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Dem Sen. Schumer’s New Security Plan: A ‘No-Ride List’ for Amtrak

If you thought Amtrak trains were having “on-time” issues now, wait until New York Senator Chuck Schumer’s “No Ride List” becomes a reality:

Fox Five in New York City was in the front row at Schumer’s Sunday press conference:

Schumer said he will begin pushing congressional appropriators to increase funding for track inspections of commuter and passenger rail systems, as well as heightened monitoring and support for security at local train stations throughout the country.

The Democratic senator said he also asked the Department of Homeland Security to expand its Secure Flight program to Amtrak, which would essentially create a “No Ride List” to prevent suspected terrorists from boarding trains.

The Senator said:

‘We must remain vigilant in protecting ourselves from future terror attacks, and when intelligence emerges that provides insight into potential vulnerabilities, we must act with speed.”

Can baggage scanners, TSA pat-downs and an a massive hiring of even more government/unionized TSA employees be far behind?

FYI, this past weekend we here at TheBlaze.com joined the 20,000+ Amtrak employees as they celebrated 40 years of sketchy service, high prices, and a government guaranteed lack of competition. Read all about it HERE.

Comments (94)

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  • stonebridge
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 11:35am

    Schucky Schumer wants photo IDs for anyone who wants to ride the rails, but vehemently protests photo IDs for those voting in our elections. Funny logic.

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  • geonj
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 11:27am

    the American people won’t submit to a national paranois at the cost of liberty.

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    • BetterDays
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 11:46am

      Really? The please explain the patriot act, the DHS, the TSA, the viper squads, the federalization of local police forces, and scores of other civil rights violating governmental programs that all stem from FEARs?

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  • bph320
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 11:26am

    I actually agree with Shumer for the first time ever

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 11:40am

      Thank you for informing us that you are for disarming law abiding citizens and enabling criminals and terrorists to ply their trade without fear.

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  • momprayn
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 11:16am

    Yep — all to be expected. When the “naked x-rays” came out at the airports, found out that George Soros owned a lot of shares in these — plan on waiting till people got used to them, then have them everywhere for security reasons of course — like malls, etc. He sold his shares after it became controversial. But a lot of money to be made here. Also that the ones shown to us in the media were put through filters first so we couldn’t see how they really are —- you can see every little detail and no — can‘t guearantee they won’t be “distributed” or whatever. Plus you have the weirdos who have these kind of jobs. No matter that none of this is going to do any good. Everyone is being programmed into thinking we “have” to endure these things in order to keep us safer – not true. The answer is to do what Israel does – note their success! But no, can’t do that — that makes too much sense & wouldn’t be “pc”. Oh.

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  • DaveOregon
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 11:09am

    Here’s a thought to make Amtrak safe – SHUT DOWN THE $$$ SUCKINGRATHOLE CALLED AMTRAK! That will prevent any more wasted money being spent on “making it safe”.

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  • UpstateNYConservative
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 11:05am

    How long, then, until interstate buses are next? Then intrastate, to go from one distant city to another? Then, will one bomb at a big shopping mall (God forbid) bring in TSA checking junk just to go Christmas shopping? Eventually, it‘ll get so big that the government can’t afford all those union TSA people. Who, then, to fill the gap except the military?

    And Washington says we’re not at war…

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    • republitarian
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 12:36pm

      I hadn’t thought it through all the way to the military. Thanks for the image :(

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  • EdBoo
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 11:05am

    All Schumer is trying to do is create no-stress jobs for his liberal constituents, The ones who barely got our of high school (in New York City no less) and are in dismal low-end jobs with no benefits.

    There isn‘t a liberal I don’t know personally who doesn’t profess this god-like qualities for Schumer. The guy has been serving free lunches to his votes base for far too long.

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  • GuyO
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 11:03am

    I’ve been to a picnic, a rodeo and a world‘s fair and that’ the dumbest idea I’ve ever heard of … The RAIYARDs will have to be made secure — why bother going through a checkpoint when you can just attach a bomb directly to the train and detonate it remotely… More Security Theater ( Vauldvillian Comedy).

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  • republitarian
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 11:02am

    Buses will be next. Then trackers on cars. You will not travel anywhere without clearance from Washington.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 11:39am

      Exactly correct. I was saying the same thing when they instituted “Homeland Security” initially, except that I also had “trains” on my list at the time.

      It’s not hard to predict, in fact I‘d be shocked if it doesn’t go the way you indicate.

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    • republitarian
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 12:19pm

      I talk to people about this whenever the subject comes up. And do they say, “Wow, man. That’s pretty creepy.“ Or ”Aw c’mon! You’re nuts!” No. They just don’t care. They would rather have the goodie.

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    • Susan Harkins
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 2:52pm

      You are spot on.

      CONTROL. PERIOD.

      They had 20 years of installing a shadow government, accountable to no current branch of govt. They will bring it to the forefront once they collapse the $ and the economy, and have their desired percentage of citizens dependent on the govt.

      We are in the 9th hour and most of this country is still in the dark. I really dont know if going through normal channels (voting reps in) will even do any good. I fear that the only way to combat this threat is by sheer force and numbers, sad to say.

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  • trooper
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 11:00am

    Profiling is good, profiling is the answer, profiling works, down with the PC BS.

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  • Nicole from CA
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 10:59am

    Good God! Profiling is the solution…and they never will.

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  • tmplarnite
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 10:59am

    When does Obumer and Schumer‘s TSA get the new uniforms with brown shirts and Obumer’s new designed presidential patch?

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  • biohazard23
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 10:57am

    Wait, does anyone actually ride on Amtrak??

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  • Islesfordian
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 10:57am

    There is no way to DEFEND against these terrorists. We have to go on the OFFENSE. Root them out, round them up, an put them down.

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  • psst
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 10:56am

    Mebbe all those Moslems cabbies in NY may have to check yer Junk before they let you get in.
    If they do, tell em: “Oh! ya wanna check my bacon?
    I hope this law goes into effect in NY and Mass areas.
    Libs in these areas keeps voting for marxists like Chuckie.Hell, in NY, they even voted for a lying Carpetbagger.
    I say, Check their junks. They deserves it.
    As for me, I have never been on Amtrak . Never will.

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  • texasfarmer
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 10:55am

    Show us you papers.

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  • mom4times
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 10:50am

    To be honest, I expected a lot more security right after 9/11. The first time I had to go to NYC after this happened I expected close to the same security as in the airports at the time. But to my surprise, nothing……no security really anywhere. I could‘ve brought virtually anything on the train because they don’t check a thing…..not entering the city or leaving…..no where. Don’t get me wrong, really don’t want tsa boobs having anymore fun but I was very very surprised by the lack of any security presence.

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  • KCEddie
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 10:47am

    Who cares nobody rides AMTRAK. It is another government success story funded with taxpayer money. Zeee papers, I need to see Zeee papers.

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  • semihardrock
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 10:46am

    PLEASE tell this moron to watch the movie “Two Mules for Sister Sarah” to show him what can happen to trains! IDIOTS, and shame on the NY-kers for re-electing these fools you are paying for!

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  • KCEddie
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 10:43am

    Who cares nobody rides Amtrak. It is another government success story funded with taxpayers money.

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 11:13am

      It would take a week or two before anyone realized one was blown up.

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    • rose-ellen
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 11:58am

      The price for being an imperialist power propping up brutal regimes for cheap oil and our political interests while dismissing the people who our policies harmed,which brought “terrorism” to us[people will rise up with whatever means they have].we deserve no less then to have to live like the criminals that we are as the world’s dictators.Another victory for Osama.[as was the military's sharia compliance in disposing of his body]Those macho SEALS are in fact obediant drones,something that could never be said of Osama who changed our world by bringing our mass murdering [by agents like Mubarek and Saudi royals] greedy policies back to bite us.

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  • semihardrock
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 10:42am

    i cannot believe this idiot keeps getting re-elected. FYI Schumer they will not target the train itself BUT THE TRACKS THAT HOLD THE TRAIN AT HIGH SPEEDS!

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  • psst
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 10:41am

    Well. Gotta create more government Junk touching/feeling unionized employees.= votes.
    I posted a week ago the guvmint should hire junk checkers. these will check the junk checkers/feelers to make sure they are feeling-up yer junks well and good.
    this way, you’ll get to double yer pleasure, and double yer fun.
    Ya know, getting a first 2nd once over..
    One wag said this will make the gays in Freako even happier.
    Mebbe they will get happy twice..
    One guy said he was in line at Freako airport and some of the natives were in line.They kept telling the TSA feelers they missed a spot.
    I think Chuckie should get the feel-up even before he gets in his government(aka tax payers) paid for auto.
    People like him scares me more than any darn terrorists.
    As info, next time you travel on an airline or coming soon Amtrak ride. Travel under the name Fred Sanford. They’ll know your junk/s is/are really junk and not an IED.
    You’ll sail right through.

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 10:39am

    I would like a “No Face Time on TV” list Chuck. You would be high up the list too pal.

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    • lynnissmart
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 10:51am

      You are right….this guy is really a s c h m _ c k Schumer…I can’t stand him and all the dems in New York……

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  • uneducatedfool
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 10:35am

    And I call myself an uneducatedfool. This has got to be a joke.Coming to a city near you. I don’t ride Trains either, so for you that do, well I can’t understand how anyone would let theirselves and children be assualted and pay to gave it done to them. Lord help us from these fools running our once great nation.

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    • Bluebonnet
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 1:41pm

      Amtrak has been a money loser from it‘s inception and the gov’tment keeps piling money into it. But guys, just wait. I think I see them patting down little children and old women and letting the bad guys
      have a free ride. Darn, we can’t do profiling can we? Schumer is nutty. What about the people who’s name never made that list? Does that really keep us safe?

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  • BetterDays
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 10:23am

    Saw this coming, A TSA goon squad in every public transportation hub in America. Soon Gas prices will be so high that only the mega rich will be able to afford it, Thanks Obamanation. then well see TSA goon squads everywhere. This is Obama’s secret army, and all union members to boot. JUST a reminder, TSA has no poloice authority, they can’t arrest you and can only search you with your consent, what would happen if no one consented?

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 10:42am

      So how long until we have to have passports to move about here in America the land and home of the no longer free unless you are a foreigner or a cronie of the unions and the administration.

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    • BetterDays
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 10:49am

      @snow
      I think that‘s the general idea behind the Enhanced drivers liscense’s, put all our data on a card so they can verify our “status”, papers please? Me, I’ve nuke the dat strip with magnets and a “few” accidental deep scratch’s, oops!

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    • Obama Snake Oil Co
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 10:53am

      TSA is only a bandaid approach in lieu of profiling like we should be doing. Weapons found; xray carryon….shoebomb found, remove shoes, xray shoes…underware bomber found; xray human…..so what is next? Cavity bomb found, bendover 12 year old. Profile, use bomb sniffing dogs, case closed, problem resolved.

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    • Wilma
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 10:54am

      The cost of Obama’s high speed rail system just necessarily skyrocketed.

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    • Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 10:56am

      But there will still be bums and muggers on the train, and most of them work in congress.

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    • GayDem4Beck
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 11:02am

      Here is the starting point for Obama’s brown shirts. TSA staff at every mas-transit depot. Next he’ll work to fund them and expand there rolls and resources.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 11:28am

      It is very important to create a Criminal Protection Zone (CPZ) post haste in all areas where criminals might still be in danger. Disarm the law abiding immediately!

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    • MontanaRob
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 11:34am

      Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted: So how long until we have to have passports to move about here in America the land and home of the no longer free unless you are a foreigner or a cronie of the unions and the administration.
      —————————————————————————————–
      That’s what the National ID card is for. It was put to bed for awhile, but as I figured, is being pushed for again.

      “Papers please, please show me you papers peasants.”

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    • Arminianism
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 11:43am

      Great, now how do we get Schumer under one of these trains? Wait, did I just commit a hate crime?

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    • republitarian
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 11:52am

      @Snow, Like Meji era Japan. You needed a stamp to go from county to county. Unless, of course, you were one of the elite few.

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    • MsMonsoon
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 11:53am

      I commute to work via the Metrolink trains in California. We commuters are reminded on a daily basis to keep our belongings in our possesion at all time. Last friday as I came up onto the platform at the Irvine station I spotted two shopping bags under a table and nobody anywhere near. I went inside and informed security about the bags. The agent went out looked the bags over, picked them up and started walking with them toward the waiting room. Before I could say anything a woman ran up claiming the bags. Instead of lecturing the woman about leaving bags unattented, the agent told her they were only going to be put in a safe place so nobody would steal them. How stupid is this?

      I was stunned. Does nobody remember the Madrid train station bombing or the so many IRA attacks in England? We are subjected to outrageous indignities going through airports and since OBL has been taken our we are being told there is a heightened threat of attack, very likely to trains and we all must be vigilent. And the security at a train station is going to carry suspicious bags into the depot. I was stunned!

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    • Susan Harkins
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 12:06pm

      Schumer is wanting you to focus on “no-ride lists”, which sounds OK on the surface. After all, your first picture is someone standing there with a list, check the name of…say…Al Abib Shamez Hablazookaramadan, (some jihadist screwball), and the person denies him getting on board.

      But of course what Schumer is REALLY advocating is === get ready === Xraying your underwear and going through gates where you are digitally digested and stored on massive “Big Brother” database in order to track your every move.

      Schumer represents a political DANGER to this country. He is a paid off political hack that has no respect for America and its Constitution.

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    • CatB
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 12:19pm

      They don’t need to put me on that list .. or the no FLY .. won’t be going on either … my father was an Amtrak engineer and if people knew the sad state of the tracks they wouldn’t travel by rail either .. .here is an example .. my parents could have traveled FREE and NEVER did.

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    • Susan Harkins
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 12:29pm

      I really dont know who is worse — Schumer, Soros, or Hilter.

      I can see his legislation now, titled: “Schumer’s List”

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    • Polwatcher
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 12:47pm

      The TSA unions would love that. I can’t imaging Amtrak, who can’t make anything work right, will ever manage a no ride list.

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    • independentvoteril
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 1:54pm

      @Snowleopard… Over 10 years ago my husband and I were coming back from WI.. when we reached IL there was an IMMEDIATE traffic jam as people lined up to pay the tolls required ALL OVER IL.. I turned to my husband and said those look like the stops they show in Germany.. soon we will have to show where we are going and why .. My husband thought I was OVER reacting.. HOWEVER.. NOT so much anymore..there are a few states with these tolls that actually have the infrastructure to easily put something like you said in motion.. PEOPLE have been sleeping.. not seeing the whole picture.. of WHAT something CAN be used for.. by people like in this current administration and the last one..

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    • Cemoto78
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 2:29pm

      I’d rather see a “not to serve in congress list” with Schumers name on the top along with Pelosi, Frank, Reid, et al.

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    • tower7femacamp
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 8:15pm

      wait a minute Bin Laden is DEAD we are all safe now
      he was the Boogie man, I want my privacy and rights back NOW !
      http://www.infowars.com/10-facts-that-prove-the-bin-laden-fable-is-a-contrived-hoax/

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    • AOL_REFUGEE
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 8:48pm

      Speaking of rails, Obama ought to run out of town on one.

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    • AOL_REFUGEE
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 8:49pm

      Speaking of rails, Obama ought to be run out of town on one.

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    • jackrorabbit
      Posted on May 11, 2011 at 10:32am

      TSA is moving to the alternative mode of transport. Eventually, there will be check points on every on ramp to any Interstate, and any state border crossing point. It will also be harder to get out of the country than it is to get into it.

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