Comments on: Would President Obama Need More Secret Service Protection? http://www.transmyth.com/blog/?p=84 Technology Translator Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Nelson http://www.transmyth.com/blog/?p=84&cpage=1#comment-101 Nelson Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:07:09 +0000 http://transmyth.com/blog/?p=101#comment-101 You know what? I recant my earlier position on this topic. Previously, I had said that If Mr. Obama were elected, he should receive no more or less protection than any other president. At the time, this seemed like a tenable position, but after reading Mr. Hendricks's comment, I'm going with what he said. The amount of protection should be equal to the amount of threat, as would be true for any president. That kind of is what I meant the first time, but Mr. Hendricks put it much better than I did. <i>Pax, Nelson</i> You know what? I recant my earlier position on this topic. Previously, I had said that If Mr. Obama were elected, he should receive no more or less protection than any other president. At the time, this seemed like a tenable position, but after reading Mr. Hendricks’s comment, I’m going with what he said. The amount of protection should be equal to the amount of threat, as would be true for any president. That kind of is what I meant the first time, but Mr. Hendricks put it much better than I did.
Pax,
Nelson

]]> By: Anjuan http://www.transmyth.com/blog/?p=84&cpage=1#comment-100 Anjuan Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:26:40 +0000 http://transmyth.com/blog/?p=101#comment-100 Kevin, Thanks for the comment as well as the post on your blog. Your point is well said: there is no "one size fits all" approach to protecting the President of the United States. However, some people (as seen in the comments on my YouTube post) obviously disagree. Kevin,
Thanks for the comment as well as the post on your blog. Your point is well said: there is no “one size fits all” approach to protecting the President of the United States. However, some people (as seen in the comments on my YouTube post) obviously disagree.

]]> By: Kevin D. Hendricks » Blog Archive » More Secret Service Protection for a Black President? http://www.transmyth.com/blog/?p=84&cpage=1#comment-99 Kevin D. Hendricks » Blog Archive » More Secret Service Protection for a Black President? Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:04:36 +0000 http://transmyth.com/blog/?p=101#comment-99 [...] Twitter friend Anjuan  Simmons posted an interesting blog entry wondering if more Secret Service protection would be needed should Barack Obama become the first black president. The answer seems like a [...] [...] Twitter friend Anjuan  Simmons posted an interesting blog entry wondering if more Secret Service protection would be needed should Barack Obama become the first black president. The answer seems like a [...]

]]> By: Kevin D. Hendricks http://www.transmyth.com/blog/?p=84&cpage=1#comment-98 Kevin D. Hendricks Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:50:30 +0000 http://transmyth.com/blog/?p=101#comment-98 Seems like a no-brainer to me. The level of security should match the level of the threat. It's not an issue of fairness--all presidents should get the same treatment, it's a matter of protection. Kind of like in a war--you decide the size of your fighting force based on who you're fighting, not what you did in the last war. Seems like a no-brainer to me. The level of security should match the level of the threat. It’s not an issue of fairness–all presidents should get the same treatment, it’s a matter of protection.

Kind of like in a war–you decide the size of your fighting force based on who you’re fighting, not what you did in the last war.

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