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There is also the matter of rail being a tempting terrorist target to consider, he said.
“If anyone doesn’t believe me — England and Spain,” Van Brink said. “Now, if we have a more decentralized mass transit system using buses, if the terrorists blow up a single bus, we can work around that. When they blow up a rail, that just brings the system to a grinding halt. So how much security are we going to have on this rail system, and how much will it cost?”
”More Tea Party logic to oppose rail
(via Fresh Loaf)
OMG. I love all our new excuses for keeping out the riff-raff. Heart u longtime Marietta, glad I grew up inside you.
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I’m also interested in finding out what the plan is for preventing mustachioed men in black hats from tying damsels to the tracks of the light rail line. It would only take one instance to bring down the entire system — and then your tax money is just going to waste (not to mention a perfectly good damsel).
This “damsel tying” menace has been overlooked throughout the conversation about the rail line and its time we start looking at it square in the eye.
