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Jun. 8th, 2004 04:50 pmAh, guilt. The most powerful weapon on the planet. :-)
Jun. 8th, 2004
My take on the MBTA bag searches...
Jun. 8th, 2004 11:45 pmSpoke about it with mom.
Mom, being a trauma nurse, and on the hospital's short list of people for their emergency team, has the ear of various and sundry people that in the know, to some extent.
Apparently, a lot of the extra layers of security that local, state and federal governments (In the forms of MEMA, FEMA, the Dept. of Homeland Security, etc.) are adding are primarily being used as a means of practice in the event that a real emergency crops up. The DNC's apparently the first government-related event to come along that wasn't a complete drill.
So, while that doesn't excuse the MBTA's actions at all, it explains some of where they might be coming from.
Mom, being a trauma nurse, and on the hospital's short list of people for their emergency team, has the ear of various and sundry people that in the know, to some extent.
Apparently, a lot of the extra layers of security that local, state and federal governments (In the forms of MEMA, FEMA, the Dept. of Homeland Security, etc.) are adding are primarily being used as a means of practice in the event that a real emergency crops up. The DNC's apparently the first government-related event to come along that wasn't a complete drill.
So, while that doesn't excuse the MBTA's actions at all, it explains some of where they might be coming from.
My take on the MBTA bag searches...
Jun. 8th, 2004 11:45 pmSpoke about it with mom.
Mom, being a trauma nurse, and on the hospital's short list of people for their emergency team, has the ear of various and sundry people that in the know, to some extent.
Apparently, a lot of the extra layers of security that local, state and federal governments (In the forms of MEMA, FEMA, the Dept. of Homeland Security, etc.) are adding are primarily being used as a means of practice in the event that a real emergency crops up. The DNC's apparently the first government-related event to come along that wasn't a complete drill.
So, while that doesn't excuse the MBTA's actions at all, it explains some of where they might be coming from.
Mom, being a trauma nurse, and on the hospital's short list of people for their emergency team, has the ear of various and sundry people that in the know, to some extent.
Apparently, a lot of the extra layers of security that local, state and federal governments (In the forms of MEMA, FEMA, the Dept. of Homeland Security, etc.) are adding are primarily being used as a means of practice in the event that a real emergency crops up. The DNC's apparently the first government-related event to come along that wasn't a complete drill.
So, while that doesn't excuse the MBTA's actions at all, it explains some of where they might be coming from.