Ice-breaker Questions Courtesy of the Feds

Back in the late seventies I spent four years on active duty in the Marine Corps. As my military obligation was nearing completion I began a job search in the private and public sector. I narrowed my public sector job hunt to the FBI and the CIA. The CIA responded first and the application journey was like a Robert Ludlum thriller. My first interview was in a large room with only two chairs. Seated across from me was a man with a scar from ear to ear. I envisioned him being garroted in some third world country–he had my attention. Apparently I impressed him enough to recommend me in the next step of their process. Multiple flights from California to D.C. using assumed names, paying for everything in cash, meeting in safe houses, and submitting to a variety of tests only added to the mystique.

Alas however, it was not meant to be. A major stumbling block was a personality test the Agency gave all Jack Bauer wannabes. Scoring applicants on a 0-10 scale…a zero meaning you could live on a deserted island for years, a ten meaning you had to be constantly surrounded by people…I scored a ZERO. Yep, a zero. The psychologist said in all the years of administering the test he had never seen “a zero personality.” Now, I admit I somewhat skewed my answers. I figured they were looking for paid assassins they could drop behind enemy lines and remain secreted for weeks. Wrong! The agency was looking for “threes” and “fours.” On occasion my wife still reminds me I have been rated a zero personality by the federal government. I actually think I’m up to a .5, maybe even a one, but needless to say I’m not really comfortable in public settings making small talk… unless I’m undercover (but then I’m a completely different persona and my criminal alter ego takes over). (more…)

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Tags: American Community Survey, Census, CIA, FBI, Feds
Posted Aug 12th 2009 at 5:16 am in Politics | 20354255 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bhamer/2009/08/12/ice-breaker-questions-courtesy-of-the-feds/Ice-breaker+Questions+Courtesy+of+the+Feds2009-08-12+12%3A16%3A17Bob+Hamer

The Coming Republican Alamo

American Democracy has prospered because of the inherent balance between left and right, Hamilton and Jefferson, Democrat and Republican, liberal and conservative, religious and secular, coastal and flyover and on and on.

Three things on the Democrats’ agenda this year, if passed or unchecked, will significantly upset that balance once and for all.

• Census Tinkering – We need to watch and make sure that the Democrats don’t use the census as a tool to expand the Democrat hold on Congress.  As a Californian, I’ve seen firsthand how politicians can use subtle changes in district boundaries and demographics to preserve and bolster the ruling parties ranks.  This will be a tough one to monitor, but is very important. (more…)

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Tags: 2010 election, 2012 election, amnesty, Card Check, Census
Posted Apr 23rd 2009 at 5:03 am in Featured Story, Politics | 107966One Commenthttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jromano/2009/04/23/the-tea-party-is-done-what-next/The+Coming+Republican+Alamo2009-04-23+12%3A03%3A25John+Romano

Tea Parties, Homeland Security and Silencing the Opposition

Today the Washington Times printed an article about Obama’s DHS crew releasing a report about, and plans to step up efforts to watch, “Right Wing Radical extremists.”  Interesting that this is released just before the Tea Parties are scheduled to happen across America.

From the article itself:

A footnote attached to the report by the Homeland Security Office of Intelligence and Analysis defines “rightwing extremism in the United States” as including not just racist or hate groups, but also groups that reject federal authority in favor of state or local authority.

“It may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single-issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration,” the warning says.

Notice the clever use of “immigration” instead of “illegal immigration.”  Of course genuine extremists groups, usurpers of the rights of others through violence, should be monitored.  Individuals who reject “federal authority in favor of state or local authority,” really? (more…)

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Tags: Barack Obama, Census, DHS, Hugo Chavez, Rahm Emanuel
Posted Apr 14th 2009 at 9:25 am in Featured Story, Politics | 1058065 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jromano/2009/04/14/silencing-the-opposition/Tea+Parties%2C+Homeland+Security+and+Silencing+the+Opposition2009-04-14+16%3A25%3A40John+Romano