads inside the Beltway encircling the capital will be reserved for official vehicles only.

Four subway stations near the Mall will be shut down during the festivities, and the subway system — which is likely to be overwhelmed — is encouraging passengers to carry as little as possible so left-behind items don't trigger police alerts. "On Inauguration Day," the system adds in a final indignity, "all Metrorail station restrooms will be closed for security reasons." (Luckily, the subway is setting up 146 porta-potties near its stations, and 5,000 will be located on the Mall and along the parade route.)

Obama, who is expected to give his inaugural address from behind a bulletproof shield, will be able to ride along the 1.7-mile parade route in his brand-new heavily armored Cadillac limousine. He'll be shadowed by Secret Service vans crammed with heavily armed SWAT teams and electronic-warfare gear capable of jamming detonators designed to set off certain explosives. Electronic devices — like those already in use in the D.C. subway — will be used above ground, to sniff the air for biological or chemical agents. They'll be aided by at least four Army dogs that will be sniffing for hidden explosives. Mike, a 6-year-old Belgian Malinois, has worked presidential details before, according to his handler, Staff Sergeant Daniel Konrardy. The dog is calm in crowds and the only thing that bothers him is gunfire. "Hopefully, we won't be hearing any gunfire," Konrardy says. Snipers will be discreetly sprinkled along the parade route, and along with a battery of surveillance cameras, they'll ensure that anything suspicious is quickly checked out.

Everyone attending the festivities will be subject to a "thorough security screening," the Secret Service says, warning that "lines may be long" outside the 13 entrances along the parade route that will open at 7 a.m. on Inauguration Day. Everything that you think might be banned is. The list of items ranges from the "duh" variety — firearms, ammunition, explosives, knives and Mace — to the more mundane: coolers, thermoses, umbrellas, strollers and backpacks."(END OF EXCERPT) Read the entire article here:http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1871963,00.html