{"id":4193,"date":"2013-02-11T09:50:26","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T14:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=4193"},"modified":"2013-02-11T10:17:47","modified_gmt":"2013-02-11T15:17:47","slug":"obamas-drones-wittily-impaled-on-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/11\/obamas-drones-wittily-impaled-on-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama’s Drones Wittily Impaled on Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Someone started a thread on Twitter yesterday with the hashtag #TheBestThingsAboutObamasDrones <\/p>\n

Here are some of the most amusing zingers thus far – <\/p>\n

The Best Things About Obama’s Drones is….<\/strong><\/p>\n

@poor_richard
\n\u2026they eliminate the need to read an American citizen their miranda rights<\/p>\n

@CanadianBacon_2
\nif they turn out like the Volt, they\u2019ll probably crash into the most populated areas taking out neighborhood<\/p>\n

@PointlessPol
\nLaser guided bombs system so accurate it only kills the innocent within a 200 ft radius<\/p>\n

@jeffjotoole
\nOne day the #LAPD will be able to blow up the wrong car instead of just shoot at it.<\/p>\n

@GrooveSDC
\nWe get to hear torture fetishists who support preemptive wars based on non-existent WMDs complain about them <\/p>\n

@SinisterAnon
\n\u2026is that they are powered solely on #Hipster apathy<\/p>\n

@SamAdamsTPP
\nPresident Obama is the only Nobel Peace prize winner to have a hit list.<\/p>\n

@ag_texas
\nThey can be guided with an Obamaphone app<\/p>\n

@GrooveSDC
\nWe get to hear torture fetishists who support preemptive wars based on non-existent WMDs complain about them <\/p>\n

@darlingdelilah
\nWatching liberals justify the murder of a sixteen year old boy.<\/p>\n

@INHOC478
\nThere more Eco friendly than using F16s to kill Americans. <\/p>\n

@deepereyes
\nwith all the bodies to bury shovel ready jobs are created. In other countries now but in USA soon<\/p>\n

@1_punny_dem
\nReagan is dead so he can\u2019t sell them to Iran.<\/p>\n

@1_punny_dem
\nnow they can find Dick Cheneys \u2018undisclosed location\u2019<\/p>\n

@voteforcantwell
\n\u2026 is when POTUS says he can use them to kill Americans, Americans act like the drones are the only problem<\/p>\n

@Shep_Brian
\n\u2026hippies from the 60\u2019s that hated gov\u2019t help create and finance them. <\/p>\n

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\nFWIW – I’m on Twitter @jimbovard<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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