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What do you think about this? An over reation, or should he be shot for treason?

Source (http://apnews.excite.com/article/20050526/D8AB4F500.html)

Secret Service Looks Into Yearbook Prank
May 26, 6:02 PM (ET)

WIDEFIELD, Colo. (AP) - Most Mesa Ridge High School students got yearbooks with a black mark under one student's picture, covering up a phrase that has caught the Secret Service's interest.

After about 100 yearbooks were distributed May 6, somebody complained about the caption, which reads "most likely to assassinate President Bush." School officials asked students to return the yearbooks, and staff members used markers to cover up the words in those and the still-undistributed books.

"They kind of ruined our yearbook," said Christina Tredway, who just graduated from the school.

Widefield School District officials said it was a prank that wasn't caught before the yearbooks were printed.

District spokesman James Drew said future yearbooks will be triple-checked before printing.

Lon Garner, special agent in charge of the Secret Service's Denver District, said all threats against the president must be investigated.

"That's our mission," he said. "That's what we do."

What threat? He was voted by his class I'm assuming... I guess that's what they do...

If everyone who hated Bush was voted most likely to assassinate him, he'd be the only person in history to have entire nations out to assassinate him without official government backing of any of them. And, personally, I wish them the best of luck.

If everyone who hated Bush was voted most likely to assassinate him, he'd be the only person in history to have entire nations out to assassinate him without official government backing of any of them. And, personally, I wish them the best of luck.

On a first note, welcome back DLE.

On a second, I agree... There are > 5 billion people on this planet, and I'd say at least 1/2 would not mind seeing Mr. G.W. Bush dead. (I hope the SS, I mean, Secret Service has enough staff....)

You'd think that they'd have something better to do with their time than chase that up.





heh, I got "Always seen: With his bitchaz. Most likely to be: a P.I.M.P."

It seems pretty heavy handed. It's just a joke in a school magazine.

High school students are a clear and present danger to national security! More resources must be devoted to tracking their activities! Ah, but where can you get the money, you ask? Well, just divert some funds away from the search for that Bin Laden guy. He's harmless, really. It's those evil high school kids we should worry about!

Well, just divert some funds away from the search for that Bin Laden guy.

Isn't that called the 'iraq war' ?

So is this US democracy in action? Or the new US Nazi-style state?

I guess the 2nd statement turns more and more plausible...

So is this US democracy in action? Or the new US Nazi-style state?

I'm guessing it's more along the lines of the latter.

I'm guessing it's more along the lines of the latter.

We complain about the Spanish Inquisition, Gestapo and KGB, but then the CIA, FBI and SS (and others) are supposed to be on the side of the US citizen? Not really.