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2Design Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-10 09:51 AM
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tsa PLANS on taking over trains and subways 2 - great windfall 4 corps
bad for the people - this is security theater and NOT security
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2010-07-16-tsa16_ST_N.htm

A posting on Security Theater or Security http://www.freelancetourist.com/security-theater-or-security

When the gen­tle­man from San Diego stripped to his biker shorts to avoid being molested again, he was told he had to put his clothes back on. http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local-beat/Passenger-Chooses-Strip-Down-Over-Pat-Down-109872589.html?dr It is obvi­ous from a visual perusal of his body that he has no explo­sives or other devices on him. If this was REALLY about secu­rity that should have been enough. This is no longer about secu­rity it is about sex­ual assault, molest­ing and power.

Same story another writeup http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40314284/ns/travel-news/

A pre­tense of security.

If you require a machine to see some­one naked, or sex­ual assault renamed Enhanced Pat down, then hav­ing some­one striped down to their biker shorts allows that same view with­out molesta­tion. IF this was REALLY about secu­rity pas­sen­gers should be allowed to strip down to under­wear in order to NOT be molested.
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katnapped Donating Member (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-10 09:52 AM
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1. You have no right to take a subway or a train...
Or to step outside your front door

So say some here.... :sarcasm:
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piratefish08 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-10 09:56 AM
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3. just submit, comply and be very very afraid.
:scared:
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notesdev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-10 10:11 AM
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10. Mass transit is a privilege, don'cha know? nt
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-10 09:55 AM
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2. I don't see that working out.....There are 468 subway stations in New York City alone.
nt


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Fumesucker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-10 09:58 AM
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6. Cha-ching..
-Michael Chertoff
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katnapped Donating Member (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-10 10:05 AM
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8. That's no problem...
468 Rape-Scan machines x how-much-$ ?

KA-CHING make Chertoff giddy
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-10 09:56 AM
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4. They want to do pat downs on subway passengers?
GOOD LUCK!
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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-10 09:56 AM
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5. someone tell me why just transportation? 8 theater movie theater is a great place to take people
down. bomber per theater. what is to stop it from being anywhere, since we really have "no right" to any of these things.
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sally cat Donating Member (544 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-10 10:03 AM
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7. Napolitano:"we have to also be thinking now about going on to mass transit or to trains or maritime"
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katnapped Donating Member (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-10 10:07 AM
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9. Hey lady!
You forgot teh local Walmarts! Surely a haven for terrorists!

Guess I better get my papers in order :scared:
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dixiegrrrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-10 10:32 AM
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14. The goal is make us feel safer,she says.
How the hell can I feel safe being felt up by a stranger, or being forced into an x-ray machine?
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NightWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-10 10:15 AM
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11. remember the days when we said "creeping" Fascism or Totalitarian "tip-toe"?
I dont care about democrat or republican, they are all corporate parts at this point. the sooner we all drop the false dichotomy that one is good and the other is bad, the sooner we'll see we're all getting played.
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Romulox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-10 10:16 AM
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12. Heck of a job, Janet! nt
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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-10 10:29 AM
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13. The trains, then the buses, and so on all the way down to your own vehicle
and if you think I'm joking, just allow them to continue.
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dixiegrrrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-10 10:40 AM
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15. Vehicle roadblocks have ben already happening.
"DUI checkpoints" all across the country for years.

I wonder when being forced out of car for full body patdowns will happen.
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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-10 10:48 AM
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16. Yeah, they used the so-called 'war' on (some) drugs to get that one going
and now they'll use its ugly younger brother, the so-called 'war' on terror to implement further checkpoints and pat downs, etc, if left unchecked.
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