Maryland state police conducted what they call a “homeland security” operation Wednesday near the MARC commuter rail station in Brunswick. So, if it’s about homeland security, why did the police have drug dogs sniffing cars?
Police have been secretive about the purpose of the operation, which lasted several hours Wednesday afternoon according to an eyewitness, whose father’s restaurant was in view of the checkpoint and lost lunch and dinner business.
State police spokesman Greg Shipley did say that they made two arrests, one for driving on a suspended license, and the other on drug charges, issued 27 traffic tickets and 60 warnings, and ran their drug sniffing dogs around more than 100 cars.
“We were not there for a threat on the Brunswick station,” he said. “We were there for Homeland Security in Maryland.”
Agencies included the Brunswick, Amtrak, Maryland Transit and Transportation police departments and the state Fire Marshal office.
The MARC train is an area that needs to be monitored, Shipley said. Some residents may be concerned by the police activity but the efforts were not done to alarm them — it was done to protect them.
“Maryland State Police (troopers) are out there working with other law enforcement agencies with the goal of keeping Maryland secure,” Shipley said. — Frederick News-Post
You shouldn’t be alarmed when you see a police checkpoint up ahead. You should be glad that the police are out there protecting you. Because, as we all know, homeland security requires you to submit to whatever the government demands. After all, you are the threat. You could hurt yourself with an evil marijuana plant or something.
So, what do these checkpoints have to do with security? They have nothing to do with your security. They are about securing the state. That is, after all, what “homeland security” means — state security. Especially security against the people, who must remain subjugated and controlled at all times.
Don’t forget, if you have a bad thought, turn yourself in!
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Karl Marx would love the popular moves among politicians in various state governments and the federal government to ban so-called "junk" food in schools, and to "put healthy food in" convenience stores and on the tables of those they define as poor. It's a very elitist and arrogant mindset that promotes this ideology, and it needs to be addressed.
Ultimately, the war supporters in Congress prevailed in the vote on the resolution. Still, the vote was significant because it places every member of Congress on the record as supporting or not supporting the unconstitutional, costly, violent occupation of a country that never attacked us. This vote should serve as an important reminder to the American people of where their representatives really stand when it comes to policing the world, empire building, and war.
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Verbos
Mar 25, 2007
You said it right! “Subjugation and control” I posted two links to the new mind reading technology but they were removed.
fleeb
Mar 26, 2007
I take this very same train regularly between home and work.
That Wednesday, I did not take the MARC, as I didn’t go to work (I took the day off).
This doesn’t surprise me, but does concern me.
A few years ago, MARC posted several posters created in the style of the old World War II German propaganda flyers, telling people to be vigilant about your neighbor. These flyers were far more disturbing than the threat they warn against. Fortunately, MARC felt moved to remove them after several complaints from commuters.
Before that, MARC installed several signs warning people not to leave their luggage unattended on the platform. Before placing these signs, policemen stood by the platform to make sure people did not leave their luggage unattended. Prior to all this, people used to use their briefcases or lunch bags as a way to mark their place in line. Now, you may not save a place in line this way.
Ridership on the MARC has increased significantly over recent years, perhaps due to the increase in fuel costs. We have a very large variety of people on the trains, ranging from people of middle eastern origin to the most white bred school marms you could imagine.
Most of us are regulars who know each other. As such, we already had the best security one could imagine; a good observation of the people around us, and a decent community of riders.
Honestly, these guys should hold more concern for the Metro, as they lack a community, and transport far more people than the MARC.
Local
Mar 30, 2007
“Honestly, these guys should hold more concern for the Metro, as they lack a community, and transport far more people than the MARC.”
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John
Apr 09, 2007
You are being trained to accept random, irrational, and intrusive searches and interrogations. There is NO “terrorist” threat, except from the Homelandstupidity Goons.