last night on the news, they showed the helicopter that's going to look for nukes.
Whew....I can rest easy, now
great, I feel better....
Any chance they have a juvienile, welfare recipient, with kitchen appliances detecting helicopter too?
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last night on the news, they showed the helicopter that's going to look for nukes.
Whew....I can rest easy, now
Its really very simple.
1) They can only force a search if they have reasonable articulable suspicion.
2) They can make complying with a search a condition of entry into certain spaces. These are typically at the start and finish. Along the route, its not a big deal. At the start and finish, if they are searching bags as a condition of entry into a certain area, you are free to turn around and not enter.
from Hopkinton to Boston, there is too much space for them to stop a bombing if someone has the intent and a bit of knowledge. And there are too many people for them to search, etc. if they wanted to. Where last year was the first after the bombing some times like mine were ABSURD and were using front end loaders, plow trucks, anything big, to block some main roads a few blocks from the marathon route. It's all a show that isn't going to stop a thing if someone wants to do something.
The marathon is on Rt 16 in Wellesley. Rt 16 has a bridge that goes over Rt 9. I'm certain Rt 9 will be open, if someone built a Ryder truck bomb like McVeigh, drive under that 16 bridge and push the button. There are hundreds of streets that go into the route, drive a car into the crowd, etc. It's not a superbowl where they can set up a perimeter. It's impossible to practically defend it.
It'd be nice if they changed the route so it doesn't screw up Ashland, Framingham and Natick all day. No bridges over the route through any of those towns, you cannot get north or south unless you drive to Rt 128 or around the start in hopkinton. Sucks.
last night on the news, they showed the helicopter that's going to look for nukes.
Whew....I can rest easy, now
Costumes covering the face or any non-form fitting, bulky outfits extending beyond the perimeter of the body
They will never find it, never. I hid it in a pressure cooker that's smaller than 12x12x6...
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They will never find it, never. I hid it in a pressure cooker that's smaller than 12x12x6...
Oh,and...
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On a serious note, the BAA and secirity is so absurd they won't allow troops to jog the race in their uniform and some have done in a group for decades. It's lunacy.
If I'm reading it correctly, this year their policy allows for officially registered military personal with rucksacks. I don't know if this includes the Tough Ruck group or not, but it seems to be relaxed from last year.
They are very thorough, a NES member carry through their wand search in hopkinton last year. They did the same last year. The stuff about no bags on the route or you can be searched is bs. They can't search your bag without your ok.
It's bs for the sheep to eat up.
last night on the news, they showed the helicopter that's going to look for nukes.
Whew....I can rest easy, now
I've been watching it fly overhead for days now. HOW MUCH MONEY IS THIS COSTING ME? If I'm paying for it, can I at least get a ride every once and a while? I'll even chip in for fuel(even though I already paid for it).
I think the BAA is covering the costs.
Last years ban was stupid. How hard wold it have been to check the packs and give them some unique arm band or whatever.
Do you think I could sit on my front steps with a rifle on Monday or would it be out of the question to host an open carry party in my front yard?
Apparently the ban made a lot more sense to them than just assuming that our vets, who are running in support of out troops/vets, have no intention of bombing their own country.
I tell people down here about this and the other lunacy that goes on up there all the time. They think I'm lying...
last night on the news, they showed the helicopter that's going to look for nukes.
Whew....I can rest easy, now
Anytime they don't believe you, look them in the eye and say remember, this is the same place that elected ted kennedy for 50 years, barney frank for 30, etc.
Unfortunately half of them wouldn't know who those two are. Especially BF.
I wanted to literally the other day. My wife's friend from work, 23 yr old, looks over at me and she asked "Did you know Phil Collins used to be in a band called Genesis?" I looked her square in the eyes... "Are you ****ing kidding me?". Nope, she was serious.
I know, unrelated as far as political awareness goes, but it chipped a little more off of what's left of my ever waning faith/hope for that generation.
Apparently the ban made a lot more sense to them than just assuming that our vets, who are running in support of out troops/vets, have no intention of bombing their own country.
I tell people down here about this and the other lunacy that goes on up there all the time. They think I'm lying...
The second Fort Hood shooting took place less than three weeks before the marathon last year.
Not defending the BAA's position on it, but the idea that a soldier or vet wouldn't harm their own country isn't that farfetched.
It really sucks for those of us who work around the finish line... Having to go through TSA style nonsense to get to my office is ridiculous.
I saw the Marathon for the first time last year. Some aspects of security were interesting. They let the Elite runners out in waves. About 2 minutes before the first runners in a wave go buy a black van bristling with cameras and Boomerang sensors (tracks bullets back to their source) drove by. About a minute later 3-4 black vans loaded with SWAT guys go by. The last van has the rear door open and 3 SWAT guys sitting in the back dangling their feet out. Then a minute later come the runners.
I could always see at least one dog and handler as well as several military looking guys. I don't recall seeing rifles but lots of drop-leg holsters.
I was working communications at a first aid station and the Red Cross people there who had been doing the Marathon for years said they had never seen it like this. I'll be in a water tent this year. It will be interesting to see any differences.
Unfortunately half of them wouldn't know who those two are. Especially BF.
I wanted to literally the other day. My wife's friend from work, 23 yr old, looks over at me and she asked "Did you know Phil Collins used to be in a band called Genesis?" I looked her square in the eyes... "Are you ****ing kidding me?". Nope, she was serious.
I know, unrelated as far as political awareness goes, but it chipped a little more off of what's left of my ever waning faith/hope for that generation.
My first time at the marathon was last year as well. I went to see my sister running it.
Hopefully, the next time I go, it won't be to watch others run...but I'm still a ways away from being able to do that.
Yes, but that was strictly "workplace violence"!!