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JABBS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-12-06 02:23 PM
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The New York Subway Or An Alabama Petting Zoo? DHS Isn't Sure
Edited on Wed Jul-12-06 02:54 PM by JABBS
You'll never guess which one the Department Of Homeland Security is amply protecting.

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In the past week, terrorists -- most likely from India, rather than from Al Qaeda -- set off a string of bombs on Mumbai commuter trains, killing at least 163. Meanwhile, an investigation by the FBI and its counterparts in six other countries led to the arrest of a 31-year-old Lebanese native who claims to have ties to Al Qaeda and had plans to send suicide bombers to blow up PATH tunnels under the Hudson River. The PATH system is used by 215,000 daily commuters between New York and New Jersey.

Is that enough to have DHS see the big picture? After all, it didn't make changes after last year's terrorist attack to London's transit system. It didn't make changes after the 2004 terrorist attack to Madrid's transit system.
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niccolos_smile Donating Member (203 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-12-06 02:26 PM
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1. Jeez. Isn't there supposed to be an objective formula...
Edited on Wed Jul-12-06 02:27 PM by niccolos_smile
for determining who gets these funds and who's at a greater threat risk?

*sigh* Sometimes I would like to pull out my hair, if I hadn't already shaved my head.
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-12-06 02:29 PM
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2. but what about the flea markets?Those terrorist fleas want to bite us
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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-12-06 02:30 PM
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3. It would be horrible for young "christian" children
to be exposed to the terrorist slaughter of animals.
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longship Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-12-06 02:35 PM
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4. I wonder
Edited on Wed Jul-12-06 02:35 PM by longship
Is Kent Hovind's Dinosaur Adventure Land is on DHS list?

Seems like it's right up their alley.
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JABBS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-12-06 02:37 PM
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5. the times interviewed
someone from a fair that is covered on the list, and he speculated that maybe the fair made it because "popcorn explodes"
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