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TheWraith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-09-06 12:14 PM
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43. Just got to the video--yep, it's the same.
Edited on Wed Aug-09-06 12:21 PM by TheWraith
This clip makes good use of the classic old tool of unexplained sinister implication. If you break it down, is it really that surprising that an old train repair depot would have a security camera in the parking lot? Or electronic turnstiles to register people when they go in or out? Wouldn't it be more sinister if there were security cameras all over the facility? In this case, the lack of something undermines the rest of their theories, but it goes unmentioned.

They also refer to a brick building as being "suitable for processing." Again, a sinister implication with no explanation. Are they in on the exact plans for how the facility is supposed to be used? Does it have a secret, invisible sign on it saying "Final Solution Processing Center?"

A US Air Force locomotive sitting on the tracks, possibly abandoned, "indicates federal and military involvement" according to the narrator. But I thought earlier that they said there was nothing here worth stealing and therefore no reason to have security? Which is it?

Several million in federal renovations. Assuming that what they say is accurate, how is this any more odd than a thousand other pieces of congressional pork?

They make a big deal about the fence around the parking lot being tilted out, to prevent people climbing it from side of the tracks. No kidding--since anybody can walk into the facility following the train tracks, without going through any kind of gate, there's an obvious need to provide security for the workers' vehicles if the facility were ever used again. Probably also why they have their one security camera there. Likewise, other parts of the facility would need to be secured from the tracks side to prevent possible theft. Hence, fences which are designed to prevent people standing next to the tracks from climbing them.

On edit: And buildings with barred entranceways and electronic turnstiles to control access through certain doors.

There's a lot more like that in this video, but rest assured, it's a lot of puff and very little substance.
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