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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 03:22 PM Original message |
Sen. Schumer proposes "no-ride list" for Amtrak trains |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. I propose we all travel naked and submit to body cavity searches... |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 03:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. There goes concealed carry............ |
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oneshooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 05:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. Carry, whether open or concealed is illegal on Amtrak. n/t |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 05:17 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. That's fine |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 08:43 AM Response to Reply #18 |
59. What part of Reply 16 did you not understand? |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 08:38 PM Response to Reply #59 |
72. What part of Reply 1 did you not understand? |
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nosmokes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 03:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Fuck-you very much Senator. Now please prove you're a hardass on defense on |
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FLAprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 09:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
44. Oh trust me, he is. $chumer is a big Wall Street/MIC shill. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
48. Schumer's nuts -- and you're right -- there'll be no end to the demands .... |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
2. And what about commuter trains? Like Metro North or the LIRR? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 08:47 AM Response to Reply #2 |
61. What about subways? Buses? Cabs? Parked cars in Times Square that might be loaded with bombs |
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SusanaMontana41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 08:02 PM Response to Reply #61 |
80. You nailed it. And wouldn't it be more prudent |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. Next will be to just lock everyone in their homes or prison. Just walking as a |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
4. Those lists are pointless when people on those lists still get to buy guns |
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oneshooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 05:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. So you support the no-fly secret lists? |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 06:46 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. my point was that those are weak and pointless |
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oneshooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 07:36 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. So you believe that people should be denied |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 08:07 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. when did i ever say that no-fly listees be banned from buying guns? |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 09:58 PM Response to Reply #32 |
76. "What's a compelling reason why someone banned from entering commercial aircraft be allowed..." |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 08:10 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. hey buddy, pay attention. |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:35 AM Response to Reply #34 |
53. That's all that "he" does |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
5. So, they would just switch targets again. Chuck, this is ridiculous. |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
7. Chuck, cut the crap, OK? Read paragraph 7 of this Op-Ed |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
8. Subways too? |
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mahatmakanejeeves (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 07:15 AM Response to Reply #8 |
55. I could be carrying ANFO on my bicycle. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
10. I am so tired of the cowards running the meme. |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
11. Not the Schumer I heard during the Attorney gate hearings, not by a long shot. |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
12. Just put machine-gun-toting military guards on every train. |
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Golden Raisin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 05:04 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Yeah and get some of those |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 09:30 AM Response to Reply #12 |
63. I've heard we're a tad short of military. |
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Bragi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 11:53 AM Response to Reply #12 |
69. Heavily armed passengers needed |
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cheri010353 (49 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
13. Wasn’t the plan to derail a train by sabotaging the tracks? |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
14. Here is why the TSA grab your ankles type security makes not sense for trains |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
19. That seems like an improvement. |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 05:56 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. LOL! Good job finding the silver lining... |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:27 PM Response to Reply #19 |
49. And this is probably the only way the GOP will fund it. An excuse to keep them going. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 09:33 AM Response to Reply #19 |
64. Love your "train half full outook! |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 11:05 AM Response to Reply #64 |
66. Comes from deep cynicism stemming from Congress's vicious |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
20. GRRRRRR!!! |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
21. With friends like these.... |
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Fuddnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
22. How about a "NO ELECT" list? |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 08:22 PM Response to Reply #22 |
39. +1 (n/t) |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 11:34 AM Response to Reply #22 |
67. A thousand times this. |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
24. Stupid posturing. If it really took info from bin Laden's compound to make |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
25. God you guys, Schumer's a good guy. So he's wrong about this, |
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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 06:47 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. was this tongue in cheek? |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 08:11 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. is a meanine like a mezzanine? |
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FLAprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 08:13 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. No he isn't, he's a shill for Wall Street and the MIC. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 09:41 AM Response to Reply #25 |
65. It's 100% cynical. Everyone has for years known Amtrack is vulnerable. Ditto all means of public |
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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
26. after this, it'll be check points on highways.. |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 08:23 PM Response to Reply #26 |
41. +1 (n/t) |
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Newsjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 08:55 PM Response to Reply #26 |
43. Try driving anywhere in the Southwest, or on I-87 in upstate New York |
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name not needed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
29. Chuck Schumer: giving liberals a bad name since 1999 |
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FLAprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 09:13 PM Response to Reply #29 |
45. $chumer is one of those fake liberals that the media trots out as their definition of a liberal. |
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cartach (361 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
31. As a retired railway worker - |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 08:11 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. How much money does Schumer get from The American Automobile Association? n/t |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 08:23 PM Response to Reply #31 |
40. good point AND we'll be standing for hours in lines |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
33. The risk to trains would primarily come from OUTSIDE the train. |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
38. Senator ... |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
42. How long before we have a no fueling at the gas station list? |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
46. So, how do people get on and off the list? |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 08:30 AM Response to Reply #46 |
58. These questions also underline why we should capture and not assassinate. |
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Nodak (8 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
47. Schumer |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
50. Chuck, have you ever actually seen a train? |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 12:16 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. We have enough train accidents that another one wouldn't be a big deal. |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:21 AM Response to Original message |
52. They'll end up using the no-fly list as the no-ride list. |
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Heywood J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:54 AM Response to Original message |
54. Like this ever worked for airplanes. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 07:28 AM Response to Original message |
56. And we are "winning" the war on "terror" how? |
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Bragi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 11:54 AM Response to Reply #56 |
70. And "stupid cowed nation" is bad, right? |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
57. Was the interviewer Ali G ? Schumer needs to see this. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
60. Senator Schumer has his head up his ass |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
62. Dear Idiot Schumer, YOU DON'T WRECK A TRAIN BY RIDING IT!! |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
68. With "Democrats" like this, who needs Republicans? |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
71. K&R |
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Incitatus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
73. That's stupid. A terrorist could do more damage by sabatoging tha tracks than he what he could do as |
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Rochester (486 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
74. Outrageous |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
75. "Sen. Schumer proposes "no-ride list" for Amtrak trains" |
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marasinghe (754 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
77. schumer's always been the very slightly smarter lieberman. |
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rayofreason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
78. 17-3=14 passengers left on Amtrack! n/t |
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one-eyed fat man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
79. You don't have to be ON the train |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
81. Lets just do it for buses too and how about |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
82. Hey Chuckles.. go put yourself on the 'no-talk' list. |
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