[FedCom] The hump on Bush's back

[Richard Crisp]

but why use an off the shelf bulky radio if that's in fact what it is and in 
a very visible place, particularly after it was already brought up as being 
controversial before this debate? Don't you think he'd have access to 
"spookier" devices? Why not wear it in the armpit like a gun in a shoulder 
holster?

I can understand why the partisans out there would want to believe this 
fellow they have such great disdain for would resort to a cue device, but 
wearing it in such a visible position doesn't make any sense to me. POTUS 
has access to far more sophisticated devices by the nature of his position. 
After the Salon story, why would he do it again assuming they ever did it to 
begin with?

I had heard that he had postponed a recent physical exam until after the 
election. Maybe he has developed a heart condition and they are wanting to 
keep it quiet until after the election and he's just wearing a heart 
monitoring device? There would be little demand for such a medical device to 
be micro-miniature so it would  make sense that they'd be using a standard 
commercial product.

The other explanation just doesn't pass Occam's Razor test best I can tell. 
It might be correct, but I think there's a simpler explanation in it being a 
medical device such as a  heart monitor or a neurostimulator.




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "B Compere" <bpckty1 at mindspring.com>
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Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 4:16 PM
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> It resembles the hump on Lance Armstrong's back during the Tour de France.
> It was reported to be a radio used in a similar fashion by NASCAR teams.
>
> Which leaves a couple of possibilities:
> A "radio cue card", post-911 security device, bad tailoring, or who knows
> what???
>
> Ah, the quest...
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "R. Rankin" <rankin at ku.edu>
> To: "Discussion of Federal Government Communications"
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> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 9:15 AM
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>
>> Nobody knows, but there are several entire webpages devoted exclusively 
>> to
> this.
>> Could be some sort of prompter or it could be body armor, a GPS locater 
>> or
> lots
>> of other stuff.
>>
>> Also have a look at:  http://www.scottevest.com/
>>
>> Bob, w0nxn
>>
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