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Airships to Patrol Venezuela's Skies
bprime writes "The BBC reports that officials in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, have bought three airship UAVs to keep tabs on the local populace. From the article: 'The 15 metre (49 foot) long air ships are emblazoned with government slogans. Written in bright red are the words, We watch over you for your security.' They're not exactly black helicopters, but how long do you think until we see similar measures in high-crime American cities?"
All your rights and freedoms are belong to us!
Have EVDO, will travel.
Something has happened elsewhere in the world. But how long until someone uses it to criticize Bush?
Hmmm...
The Venezuelan government buys 15 meter long airships for surveillance.
The city of Caracas has the "worlds worst figures for gun death".
So, taking a bit of a leap [jump with me if you wish]... The government of Venezuela is providing expensive 15 meter long floating targets for the people of Caracas to shoot at instead of shooting at each other...
You know, it just might be crazy enough to work...
Let's just hope that Koopa's not involved this time...
I left my wallet in El Sigundo!
COPS: Caracas
A high speed chase featuring an airship tracking and a donkey powered wood cart through a shanty-town.
What's with it with all those
people writing their comments
with line breaks every few words
to the point that their posts
look like they should be poems?
Is it so hard just to keep your
posts on one fucking line? If not,
at least make it rhyme, you dimwit.
Reminds me of an Aqua Teen Hunger Force (ATHF) scene where Shake is "The Drizzle." I'm paraphrasing here:
Master Shake: I can summon rainclouds to rain out the crime
Meatwad: Right, so then they go inside and rob banks and kill people.
Master Shake: Yeah, they could do that...
"This act of fascism is brought to you by McDonalds!"
I swear to God...I swear to God! That is NOT how you treat your human!
Well, if they go with the airship surveillance, I think they should make them giant spherical balloons which look like giant eyeballs in the skies, and light them up at night for an even more ominous effect. After all, if we're going to live in a surreal dystopian future of eyeballs in the sky, it ought to at least look like what it is.
Momentarily, the need for the construction of new light will no longer exist.
I thought helium was holding them up.
Intron: the portion of DNA which expresses nothing useful.
I dunno. But, if they introduce these UAV's to the US, I certainly can forsee the creation and deploymnet of small, Unmanned Surface to Air Missiles (USAM's).
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........
Yeah, but the Predators don't carry subtly menacing slogans, so they're completely different...
If it crashes, they'll all say:
oh, la humanidad!
Where does the school board find them and why do they keep sending them to ME?
There is no reason to track people in Venezuela because there is no crime in Venezuela. Venezuela is perfect. Venezuela is a utopian society. There is nothing to see here. Move along.
Except, you know, when the sky behind you is blotted out by a huge lumbering airship for hours on end.
Can you be Even More Awesome?!
Wow! Did you just use 'heisenberg' as a verb?
It's a little strange though, the harder I try to look at that word, the less I can understand it.
The ring of truth cuts through the crap like a sharp-edged knife. Thanks for calling it like it is. Even if it's a bit depressing, it keeps the revolution fueled. The shadow has been growing for some time, but the light shines brighest in the darkest hour. Power to the peaceful.