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There Is No More Fat to Trim from Government Budgets

Posted on April 28, 2011 | Comments Off on There Is No More Fat to Trim from Government Budgets

Over the last five years, the DC Metro has spent $2.4 million on back pay… for work that was never performed.

Some may be surprised to find out that labor unions were involved.

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The Terrorists Win Again

Posted on December 15, 2010 | Comments Off on The Terrorists Win Again

The Arlington, Virginia Metro stop that services the Pentagon was shut down this morning because of a suspicious object. Passengers in the station were forced to go out into the cold and find some other way to get to work. The incident caused delays up and down the Metro’s Blue Line.

The troubles began at about 7:15 am when someone spotted a blinking item inside a trash can and reported it to authorities. After a very tense hour and a half, the suspicious blinking object was determined to be a christmas ornament.

The terrorists win again. All it takes to turn the tables is a bit of common sense. Unfortunately, that may be asking too much.

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Kind of Defeats the Purpose, Doesn’t it?

Posted on May 18, 2010 | Comments Off on Kind of Defeats the Purpose, Doesn’t it?

Actual press release from the WMATA: “Ride Metro to Bike to Work Day”

Not sure if this press release conveys its intended message very effectively.

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This Is How Terrorists Win

Posted on February 2, 2010 | Comments Off on This Is How Terrorists Win

Fear is a terrorist’s only effective weapon. There are so few of them, and their attacks are so rare, that fear is all they have. Yet they win victory after victory. People and governments have an irrational tendency to over-react to rare but conspicuous threats. Here’s our latest loss:

[Washington, DC] Metro Transit Police will hold a “major anti-terrorism show of force” Tuesday during rush hour at one of the agency’s “busiest Metrorail station,” according to a media advisory released by the agency…

Metro said about 50 officers from several Metro Transit Police units will participate in the exercise, including anti-terrorism and K-9 explosives detection teams, bomb technicians, mobile and foot patrols.

As a daily user of the DC Metro, here’s hoping this security theater production happens as far away from my commute as possible.

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