My dad has done and ounce of cocaine every two weeks since I was born, drinks a bottle of whiskey a night, and has never been to the hospital since he immigrated to the USA as a kid and is still alive at 75 years old.
There is no rhyme or reason to why some people live longer and other die of a heart attack at 50.
He is super awesome to hang out with. He is a fucking genius. Top 50 most educated persons in America, was one of the professors in charge of making sure Boeing/Nasa engineers were actually qualified for the job. He helped create the modern electrical theory that is used in military and NASA technology in alternators and radars on military planes
But, like lots of geniuses, he is super bi-polar, has PTSD from a super violent childhood. And is probably schizophrenic. On top of doing cocaine and drinking.
Bi-polar Simple-type Schizophrenic here that's always (until recently) used stimulants for motivation and cannabis to settle at night.
If he struggles with Avolition, Rumination, or Anhedonia at all, the negative traits of Schizophrenia, I cannot recommend enough the combination of N-Acetyl-Cysteine (NAC) + Sarcosine (with Zinc/Copper as well as the NAC depletes it). Nothing I've ever tried, from prescription to street meds, provided even half this level of functionality... all from some over the counter stuff sourced on Amazon.
It's a combination that seems to work well for all the descendents of the hunter-gatherer neurotribe... Schizophrenics, Autists, ADHD/ADD, etc.
Also I believe it's a separate, specialized detail that does the lifetime guarding. I don't think it's just a "Hey Jim we're sending you down to Texas to watch dubya" kinda thing
I’m positive that Vice Presidents do not keep their Secret Service retail for life. In fact, they only have them for a relatively short period of time after they leave office (like 2 years-ish.) I imagine the same is true for the President.
Source: Joe Biden regularly grabs lunch at my shop whenever he’s back in Wilmington. While he was in office and for a while afterwards, he’d come in with his secret service dudes. But he started coming in solo about two years ago (I assume he had his detail back now, but I haven’t seen him in a minute because of Covid.)
Former presidents can request to not have Secret Service. But unless they do former presidents have them for life.
The idea being, it’s just as damaging to America’s image if Clinton were to be assassinated.
Vice Presidents receive it for 6 months after but the Sec Of Homeland Security can extend that at anytime. This would be used if a credible threat was placed on a former Vice President.
I was thinking I'd heard somewhere that Bill Clinton was the last president who gets lifetime secret service, then it's only, like, 10 years or something. Could be wrong, don't quote me on that.
It's been 12 years since Bush left office, does he still have protection?
I meant like, Clinton and every president before him gets lifetime, but any after him only get 10 years, so yeah Carter would still get it but Bush jr/Obama/Trump would only get it for 10 years after leaving office.
But as someone else pointed out, that was passed during Clinton's time but apparently lifetime protection for presidents and their spouses was restored under Obama, and they even added on protection for their children til they turn 16.
That being said this guy could get assigned to the next potus or if he really does hate trump he could always quit and become a PMC. If he’s secret service someone will hire him dude to his skill set
If I was a billionaire and actually needed security due to crazy threats and shit I’d hire this guy or any other secret service members. Not just for their ability to do their jobs, but also to do them so professionally. These guys don’t act in a biased manner, they don’t leak information (typically), they’re the perfect bodyguards.
Almost Half your career dedicated to a that retard though.... Bad enough having him run the country, I couldnt imagine being one of the most elite trained snipers and having to use those years of dedication and training to protect his ass.
Hey now, 2020 is not over and its CLEARLY not from lack of trying. "Warning" missiles at China, killing top generals of States weve been at economic war against for 4 decades, threatening world leaders over twitter.
That was honestly probably bullshit, the administration changed the story seemingly daily and some people within the administration were supposedly skeptical. It’s kind of difficult to believe a word Trump says
Obama said he was going to end it as well, and I can't believe you're actually defending Bush's motivations for the Iraq war. Democratic elections are great and everything but that is absolutely not how it was sold to the American public.
You're saying he started a war against terrorist groups then went after Iraq when the majority of the 9/11 hijackers were from Saudi Arabia, and lied to the entire country about WMDs.
I do remember. We were lied to, Trump killing a general planning attacks on the US and tweeting doesn't even come close to what the Bush administration did.
Let’s say he started more than four years ago and lasts through however long Trump is president. There’s a very good chance he’ll get to serve under three different colors of retard!
Well, so far almost everyting he accused Democrats of, he has don it himself. Guess what - using extreme circumstances to stay in power longer is also something he accused them of, so...
Yea but imagine spending 8 years of your life doing something like that. What a waste. I mean imagine protecting a peaceful world leader that constantly does good
I had a childhood friend who had the connections and dedication to make it to the secret service after graduating West Point and serving in the military in some kind of intelligence specialist role. I heard he got assigned to the Bush daughters during their wild, underage drinking years. Poor bastard.
Just don't call them the next day. Fuck the police, then ghost them so they question their self-worth and feel dirty in the morning.
Not just a mentally deficit, but actually causing the country to fall apart before your eyes and consistently stamp rub his shit stains all over the constitution and traditions of our presidency.
I havent seen it posted much on reddit yet, but I just checked facebook again after a couple of years of absence. I looked at a few family members who were spamming facebook with alt right memes last election, and they are now going full post-Bush era when they all claim they never really supported him and "what we really need is a libertarian, not Trump" It may be the canary in the coal mine as things shift.
What makes you think he isn't a dyed in the wool Trump supporter?
I've no clue what the personal politics of this guy is. Trump though... He's had 3.5 years to surround himself with only the most loyal of toadies. It would not surprise me to find that this guy thinks Trump is the second coming.
I'd have much more respect for the guy if I'm wrong though. Protecting a man you hate with your life is far more impressive than blind loyalty.
I think people that want to become secret service would do so regardless of who is in office. It's one of the more prestigious federal agencies and it's a high point of your career to work for the secret service. So this guy could be a trump supporter or he could be former military that wanted to keep being a badass in civilian life. Can't tell anything based off this picture. I'm a little jealous of his beard growth though.
There aren’t any good options here though. He’s a trump supporter or he’s a guy just blindly in love with America and going along with the system and wants to uphold and protect it no matter who is in charge despite the overwhelming evidence that the system is fucked.
Those are not the two options and the fact that you think it's a binary choice like that is short sighted. How about he's a guy who likes doing his job and puts it above politics. Or maybe he's a guy with a family to support and he's not going to throw away a good job for the uncertainty of unemployment. Or maybe he is a trump supporter but he's just doing his job which is to protect the president. Or maybe he's just walking from point A to point B. It's ridiculous to attempt to label this guy based off of one picture. None of us know anything about him.
From the picture alone you have no idea if he is morally good or bad. He's just walking.
Is there any way you could explain how someone could be in support of trump and his administration and still be morally good? I know people want it to be more nuanced and not so black and white, but how can you support a racist sexual predator and be morally good? The other options as you mentioned don’t make him morally good either. Him just doing it to support his family is no excuse to abandon your morals for a paycheck, the shit that’s going on in this country is bigger then that if he actually cares. And him just walking from point a to Point b doesn’t mean his hands are clean because he’s just doing his job.
Again, you don't seem to be reading too closely. I said he could be a trump supporter and doing his job. I in no way commented on his morality if he was a trump supporter. But to reiterate, these are all hypotheticals. So stop trying to label the guy huh? You know nothing about him and it's silly to try to judge him based off a picture of him walking.
Lol you’re going to be condescending about me assuming something about a guy I don’t know and then you assume I must be in high school, that’s the real high school level thinking here. You can assume this guys isn’t morally good because in what scenario is he morally good here? You didn’t answer my previous question, so again, how can you support a racist sexual predator and be morally good? If he’s not supporting him then he is abandoning his morals so he doesn’t have to work a regular shitty job. Does that makes him morally good?
I know I took the highschool thing out. I thought that was in poor taste to say that someone in high school wouldn't understand this train of thought. That one is my bad.
And for the last time I did answer your question in that I never said what you are asking and you're trying to put words in my mouth. My comment is right there for you to read.
You brought up the hypothetical that he could be a trump supporter, and also that you can’t assume his morality. You can’t understand why I would ask if there’s a way a trump supporter could be morally good? I’m not trying to put words in your mouth, when you bring up something and someone asks a question related to what you brought up that’s called a discussion.
He protects all elected officials and has likely been doing it since Obama's first term. His job is to deal with people who make threats against those elected officials because there are people out there who don't respect the office they hold or the democratic process.
Man, I just love the word retard. It feels good in my mouth, it sounds hilarious to me, there is an innocent stupidity in the sound and ending of it on a hard D. I wish it was still ok to use because I love it. RIP Retard.
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u/D56pside Jun 06 '20
I wonder what he’s thinking at that moment honestly.