# Security's so tight tonight ... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 3, 2008, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/securitys-so-tight-tonight/470906 "2008-11-03T19:27:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/securitys-so-tight-tonight/470906/1 "2008-11-03T19:27:41Z")
They’re ready for a tussle. Just got back from working out at the Kluczynski building in downtown Chicago. Man, the DHS stormtroopers are out IN FORCE! With my gov’t ID it took me 20 minutes to get into a building I go into every day. I can’t imagine what security is going to be like in downtown Chicago tomorrow. Me - I’ll be on the golf course! ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/securitys-so-tight-tonight/470906/2 "2008-11-03T19:37:34Z")
And so it goes… ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/securitys-so-tight-tonight/470906/3 "2008-11-03T19:41:28Z")
I’m not at all surprised - Mayor Daley is his father’s son, after all. Every time I’ve attended a demonstration, there have been about 3 cops per protestor. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/securitys-so-tight-tonight/470906/4 "2008-11-03T19:46:27Z")
Whatever else you might say about DHS, they sure got themselves a bunch of nice shiny new vehicles! ---
**Author:** ![Xan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ac8455/32.png) [@Xan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xan)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/securitys-so-tight-tonight/470906/5 "2008-11-03T19:52:07Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > Whatever else you might say about DHS, they sure got themselves a bunch of nice shiny new vehicles! nice new shiny Stormtrooper uniforms, complete with BlasTech E-11 blaster rifle and phase III armor? Cause that would be awesome. ---
**Author:** ![ez2slip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/779978/32.png) [@ez2slip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ez2slip)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/securitys-so-tight-tonight/470906/6 "2008-11-03T20:15:08Z")
… up jumped the US representative, he’s the one with the tired eyes ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/securitys-so-tight-tonight/470906/7 "2008-11-04T02:46:16Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > They’re ready for a tussle. > [@beowulff](#): > > And so it goes… > [@ez2slip](#): > > … up jumped the US representative, he’s the one with the tired eyes Jesus, you guys are cool. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/securitys-so-tight-tonight/470906/8 "2008-11-04T03:14:33Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > With my gov’t ID it took me 20 minutes to get into a building I go into every day. That doesn’t say anything about security. It just means you look :shifty:. We need more pics to make sure you don’t look shifty. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ez2slip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/779978/32.png) [@ez2slip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ez2slip)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/securitys-so-tight-tonight/470906/9 "2008-11-04T15:15:11Z")
Blondebear Naw, just old. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/securitys-so-tight-tonight/470906/10 "2008-11-04T17:18:53Z")
> [@ez2slip](#): > > Blondebear > > Naw, just old. I saw Rockpile when they opened for Blondie. Merriweather Post Pavillion. High School. Does that make me old? :rolleyes: I guess so. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/securitys-so-tight-tonight/470906/11 "2008-11-04T17:51:41Z")
I saw Rockpile several times, once in support of Elvis Costello. My comment wasn’t a snark, but a play on the original title of Nick’s _Pure Pop For Now People_. ---
**Author:** ![ez2slip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/779978/32.png) [@ez2slip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ez2slip)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/securitys-so-tight-tonight/470906/12 "2008-11-04T19:54:20Z")
I got started with Nick Lowe on a ‘Stiffs Live’ album that included Wreckless Eric, Ian Dury, Elvis Costello. Maybe 1978? It’s good to see someone make a reference to it these days. Sorry Blondebear, thought I felt the snark. Saw Elvis in Chapel Hill a year or two later.