No, you've got two situations (being called in front of a grand jury and being tried in a court for a crime) mixed up.
If you are called in front of a grand jury for questioning, they aren't going to have people testifying against you. And, if you are accused of a crime and are brought to trial, your lawyer should be cross-examining the witnesses and attacking their credibility or otherwise asserting your claims of innocence.
Weak on terror? He personally ordered the assasination of Osama bin Laden; I don't think anyone could accuse him of being 'weak on terror' and keep a straight face after that.
And all of that capability means nothing if the people using it aren't willing to cause enormous civilian casualties, because people aren't idiots and aren't just going to line up on a field for the army to shoot at. All the conventional firepower in the world isn't going to matter when it comes to guerrilla warfare, as we've seen in Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam.
There's always option 4, finding a small airline or pilot for hire to fly you to where you want to go. Admittedly not the cheapest option, but you get the convenience of air travel without having to deal with the TSA.
These guys, for instance, would be perfect:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SeaPort_Airlines
The acoustic dead-man's switch wouldn't have been any help, since it's linked to the same valve on the BOP that failed even when they sent robots to manually shut it down. And, that valve failed because of an accident that happened some weeks before that destroyed the annulus seals: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/05/16/60minutes/main6490197_page4.shtml.
I agree that the relief wells should be required for this kind of eventuality, but if BP hadn't been criminally negligent in maintaining its equipment, this never would have happened.
Lead shot and bullets (especially copper-jacketed bullets) aren't terribly dangerous as far as lead exposure goes, since the elemental lead used in projectile construction isn't as bio-available as its derivative organic compounds (like, say, lead acetate or tetra-ethyl lead).
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Tanks typically have a "Commander" position to go along with the gunner, driver, loader(s) (for tanks without an autoloader).
No, you've got two situations (being called in front of a grand jury and being tried in a court for a crime) mixed up. If you are called in front of a grand jury for questioning, they aren't going to have people testifying against you. And, if you are accused of a crime and are brought to trial, your lawyer should be cross-examining the witnesses and attacking their credibility or otherwise asserting your claims of innocence.
Does it run on fossil fuel? If so, then this tech will only last until we run out of this fuel.
I think we need something that can fly on electricity.
You can run airplanes on biodiesel or alcohol if necessary.
See also:
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/10/worlds_first_100_percent_biodiesel_jet_flight.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embraer_EMB_202_Ipanema
Weak on terror? He personally ordered the assasination of Osama bin Laden; I don't think anyone could accuse him of being 'weak on terror' and keep a straight face after that.
And all of that capability means nothing if the people using it aren't willing to cause enormous civilian casualties, because people aren't idiots and aren't just going to line up on a field for the army to shoot at. All the conventional firepower in the world isn't going to matter when it comes to guerrilla warfare, as we've seen in Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam.
There's always option 4, finding a small airline or pilot for hire to fly you to where you want to go. Admittedly not the cheapest option, but you get the convenience of air travel without having to deal with the TSA. These guys, for instance, would be perfect: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SeaPort_Airlines
The acoustic dead-man's switch wouldn't have been any help, since it's linked to the same valve on the BOP that failed even when they sent robots to manually shut it down. And, that valve failed because of an accident that happened some weeks before that destroyed the annulus seals: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/05/16/60minutes/main6490197_page4.shtml. I agree that the relief wells should be required for this kind of eventuality, but if BP hadn't been criminally negligent in maintaining its equipment, this never would have happened.
Lead shot and bullets (especially copper-jacketed bullets) aren't terribly dangerous as far as lead exposure goes, since the elemental lead used in projectile construction isn't as bio-available as its derivative organic compounds (like, say, lead acetate or tetra-ethyl lead).