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Jack Valentino

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7. "Top men are working on it. TOP MEN..."

Reply to colorado_ufo (Reply #4)

Thu Oct 23, 2025, 06:29 AM

Oct 2025

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The phrase "top men are working on it. top men" is a famous quote from the 1981 film Raiders of the Lost Ark. It is used to suggest that a sensitive or important issue is being handled by a seemingly competent and secret group of experts, but with a humorous or cynical implication that nothing will actually come of it.

And the lost Ark disappeared into vast government warehouses forever.... LOL

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Over 200 ICE recruits dismissed [View all] LogDog75 Oct 2025 OP

Now these rejects can band together and be their own wanna be kidnappers..they know how it's done Deuxcents Oct 2025 #1

Wish I could find a video of the line of "recruits" in blazing saddles pat_k Oct 2025 #2

Hope they all got their 50,000 dollar signing bonus chicoescuela Oct 2025 #3

Top men. colorado_ufo Oct 2025 #4

"Top men are working on it. TOP MEN..." Jack Valentino Oct 2025 #7

A similar line was in the first Men in Black movie, when Will Smith was being interviewed for the position. colorado_ufo Oct 2025 #10

Most of them have been rejected from law enforcement and military JI7 Oct 2025 #5

Maybe ICE will become the employer of last resort. Buns_of_Fire Oct 2025 #6

Translation: "They're too fat to catch an immigrant on a bicycle" Jack Valentino Oct 2025 #8

Most hired probably failed local and state police officer checks and training. TheBlackAdder Oct 2025 #9

White supremacy isn't what it's cracked up to be. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Oct 2025 #11