State (MO) looking to create homeland security hub

[Lori Price CLG]

State looking to create homeland security hub

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - The state is looking to create a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week homeland security hub focused on spotting and stopping terrorist acts.

The state center was among the topics discussed Wednesday in a closed meeting of Gov. (Reichwing whackjob) Matt Blunt's recently appointed Homeland Security Advisory Council, said chairman Mark James, who also directs the Department of Public Safety.

"What we're looking to establish is a 24-hour operation that is doing proactive analysis in the interest of looking for criminal activity and potential terrorist activity, so we can prevent it from happening," James said.

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Lori Price

[marbuc]

1. It's all about government money

and sweet DOD and DOE contracts.

[lovuian]

2. Orwellian MO cut benefits for Medicaid and increase

surveillance on Mo residents!!! Sounds logical!!!

[HeeBGBz]

11. Baby Blunt is a pathetic neocon to the nth degree

He's got his head stuck so far up Bush's ass, he'll never see daylight or reality.

[Lori Price CLG]

3. Must-read paragraph, actually:

James said the 17-member council, consisting largely of officials from state agencies, also heard a Highway Patrol briefing on groups and individuals that pose potential public safety risks in Missouri. Included were militia groups, some animal rights activists, white supremacy groups and some fundraising organizations that may channel money toward terrorist efforts, he said.

Basically, the 'seven-day-a-week homeland security hub' is a Reichwing police state that needs to be disbanded, before it's ever implemented.

Lori Price

[Bluerthanblue]

4. NO-!, this smells really bad, something

is in the works, and i don't like where my tinfoil encrusted brain is taking me-

anyone seen this-?

washingtonpost.com
War Plans Drafted To Counter Terror Attacks in U.S.
Domestic Effort Is Big Shift for Military
By Bradley Graham
Monday, August 8, 2005; A01

COLORADO SPRINGS -- The U.S. military has devised its first-ever war plans for guarding against and responding to terrorist attacks in the United States, envisioning 15 potential crisis scenarios and anticipating several simultaneous strikes around the country, according to officers who drafted the plans.

The classified plans, developed here at Northern Command headquarters, outline a variety of possible roles for quick-reaction forces estimated at as many as 3,000 ground troops per attack, a number that could easily grow depending on the extent of the damage and the abilities of civilian response teams.

The possible scenarios range from "low end," relatively modest crowd-control missions to "high-end," full-scale disaster management after catastrophic attacks such as the release of a deadly biological agent or the explosion of a radiological device, several officers said.

Some of the worst-case scenarios involve three attacks at the same time, in keeping with a Pentagon directive earlier this year ordering Northcom, as the command is called, to plan for multiple simultaneous attacks.

The war plans represent a historic shift for the Pentagon, which has been reluctant to become involved in domestic operations and is legally constrained from engaging in law enforcement. Indeed, defense officials continue to stress that they intend for the troops to play largely a supporting role in homeland emergencies, bolstering police, firefighters and other civilian response groups.

But the new plans provide for what several senior officers acknowledged is the likelihood that the military will have to take charge in some situations, especially when dealing with mass-casualty attacks that could quickly overwhelm civilian resources..............

i don't like this... i don't like this at all-----

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/07/AR2005080700843_pf.html

[azoth]

6. hmm...

it's like that X-Files "FEMA" thing, kwim?

[Lori Price CLG]

7. Yes, I led w. it in a CLG newsletter. It received little mainstream...

media attention, as an attractive, white, rich girl is missing in Aruba.

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Lori Price

[azoth]

5. Blunt...he's a nightmare.

He is scaring the hell of out of us around here. We're thinking about taking the little hop across the river, to Blagojevich and Obama territory.

Funny - I just got my Senator's "vote list" that shows all the bills passed this last session (96th) and there are many that I starred to look up because the summary seemed to vague. There's a lot of mention about a Homeland Security something or other...I'm sure that's what this is now.

My husband and I keep joking that Blunt must really be a relative of the shrub because they are SO cut from the same freakishly frightening cloth.

*shudder*

[Ambrose]

14. I got a nice house for sale in Collinsville :) nt

[Eloriel]

16. I graduated from Collinsville High School

several centuries ago now.

Your post makes me a tad homesick, and VERY nostalgic for simpler times and happier days.

[Ambrose]

17. And the Catsup bottle is still there. :) nt

[Eloriel]

19. Cool

Last time I was there, it was a LOT smaller than it used to be.

Nice place to grow up.

[nookiemonster]

23. Truly a landmark.

Did Collinsville repaint it? It was looking kinda haggard there for many years. :silly:

[SoCalDem]

8. Missouri is just saying "Show me"...

THE MONEY!!!!!!

Every state and locality is trying their level best to get their hands on as big of a chunk of HS money as they can. of course the people who are in areas of large population are more likeley to need it..but hey... what's a few thousand "coasters" killed every now and then anyway??

[Terran]

13. I think you're right SoCalDem

I live in Missouri and I can hardly think of a state *less* likely to suffer any form of terrorist activity than this place. I mean, why bother? So it does seem likely that the repubs in charge here just want to get that federal money to play with.

[nookiemonster]

9. With baby Blunt as gov., anything is possible.

Corrupt bastard. And your daddy too.

[HeeBGBz]

12. That is such a moving photo

It brought tears to my eyes the moment I saw it.

[sweetheart]

10. They'd prevent more terrorism if they had a homosexual security hub

The security needed is not from terrorism but from racism and criminal
police. A homosexual security hub might be just the ticket.

I hope they change the name.

[struggle4progress]

15. Let's build big obvious terrorist targets in MO! All the terrorists ..

.. will flock there. And we'll just nab them in the hub. Or if we don't, then at least they're all concentrated in MO!

[newportdadde]

18. Peole in downtown KC wait hours for the DMV how do we stop terrorists.

lol. We can't even keep DMVs open here as we switch to this 'better' system of private DMV. But we want to catch terrorists. The whole Homeland Security budget is a joke. Hell my KC suburb here got something like 1.3 million from Homeland Security for police communications.

[deadparrot]

20. Ah, yes, that bastion of terrorist activity...my home state.

Let me just take this opportunity to reiterate how much I loathe the Baby Blunt and to send him a collective "fuck you" from my family. :D

[Jamison]

21. To those who are unfamiliar with Blunt - BEWARE!

He is the next big neo-con threat. Pretty much a clone of Bush, but even worse. He has his eyes on the white house and will likely run in 2012 (once he's old enough).

[leftylady]

22. How Bizarre

I am not aware that Missouri is a terrorist hot spot. And I live here.

We are more the "gangland" capital of the Midwest. Not terrorists.