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    Default Alert- DARPA RED BALLOON

    Attention all readers-

    There is a test tomorrow. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is sponsoring a research program, to see if people will report something they see.

    I kid you not.

    Here are YOUR tax dollars at work.

    Read this:

    http://www.ispyaredballoon.com/

    "If you see a large red balloon in the sky on December 5th, let us know where you saw it. You will be part of a team effort to win $40K that will be donated to charity, plus all the fame and attention that comes with that! On Saturday, December 5th, 2009 at 10:00am EST, DARPA will launch ten 8-foot red weather balloons across the United States, held in place by a tether. The first team to submit the locations of all ten balloons will win $40,000! This contest is called the DARPA Network Challenge, sponsored by DARPA, the people who (among other things) hold contests to build cars that drive themselves.

    The I Spy A Red Balloon team has pledged to donate all of the prize money to the American Red Cross. The entire team is volunteering their time, so absolutely no money will be used for any other purpose. Every dollar that we win from DARPA will be given directly to the Red Cross. "


    More information at this site: http://www.ispyaredballoon.com/



    Note: On that page you can link to facebook. They want you to spread the word. They are doing this test to track the awareness, and the ability to use social networking to construct "EYES AND EARS" networks.

    Pass the word.


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    Facebook group for ISPYAREDBALLOON:

    http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/g...d=201028633372
    Team "I SPY A RED BALLOON" is asking to spread the word, and become an "EYES AND EARS" of DARPA to report the location if you see a red balloon on Saturday. THIS IS A TEST OF THE USE OF SOCIAL NETWORKING TO BE SUITABLE FOR GATHERING REAL TIME INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION. Will you help spread the word?

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    Gotta be careful releasing red balloons! Just listen to Nena's 99 Luftballon!
    God bless the United States of America!

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    Careful with this ballon stuff..the PETA folks will be all over it, worring about sea turtles.
    A wise man speaks when he has something to say...A FOOL speaks when he just has to say something

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    Quote Originally Posted by Buster View Post
    Careful with this ballon stuff..the PETA folks will be all over it, worring about sea turtles.
    I'm a member of PWETA (People Who Eat Tasty Animals). I hear Sea Turtles taste like chicken.
    God bless the United States of America!

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    Default Re: Alert- DARPA RED BALLOON

    Quote Originally Posted by Viva La Migra View Post
    I'm a member of PWETA (People Who Eat Tasty Animals). I hear Sea Turtles taste like chicken.
    OMG, how do I join?

    I just started PEATA (People Eat Animals Too Association)

    We should merge!
    THIS IS WHERE I WOULD PUT SOMETHING TO REPRESENT MY THINKING, BUT THEN THEY SHOW UP!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Frixxxx View Post
    OMG, how do I join?

    I just started PEATA (People Eat Animals Too Association)

    We should merge!

    Don't forget PEEA (People for the Ethical Eating of Animals)
    "Live like nobody else, so later you can live like nobody else." -Dave Ramsey

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