"DHS protects U.S. from monster invasion " Topic

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Department of Homeland Security or D'OHS for short. You must supply your own Homer Simpson voice!

Seriously, WTH?

They are here to help.

Remember…these are the people who write policy for "Security Professionals" to have old ladies empty their purses out and search for nail files, and toenail clippers at the airport, while letting the guy with the bulky vest go through, who just screamed "Praise Allah I have made it to the Jetliner!" because they don't want to be accused of racial profiling…

This is also the organization that probably has a nice thick file on me because I'm the guy that orders bulk 50 lb purchases of 3F Gunpowder and I live right across the street from a public school…..

DHS had a recruiting stand at Origins.

I still think this is a publicity stunt.

reminds me of the time I was doing a computer roll out at NY DOT and they were talking about looking out for rental trucks parked on bridges, I looked out from under a desk and asked them "Why would you be looking for the truck parked on the bridge its the one parked under it filled with demo I would be looking for. Everyone knows you blow a bridge from the bottom, there not designed to take the load from the bottom like they are from the top."
The 6 DOT guys looked at me and one said to another "Hes right I think we need to rewrite the hand out for the DHS class." and another said "Yea we dont have any cameras looking at the underside of Bridges"

yup I feel safer already.

You'll sing a different tune when Godzilla wants to marry your sister.

One of two reasons;

1. DHS needs more gamers, so it can be recognized for what it is.

2. DHS has too many gamers and they spent a week playing Monsterpocalypse before sending it on to Privateer Press.

Thanks guys.

But, if Jeff Winkler is the reporter, I wouldn't too much trust in the report. He has a habit of rushing to be the first to put out a story, long before the details have been confirmed or denied.

Dan

"This is also the organization that probably has a nice thick file on me because I'm the guy that orders bulk 50 lb purchases of 3F Gunpowder and I live right across the street from a public school…"

Hmmm, curious. Having had all the fixings done to me to get and hold a top secret clearance for the better of my 21yrs of active duty I can tell you first hand that yes there is a file on you for buying what you buy, but the interest in you would be doubled due to comments/attitude as the above.

In these times I would be a bit more careful of your choice of words…or not.

"In these times I would be a bit more careful of your choice of words…or not."

Amen. A friend recently joked that half the country will soon be hired to monitor the other half. I hope it's a joke.

Dan

28mm Man…
What attitude?
I've been dealing with DHS for the last two years for a job position, and finally gave up due to their own incompetence. (If you don't believe me, go back and look at some of the posts I've written about the "Alphabet Soup Organization and how badly they screwed up their investigation for my clearance, including sending an agent to see me face to face because I couldn't provide an address for my dead sister….)
I finally realized that if they are this incompetent with dealing with investigating people for security clearances, then I really don't have anything to worry about with them.

28mm Man…I had a TS clearance before for almost 12 years…I've had my premises checked three times over the last two years for PRP screening investigations. I have a cop that lives two doors down. Everyone knows I order the stuff, for my unit. My next door neighbor does, and the neighborhood usually comes over and watches us to "backyard informal drill" in Early March, for our unit. We fire live black powder in my back yard.

The reason I said this, is simply because I'm surprised no one over at the school has said "Hey…he has guys in UNIFORMS come over to his house on weekends with GUNS!!! and he has GUNPOWDER….AND A CONFEDERATE FLAG!!!! You know what THAT means!!!"

And remember, this would be the school that recently flew their own US flag upside down for over four hours because they didn't notice when they put it up, AND this is the school that sent "School Cop" over to me last year…

So between the school, and DHS…I feel safer "without their help"….

Apparently this was a standard hold up, and only for a few days. It's pretty common. Stuff get's held up for a few days in customs, either because the paperwork wasn't done properly, the shipment was randomly flagged for extra screening, or one of a number of random happenstances that occur during shipping.

I cannot believe this is a news story. Shipments get delayed for a few days routinely. Sounds like someone either jumped to conclusions or wanted publicity for Privateer Press. If I were Privateer Press, I'd chalk it up as a PR win since they get more publicity now over something that happens every day.

Cacique Carib wrote

"Amen. A friend recently joked that half the country will soon be hired to monitor the other half. I hope it's a joke."

It's no joke, I'm already spying on my half brother.

Murphy, why would the school send you a School Cop ?

Oh ! You had to ask!

Somebody link the thread so we can pretend he didn't ask Murphy that!

Gracias,

Glenn

It wasn't "just a week" when it slowed the release of that book back in July, IIRC, and it wasn't spread all that far beyond the customers by Privateer Press.

Monsterpocalypse is also not an RPG. Since I don't know the underlying bias of the website or writer, I can't tell whether to tsk over incompetence, shake my head at journalistic simplification, or throw up my hands at the storm about to descend on Privateer Press from people who think this is devil worship.