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rhett o rick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-18-08 10:25 PM
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So when Palin secretly wears an ear piece during her debate, will the Demo's be smart enough
to jam the damn thing???
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-18-08 10:26 PM
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1. That would be perfect. And if they could insert a few high-pitched screeches
that would be even better.
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hamsterjill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-19-08 09:42 AM
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36. That would rock!!!
Make the screech so loud and so long that she had to yank the ear piece out in sheer agony.

Now that would make for a "wardrobe malfunction" moment, wouldn't it?????!!!
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NMDemDist2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-18-08 10:26 PM
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2. hubby and I were talking about that today
we hope someone sends a loud squeal through and she has to yank it out of her ear

:evilgrin:
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billyoc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-18-08 10:26 PM
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3. Faraday cage for Governor Palin?
:) I don't think you could do it.
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lurky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-19-08 12:21 AM
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20. The new hairdo is actually
an elaborate mesh of grounded steel fibers. They've thought of everything. ;)
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TheKentuckian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-18-08 10:27 PM
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That would be cool
However, they don't have anyone up to the Biden Challenge anyway. I guess Lieberman might help her.
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yourout Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-18-08 10:27 PM
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4. Someone needs to sneak in a signal scrambler.....IR, RF, and Laser.
Either that or hijack the signal and have her start praising Obama.
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-18-08 10:27 PM
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5. Better yet: Is it possible to jam the sender, and send our own signal?
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Ilsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-18-08 10:34 PM
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8. Oh, I love it! More stuff like Zapatero is PM of a So American country
-type stuff! Maybe let her get New Mexico and Mexico confused. There is so much damage we could do with that!
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CoffeeCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-18-08 10:30 PM
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6. No way will she have an earpiece....
Edited on Thu Sep-18-08 10:31 PM by TwoSparkles
Wearing an ear piece and being able to listen, process and speak--is an art form.

Your brain has to be trained to pull off that feat.

Bush had been doing this since he was a Gov in Texas. He had it down to a science.

No way could Palin do it. It would be a complete disaster.
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Beregond2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-18-08 10:33 PM
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7. Bush was lousy at it anyway.
All those long pauses while he waited for the answer; remember?
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Liberal Dose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-19-08 09:25 AM
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29. haha yeah, and testily saying "Let me finish" when nobody else was speaking. nt
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Ilsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-18-08 10:35 PM
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9. I wonder if her changing hairstyle is to provide cover for the earpiece?
It seems like they are transitioning her for hiding an earpiece by having her wear her hair down more.
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nc4bo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-18-08 10:41 PM
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13. What if it wasn't entire sentences or paragraphs? What if it were just certain key words as hints?
That could be pretty effective for the loose of tongue type and Sister Sarah strikes me as one who has that gift of gab.

She should be able to "get creative" if given a few key words.

I find it extremely hard to believe that the pukes would just throw her out there nekkid, on stage, with a high caliber Biden without some 911 - especially after seeing the horrid improvs she's been doing lately. I can't see how she can answer debate questions and make any reasonable sense.

I just can't.

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CoffeeCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-18-08 10:51 PM
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14. I think Sarah Palin is smart...
...but she's not that smart.

She's very socially savvy and she's tenacious and a fighter. However,
she's just not that intelligent. Remember, six colleges in five years?

I think her head would probably explode if she had to try to remember all
of that information, keep it straight and then listen for key words while
she talks.

I just don't see it happening.

Like you, I don't know how this will be possible.

I have such doubts about this, after hearing her talk in the interviews that
she's done--and I seriously wonder if she'll even make it to the debates! There
will be some excuse or major debacle.

How's that for being cynical?
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jberryhill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-19-08 12:35 AM
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22. She was in broadcasting
Edited on Fri Sep-19-08 12:36 AM by jberryhill

Her resume is thin as tissue paper but, oddly, you mention one thing she actually can do.
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Muttocracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-18-08 10:36 PM
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10. Just had a weird thought - will on stage be the first time Biden and Palin meet? how weird. nt
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vaberella Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-18-08 10:38 PM
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11. I don't think they'll need. There's always a few seconds delay.
She'll just pause for a period of time and say, "In what capacity, Charlie?" as she stalls for time.
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cliffordu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-18-08 10:40 PM
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12. Whispered obscenities would be the best...
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jillan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-18-08 10:58 PM
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15. Maybe instead of Biden shaking her hand, he should give her a hug
and rip the damn thing out :P

Who cares if he will be called sexist for hugging her.
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JBoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-18-08 11:24 PM
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18. Biden should practice the Tyson manoeuvre
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jillan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-19-08 12:00 AM
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19. After all the bs she flung at him today, I bet he'd love to!
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OHDEM Donating Member (802 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-19-08 09:38 AM
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34. That's what I was going to say!
LOL Maybe not a hug, but a pat on the back & then say, "Mrs. Palin, is this a hearing aid or were you planning to CHEAT during this debate???" We won't let a lumpy jacket get by this time!

Not sure if it matters anyway since we all know she's not so bright, educated or qualified & it hasn't stopped the MSM from kissing her frozen ass! If we could control the spin, that would be another story.
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WheelWalker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-18-08 11:18 PM
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16. Hijack the frequency and replace it with not so subliminal suggestions, such as........ n/t
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jberryhill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-19-08 12:34 AM
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21. Presumably, it would be a spread spectrum or frequency hopping system

So, even if you could watch it with a spectrum analyzer, you couldn't track it.

You'd have to do a wide spectrum jamming that would interfere with the rest of the electronics in the vicinity.
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WheelWalker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-19-08 09:23 AM
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28. Whoa......shows what I know.
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DesertRat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-18-08 11:18 PM
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17. In what respect, Charlie? n/t
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phoenixriz Donating Member (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-19-08 12:40 AM
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23. Bets on whether she will say
"Joeeeeeeeeeeeeee" this and "Jooooooooooooooeeeeeeeeeee" that. lol

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iconicgnom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-19-08 01:14 AM
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24. They don't need to. The R's message is incoherent. Obama has all the cards.
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Algorem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-19-08 05:40 AM
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25. will we see shots of her box?
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JawJaw Donating Member (574 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-19-08 05:44 AM
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26. She won't need an "earpiece"
There are various hearing aid devices that can be attached, or even incorporated into spectacle frames. They transmit by bone conduction. Not too far fetched to rig one of these things to receive a remote signal rather than the usual mic signal..

http://www.spectaclehearingsystems.co.uk/?gclid=CN-t9cjU55UCFQHilAod7TifeA
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-19-08 05:46 AM
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27. If she did, I'd love to see Biden call her out on it.
"Hey Sarah, is the volume ok on the earpiece that you're wearing because you're too goddamned stupid to stand up here and try to pretend you know what you're talking about"?

:-)
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AllexxisF1 Donating Member (559 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-19-08 09:26 AM
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30. I think Biden should be really smooth about it.
I think Biden should very casually lean over and say it an endearing low volume quick bit "Hey Sarah your ear piece is falling" .

The she freaks out and checks to make sure it hasn't


BUSTED.


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Liberal Dose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-19-08 09:27 AM
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31. omg
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

I wish there was some way to rec a reply.
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RichardRay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-19-08 09:34 AM
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32. Give her one, give her two, give her a squad of people flashing secret
coded messages from the floor. She lacks the basic intellectual capacity to process multiple streams of input effectively. If she has people coaching her while she's trying to chew gum the gum will just sit there.

Don't worry about it, Joe's got it handled.

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goclark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-19-08 09:37 AM
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33. It should be against the law to have an earpiece in a debate
The ground rules need to be firm.

Especially if it is being televised on OUR airways!

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OHDEM Donating Member (802 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-19-08 09:40 AM
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35. It's completely unethical...
but then look who we're talking about!
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Hepburn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-19-08 09:44 AM
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37. I am technologically challenged on electronic things....so I have a question:
Assuming Falin does wear an earpiece, is there a way to pick up on the frequency of the signal and jam it ~~ or better yet, give her the wrong info to reply with?

:evilgrin:

Imagine trying to complain about that!!! LOL!!!
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rhett o rick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-19-08 12:36 PM
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38. I would think it would be easy to jam signals, but hard to feed wrong info. nm
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Hepburn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-19-08 01:03 PM
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39. Thanks for the info...
...so I say: Go with jamming her! :hi:
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jberryhill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-19-08 03:38 PM
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40. Except modern secure radio doesn't work that way...

Even cheap wireless phones use what is called frequency hopping or spread spectrum methods.

Basically the transmitter and the receiver are synchronized to "change channels" very quickly and in accordance with a random sequence that the transmitter and receiver both know, but which cannot be predicted externally. The entire point is to evade interception or jamming.

Now, you could connect a spark plug to a coil and put out garbage all over the RF spectrum, but it will also interfere with all of the other communication and PA equipment in the auditorium.

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rhett o rick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-19-08 05:22 PM
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41. Spoil sport. Don't discourage us with facts. nm
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