Comments on: Place bets… how long till I leave NYC? http://blogofbile.com/2008/02/03/place-bets-how-long-till-i-leave-nyc/ from the bowels of the mind Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:33:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: blog of bile » Blog Archive » NYC finally getting around to militarizing the city http://blogofbile.com/2008/02/03/place-bets-how-long-till-i-leave-nyc/#comment-1314 blog of bile » Blog Archive » NYC finally getting around to militarizing the city Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:53:58 +0000 http://www.landofbile.com/blog/2008/02/03/place-bets-how-long-till-i-leave-nyc/#comment-1314 [...] in February I posted about Operation Torch. The New York Times article said: “Officials said the operation would begin [...] [...] in February I posted about Operation Torch. The New York Times article said: “Officials said the operation would begin [...]

]]> By: bile http://blogofbile.com/2008/02/03/place-bets-how-long-till-i-leave-nyc/#comment-1313 bile Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:38:06 +0000 http://www.landofbile.com/blog/2008/02/03/place-bets-how-long-till-i-leave-nyc/#comment-1313 I've already considered it. I thought putting "NYPD, Please don't shoot me." or the like would help get me noticed. I think handing out fliers 30 feet from them would work too. I apparently need a permit to do so inside the terminal... I've not yet looked into what is involved in obtaining it however. I’ve already considered it. I thought putting "NYPD, Please don’t shoot me." or the like would help get me noticed. I think handing out fliers 30 feet from them would work too. I apparently need a permit to do so inside the terminal… I’ve not yet looked into what is involved in obtaining it however.

]]> By: bile http://blogofbile.com/2008/02/03/place-bets-how-long-till-i-leave-nyc/#comment-1312 bile Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:34:16 +0000 http://www.landofbile.com/blog/2008/02/03/place-bets-how-long-till-i-leave-nyc/#comment-1312 The dogs and detectors at the airports are pretty close. They have dogs at time at the turnstiles on the subways. There are immigration check points around the country 50+ miles inside the boarder in cases. In some cities in the southwest they have checkpoints on all highways leading out of some major cities. You have psyops more than once a week in Manhattan in the least where hundreds of cops patrol around the Wall St and Times Square area. I'm not sure I need any more than a man in para-military gear holding an MP5 standing at the bottom of the steps while I try to catch a train. The dogs and detectors at the airports are pretty close. They have dogs at time at the turnstiles on the subways. There are immigration check points around the country 50+ miles inside the boarder in cases. In some cities in the southwest they have checkpoints on all highways leading out of some major cities. You have psyops more than once a week in Manhattan in the least where hundreds of cops patrol around the Wall St and Times Square area.

I’m not sure I need any more than a man in para-military gear holding an MP5 standing at the bottom of the steps while I try to catch a train.

]]> By: beetlbumjl http://blogofbile.com/2008/02/03/place-bets-how-long-till-i-leave-nyc/#comment-1311 beetlbumjl Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:32:52 +0000 http://www.landofbile.com/blog/2008/02/03/place-bets-how-long-till-i-leave-nyc/#comment-1311 (Arg, missed the 10 minute edit window) I wonder what the probability of random searches finding terrorists would be.  Wikipedia <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Subway" rel="nofollow">states </a>that the daily ridership was over 5 million in September 2006.  (Not including PATH, NJTranit, or MetroNorth.)  You must have better odds playing scratch off tickets.  If you really want to demonstrate civil disobedience, start wearing your own kevlar vest to work.  I wonder how quickly you'll be pulled aside and questioned. (Arg, missed the 10 minute edit window)

I wonder what the probability of random searches finding terrorists would be.  Wikipedia states that the daily ridership was over 5 million in September 2006.  (Not including PATH, NJTranit, or MetroNorth.)  You must have better odds playing scratch off tickets.  If you really want to demonstrate civil disobedience, start wearing your own kevlar vest to work.  I wonder how quickly you’ll be pulled aside and questioned.

]]> By: beetlbumjl http://blogofbile.com/2008/02/03/place-bets-how-long-till-i-leave-nyc/#comment-1310 beetlbumjl Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:20:28 +0000 http://www.landofbile.com/blog/2008/02/03/place-bets-how-long-till-i-leave-nyc/#comment-1310 Over the past few years, the NYTimes has published two of my letters to the editor.  I only occasionally send something in, so I'd say my success rate is somewhere around 20%.  (Small sample size, but hey.)  It's worth the five minutes to do so if you haven't already. As for me, I'm waiting for the dogs at the toll booths.  Or armored HumVees (made in South Africa, because they have 'experience' in police stating) patrolling the nations pay roads. Over the past few years, the NYTimes has published two of my letters to the editor.  I only occasionally send something in, so I’d say my success rate is somewhere around 20%.  (Small sample size, but hey.)  It’s worth the five minutes to do so if you haven’t already.

As for me, I’m waiting for the dogs at the toll booths.  Or armored HumVees (made in South Africa, because they have ‘experience’ in police stating) patrolling the nations pay roads.

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