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Security concerns for the Obama Express January 17 2009

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High Quality - At 10:50, Amtrak Northeast Regional Train 155 passes a cheering crowd waiting for the Obama Express at Norwood Station. One hour later all the people had been moved away for "security reasons",some so quickly that they did not have time to bring their belongings including an American flag, as the Obama Express passes. January 17 2009

Reminds me of the Onion article where the FAA wanted to ban all passengers in order to make the flights safe.

Quote: "But we feel strongly that it's a small price to pay to ensure the safety of our skies."

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  • Awesome video! Barack Obama's ride to Washington was one the country will never forget. Also, Why was that regional on the corridor? I thought Amtrak had to shut down all operations until 3:00PM.

  • Amtrak stopped running trains between Philadelphia and Wilmington at 10:45 and resumed after the Obama Express departed Wilmington. SEPTA started running again to and from Marcus Hook as soon as the OE made it to Delaware, about 12:00. Amtrak trains were delayed about 1 to 2 hours for the rest of the afternoon.

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  • obama is putting alot of support for the railroads

  • dont you love how full of themselves the security officers are that they cant even wave?!

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  • Obama express my ass! What did he deserve for that?!?!? He tried giving hobos a free ride on amtrak!

  • i would be riding in the engine if i was him

  • Obama!

  • Great video...how exciting is it that he committed to railroads like that for such a visible and momentous occasion! You can understand them wanting to make sure it went smoothly, it almost excuses the abundance of caution.

    As for shave and a haircut, josephkennith, see if you can find a clip of Roger Rabbit singing it, then you'll know.

  • Who rides in the amfleet cars? Olbama rides in the buisness car, but what about the amfleets?

  • Ah, that makes sense. I thought SEPTA wasn't allowed to run that day. OK, I'm guessing the NJT Atlantic City Line wasn't stopped for the OE then?

  • any particular reason why they ran him opposite main?

  • The saying is 'Jobsworth' -- "Soemone who loves their jobs so much they take it a little too seriously".

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