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Video Republikaanien 2008 puoluekokousvalmisteluista. Silloinen presidentti, G. W. Bush, on mahdollisesti osallistunut tapahtumaan. Videon esittelytekstistä ilmenee, että toimenpide lienee Salaisen Palvelun vaatima varokeino perusteluina, ettei kukaan pääse kaivoon tai ettei irtoava kansi aiheuta vahinkoa. Kantta ei hitsata koko matkalta umpeen, vaan kiinnitetään parilla muutaman sentin "heftillä".
"As St. Paul readies itself to host the republican national convention next month, security preparations are already under way. The precautionary measures taken by the Secret Service and local law enforcement agencies are vast and often occur right under our feet.
Take, for example, the lowly manhole cover. Last week the author of the blog Entropic Memes noticed several manhole covers near the Xcel Energy Center had been selectively tagged with blue dots, and predicted that someone would soon be spot-welding the manhole covers shut.
Phone calls from the Minnesota Independent to the city of St. Paul's public works, sewer and water departments revealed no such plans, but now that prediction appears to be spot-on. Every manhole cover with a blue dot now has at least two welds holding it shut.
A standard security measure for presidential motorcades the welding of manhole covers is a simple solution to several potential problems. It serves to keep people out of the manhole, of course, but also prevents the 100-pound cast iron discs from being rolled down streets and sidewalks to cause untold destruction."
