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Old 03-01-2010, 12:08 AM   #1
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Amtrak Police - Mobile Command Center


Passed this bus heading south through Bellingham, WA at around 281448UFEB10.

I can see why security cost a trillion dollars. Every swingin' henry is coming from all over the place to "provide security" (over-time pay and party). The license plate said MP for Metro Police and the state was Illinois

The map is for time zone designations - I live in Uniform
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Old 03-01-2010, 07:26 PM   #2
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What on earth are you talking about?
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Date-Time-Group

28 1448U FEB 10

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Provide security for what?
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Provide security for what?
The map?

Wall, Please ellaborate in terms that my simple mind can comprehend.
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Sounds like they're supposedly protecting trains and their tracks from terrorism/terrorists ??, - - probably 'created' jobs (that require at least a 6th-grade education).
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Sounds like they're supposedly protecting trains and their tracks from terrorism/terrorists ??, - - probably 'created' jobs (that require at least a 6th-grade education).
Are they hiring?
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Dude, they have this trillion dollar truck and yet if a terrorist wanted to blow up all 5 tracks on the northeast corridor a couple miles north of Metropark they wouldn't even need to cut a fence to get on the tracks.
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The bus is so they can drink coffee and eat donuts after something has happened and watch the coverage on CNN
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That bus is about $300,000 to $500,000. I just finished a project to unscrew a screwed up wiring job on one of these mobile command units for a local muni who got a grant from DHS for it. Its really nice and it actually is worth its cost for managing a crisis because of the advanced commo gear in them. Problem is that DHS is giving away grants for this stuff to anyone with a "police department" and "Anti Terrorist Response" on the request for funds. Your tax dollars at work.
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Are they hiring?


Do you have at least a 6th grade education and can we contact someone about your last job as a human porch-post dedicated to monthly mail deliveries??

See that?? You're probably already disqualified!!
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