{"id":18166,"date":"2013-02-11T06:53:08","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T14:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/antiwar.com\/blog\/?p=18166"},"modified":"2013-02-11T07:31:53","modified_gmt":"2013-02-11T15:31:53","slug":"obamas-drones-wittily-impaled-on-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/11\/obamas-drones-wittily-impaled-on-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama\u2019s Drones Wittily Impaled on Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Someone started a thread on Twitter yesterday with the hashtag #TheBestThingsAboutObamasDrones<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the most amusing zingers thus far &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Best Thing About Obama\u2019s Drones is\u2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/%23TheBestThingsAboutObamasDrones\">#TheBestThingsAboutObamasDrones<\/a> they eliminate the need to read an American citizen their miranda rights<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Poor Richard (@poor_richard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/poor_richard\/status\/300775063567859713\">February 11, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/%23TheBestThingsAboutObamasDrones\">#TheBestThingsAboutObamasDrones<\/a> if they turn out like the Volt, they&#8217;ll probably crash into the most populated areas taking out neighborhood<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CanadianBacon_2 (@CanadianBacon_2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CanadianBacon_2\/status\/300769081315979264\">February 11, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/%23TheBestThingsAboutObamasDrones\">#TheBestThingsAboutObamasDrones<\/a>Laser guided bombs system so accurate it only kills the innocent within a 200 ft radius<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; End of the Republic (@PointlessPol) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PointlessPol\/status\/300643566668087297\">February 10, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/%23TheBestThingsAboutObamasDrones\">#TheBestThingsAboutObamasDrones<\/a> One day the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/%23LAPD\">#LAPD<\/a> will be able to blow up the wrong car instead of just shoot at it.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jeff O&#8217;Toole (@jeffjotoole) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jeffjotoole\/status\/300728801363632130\">February 10, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>We get to hear torture fetishists who support preemptive wars based on non-existent WMDs complain about them <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/%23TheBestThingsAboutObamasDrones\">#TheBestThingsAboutObamasDrones<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; GrooveSDC (@GrooveSDC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GrooveSDC\/status\/300658106503942144\">February 10, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/%23TheBestThingsAboutObamasDrones\">#TheBestThingsAboutObamasDrones<\/a> is that they are powered solely on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/%23Hipster\">#Hipster<\/a> apathy<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sinister #AmeriSec (@SinisterAnon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SinisterAnon\/status\/300845858713391105\">February 11, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/%23TheBestThingsAboutObamasDrones\">#TheBestThingsAboutObamasDrones<\/a> is President Obama is the only Nobel Peace prize winner to have a hit list.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sam Adams (@SamAdamsTPP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamAdamsTPP\/status\/300827888188530688\">February 11, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/%23TheBestThingsAboutObamasDrones\">#TheBestThingsAboutObamasDrones<\/a>They can be guided with an Obamaphone app<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ag_texas (@ag_texas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ag_texas\/status\/300645242728759299\">February 10, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/%23TheBestThingsAboutObamasDrones\">#TheBestThingsAboutObamasDrones<\/a> Watching liberals justify the murder of a sixteen year old boy.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; darlingdelilah (@darlingdelilah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/darlingdelilah\/status\/300632130424274945\">February 10, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/%23TheBestThingsAboutObamasDrones\">#TheBestThingsAboutObamasDrones<\/a> There more Eco friendly than using F16s to kill Americans. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/%23Caring\">#Caring<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ADAM FOSTER (@INHOC478) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/INHOC478\/status\/300658803567902720\">February 10, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/%23TheBestThingsAboutObamasDrones\">#TheBestThingsAboutObamasDrones<\/a> with all the bodies to bury shovel ready jobs are created. In other countries now but in USA soon<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Robert (@deepereyes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/deepereyes\/status\/300651450785202176\">February 10, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/%23TheBestThingsAboutObamasDrones\">#TheBestThingsAboutObamasDrones<\/a> Reagan is dead so he can&#8217;t sell them to Iran.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; passionate democrat (@1_punny_dem) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/1_punny_dem\/status\/300842701841125379\">February 11, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/%23TheBestThingsAboutObamasDrones\">#TheBestThingsAboutObamasDrones<\/a> now they can find Dick Cheneys &#8216;undisclosed location&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; passionate democrat (@1_punny_dem) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/1_punny_dem\/status\/300834851362324480\">February 11, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">< \n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/%23TheBestThingsAboutObamasDrones\">#TheBestThingsAboutObamasDrones<\/a> is when POTUS says he can use them to kill Americans, Americans act like the drones are the only problem<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher Cantwell (@voteforcantwell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/voteforcantwell\/status\/300780963191984128\">February 11, 2013<\/a>\n<\/script><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/%23TheBestThingsAboutObamasDrones\">#TheBestThingsAboutObamasDrones<\/a> Is that hippies from the 60&#8217;s that hated gov&#8217;t help create and finance them.Hahahahaha<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/%23libtards\">#libtards<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brian Hilton (@Shep_Brian) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Shep_Brian\/status\/300763446771859456\">February 11, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>****<br \/>\nFWIW &#8211; I&#8217;m on Twitter at @jimbovard<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Someone started a thread on Twitter yesterday with the hashtag #TheBestThingsAboutObamasDrones Here are some of the most amusing zingers thus far &#8211; The Best Thing About Obama\u2019s Drones is\u2026. #TheBestThingsAboutObamasDrones they eliminate the need to read an American citizen their miranda rights &mdash; Poor Richard (@poor_richard) February 11, 2013 #TheBestThingsAboutObamasDrones if they turn out like [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-18166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"meta_box":{"disable_donate_message":"","custom_donate_message":"","subtitle":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18166"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18174,"href":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18166\/revisions\/18174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18166"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=18166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}