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GOP LOCKDOWN LOOMS - NYPD, Secret Service spar on subway closing (Dumb Move Alert!)
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| 4/1/04
Posted on 04/01/2004 1:26:04 PM PST by areafiftyone
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I know people are going to flame me but I think this is a stupid move on the Secret Service's part. This will create a communter nightmare and make many NYers very angry with Bush besides give more fodder to all the protestors who will be there. NYers depends totally on its transit system. To shut it down would be a disaster!
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posted on
04/01/2004 1:29:07 PM PST
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To: areafiftyone
what time does he speak? like 9:30 at night?
I thinks its needed for security. commuters can leave the city early.
Bush has no chance to win NY anyway.
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posted on
04/01/2004 1:31:37 PM PST
by
oceanview
To: areafiftyone
I have to agree that this would be a stupid move. Have George show some guts. If there was a terrorist incident, the righteous fury of Americans would dwarf out present efforts.
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posted on
04/01/2004 1:31:41 PM PST
by
glorgau
To: areafiftyone
As a commuter into Penn Station, I will agree that this is a dumb move. How are New Jersey Transit, Long Island Railroad, Amtrak and subway riders from 4 different lines supposed to get to work?
To: glorgau
He should ride the subway TO the convention! That would be BOFFO!
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posted on
04/01/2004 1:32:49 PM PST
by
Huck
(In the Soviet Union, the Admin Moderators ruled.)
To: areafiftyone
So ? New York is solidly Kerry territory anyway. . .
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posted on
04/01/2004 1:33:15 PM PST
by
Salgak
(don't mind me: the orbital mind control lasers are making me write this. . .)
To: areafiftyone
and I will also add: I was in NJ the night Al Gore had the entire southbound garden state parkway shutdown south of the raritan so he could get to Bon Jovi's house for a fund raiser. I have never seen anything like it. Not a word from the media, and Gore won NJ by a landslide.
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posted on
04/01/2004 1:33:32 PM PST
by
oceanview
To: oceanview
like 9:30 at night? If that's the case, we can deal with it. If it's during rush hour it will be a nightmare.
To: glorgau; areafiftyone
And the alternative would be?
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posted on
04/01/2004 1:34:05 PM PST
by
knarf
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To: oceanview
The problem is they want to shut down the subway under Penn Station too. That is not good. The NYC subway runs 24 hours and alot of people work different shifts. NYC is a 24 hour city it would still be a diaster.
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posted on
04/01/2004 1:34:41 PM PST
by
areafiftyone
(Democrats = the hamster is dead but the wheel is still spinning)
To: glorgau
If there was a terrorist incident, the righteous fury of Americans would dwarf out present efforts.Worst case, under what leadership?
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posted on
04/01/2004 1:34:50 PM PST
by
JimRed
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To: areafiftyone
Don't forget that Hillary assured us that 'outside forces' would 'swing the election one way or another'.
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posted on
04/01/2004 1:36:27 PM PST
by
txhurl
(Fallujah is gonna get it.)
To: Huck
If he did that I would make sure I was there to give him a hearty welcome. :-) I would love that but it would never happen.
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posted on
04/01/2004 1:36:30 PM PST
by
areafiftyone
(Democrats = the hamster is dead but the wheel is still spinning)
To: Huck
Or - President Bush could parachute in, landing on top of the Marriott Marquis in Times Square!
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posted on
04/01/2004 1:36:37 PM PST
by
LurkedLongEnough
(Bush '04 --- in a F'n landslide.)
To: areafiftyone
it depends on how long they shut it down, just during the speech? for the whole day?
well in any case, I was one of the people who thought the convention should have been in Orlando.
To: areafiftyone
It is my intention to be as far away from Manhattan for the duration of the convention -- in fact, I'm preparing to schedule a vacation at that time.
Getting around this city is bad enough on a normal day -- I have no interest in dealing with this sh!t under a lock-down situation.
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posted on
04/01/2004 1:36:47 PM PST
by
Alberta's Child
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To: areafiftyone
They can block the streets but not the subway. That is an
extremely bad move. There will be no way for people to get around. The convention will suck up the cabs, and the fares are
so high these days anyway that New Yorkers do not ride them like they used too.
There has got to be a better way.
To: txflake
good point. even a fake attack would generate chaos, somebody releasing gas or a "white powder" someplace in the penn station complex. there is no way to secure that entire place when its open to the public.
To: CasearianDaoist
Cancel both the conventions.
Superflous and a waste anyway, voting can be via secure web tools as needed.
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