President Obama's French food tested by 'taster'

06-07-09, 10:40 AM

Paranoia or best practice? I dont know, but it has the ring of shall I say self perceived 'royalty'.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...show_article=1

Skybird · 06-07-09, 10:53 AM

An issue of personal taste, allergic concerns - or basic security? Obama is the most threatened US president that comes to my mind.

06-07-09, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

An issue of personal taste, allergic concerns - or basic security? Obama is the most threatened US president that comes to my mind.

Why do you feel Mr. Obama is "the most threatened US president "?

I don't think so, if anything Mr. Bush was disliked by much more of the world.

SteamWake · 06-07-09, 11:27 AM

Food 'tasters' go all the way back to King Henrys time. Why is this news?

06-07-09, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by SteamWake

Food 'tasters' go all the way back to King Henrys time. Why is this news?

I thought with modern technology and security measures we had thrown off this legacy which was the domain of kings.

If it isn't news you may at your discretion ignore this and any other of my posts. Sorry.

Platapus · 06-07-09, 11:40 AM

I wonder if this was the meal where his children were at. If so, it may be more for the allergies and stuff.

From a protection point of view a food taster is rather worthless. There are many poisons and toxins that can kill you within hours/days that have no taste at all.

Sounds like much ado about nutton.

06-07-09, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by SteamWake

Food 'tasters' go all the way back to King Henrys time. Why is this news?

Long before that actually.

Obama should just do what Mithridates the Great did, poison himself daily (then take the cure) so that he builds up an immunity to poison.

Stealth Hunter · 06-08-09, 12:08 AM

But what if they don't use the same kind of poison he builds immunity up to?

Etienne · 06-08-09, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Rilder

Long before that actually.

Obama should just do what Mithridates the Great did, poison himself daily (then take the cure) so that he builds up an immunity to poison.

Yeah, Cleopatra did it, if Astérix's anything to go by - and why wouldn't it? (Also, the live action version of that movie is on the short list for best comedy ever, in my book.)

And any president who can pull the iocaine powder gambit is A-OK by me.

Skybird · 06-07-09, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by CastleBravo

Why do you feel Mr. Obama is "the most threatened US president "?

I don't think so, if anything Mr. Bush was disliked by much more of the world.

He's black, and quite some queer-headed Americans don't like that. And no, I'm not just feeling he is the most threatened Us president since quite some time - it is an assessement by your own police and intel services. They say that he even is the most threatened and endangered US president of all time

06-07-09, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

He's black, and quite some queer-headed Americans don't like that. And no, I'm not just feeling he is the most threatened Us president since quite some time - it is an assessement by your own police and intel services. They say that he even is the most threatened and endangered US president of all time

I appreciate your response Skybird but I don't believe it. The assumption you are making is that because he is black (half white by his mother) is that he is somehow at greater risk than other presidents. I cannot think of one president who wasn't killed by either been a liberal a communist or an anarchist. It isn't his race which makes him more or less suseptable to assasination....it his politics. Which they are markedly left makes him more safe than any other president.

Skybird · 06-07-09, 06:41 PM

You may want to negotiate your view with the Secret Service or the FBI. Repeatedly insiders from their side pointed out that Obama is at bigger risk than any other president before. I just refer to their assessements (additionallyto the media-reported outcry amongst racists and white supremacists that now a black is leading God's own white nation). There already have been one or two assassination plots reported in the media that were spoiled by the police, right?

So, nichts für ungut, but I do not pick this just out of the sky.

Onkel Neal · 06-07-09, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by CastleBravo

Paranoia or best practice? I dont know, but it has the ring of shall I say self perceived 'royalty'.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...show_article=1

Are you applying that to previous Presidents who employed food testers? Like Bush?

Subnuts · 06-07-09, 08:47 PM

Don't be silly.

We have robots to taste food these days.

Onkel Neal · 06-07-09, 08:49 PM

If it's French food that needs tasting, I certainly would volunteer!

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,384 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I wonder if this was the meal where his children were at. If so, it may be more for the allergies and stuff. From a protection point of view a food taster is rather worthless. There are many poisons and toxins that can kill you within hours/days that have no taste at all. Sounds like much ado about nutton. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,680 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	You may want to negotiate your view with the Secret Service or the FBI. Repeatedly insiders from their side pointed out that Obama is at bigger risk than any other president before. I just refer to their assessements (additionallyto the media-reported outcry amongst racists and white supremacists that now a black is leading God's own white nation). There already have been one or two assassination plots reported in the media that were spoiled by the police, right? So, nichts für ungut, but I do not pick this just out of the sky. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

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