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House and Senate Republican leaders stripped $4.5 billion in funds for mass transit security from homeland security legislation, then forced a quick vote on the streamlined bill last month -- leading angry Democrats to accuse Congress of reneging on a promise to protect the nation's commuters from terrorist attacks.
…President Bush was expected to sign the bill into law.
As a result, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and other mass transit systems across the country will not get security upgrades such as new surveillance cameras, more canine patrols, and subway tunnel protection systems, as well as millions in overtime pay for transit police. The appropriation also would have paid for emergency response drills, tunnel evacuation system improvements, transit security research grants, and public awareness campaigns.This at a time when Americans should be encouraged to use mass transit systems as much as possible to reduce emissions and our dependency on foreign oil. Our environment and our foreign policy would benefit from more mass transit throughout the country, but that's a hard sell to commuters when the government has no interest in keeping them safe.
(Crossposted at Shakespeare's Sister.)
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How how how how how!!?!?!?!
Posted by: JoshuaLudd on Oct 10, 2006 11:04 AM
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Posted by: JoshuaLudd on Oct 10, 2006 11:04 AM
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How can a party with this many horrible failures on security possibly run as the part of security????????
Oh yeah.. because Democrats are afraid to point out their myriad mistakes no matter how horrible they are and no matter what they do to the country, and the media is not actually "liberal" at all and won't actually give much attention to the issue till they smell blood in the water as they do now.. and even then, with the waters running red, the faces of those red state voters getting redder, and the Republicans turning yellow... the press will still hedge their bets.
Oh yeah.. because Democrats are afraid to point out their myriad mistakes no matter how horrible they are and no matter what they do to the country, and the media is not actually "liberal" at all and won't actually give much attention to the issue till they smell blood in the water as they do now.. and even then, with the waters running red, the faces of those red state voters getting redder, and the Republicans turning yellow... the press will still hedge their bets.
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Class Warfare
Posted by: redjenny on Oct 10, 2006 2:00 PM
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Posted by: redjenny on Oct 10, 2006 2:00 PM
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If America is in such constant danger as they say, how can they get away with cutting funds for security? After all, heightened security is supposedly the purpose of the war in Iraq.
It's because the elites in power see mass transit users (who are typically lower class, seniors and youth) as unimportant. Oh, and the fact that security isn't the real reason for the wars of aggression...
It's because the elites in power see mass transit users (who are typically lower class, seniors and youth) as unimportant. Oh, and the fact that security isn't the real reason for the wars of aggression...
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How how how how how!!?!?!?!
Posted by: JoshuaLudd on Oct 10, 2006 11:04 AM
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Posted by: JoshuaLudd on Oct 10, 2006 11:04 AM
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How can a party with this many horrible failures on security possibly run as the part of security????????
Oh yeah.. because Democrats are afraid to point out their myriad mistakes no matter how horrible they are and no matter what they do to the country, and the media is not actually "liberal" at all and won't actually give much attention to the issue till they smell blood in the water as they do now.. and even then, with the waters running red, the faces of those red state voters getting redder, and the Republicans turning yellow... the press will still hedge their bets.
Oh yeah.. because Democrats are afraid to point out their myriad mistakes no matter how horrible they are and no matter what they do to the country, and the media is not actually "liberal" at all and won't actually give much attention to the issue till they smell blood in the water as they do now.. and even then, with the waters running red, the faces of those red state voters getting redder, and the Republicans turning yellow... the press will still hedge their bets.
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Posted by: redjenny on Oct 10, 2006 2:00 PM
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Posted by: redjenny on Oct 10, 2006 2:00 PM
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If America is in such constant danger as they say, how can they get away with cutting funds for security? After all, heightened security is supposedly the purpose of the war in Iraq.
It's because the elites in power see mass transit users (who are typically lower class, seniors and youth) as unimportant. Oh, and the fact that security isn't the real reason for the wars of aggression...
It's because the elites in power see mass transit users (who are typically lower class, seniors and youth) as unimportant. Oh, and the fact that security isn't the real reason for the wars of aggression...
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