US AIRWAYS

[Iclubbabyseals]

... however it was not just one passenger that was concerned....I was told that many of the passengers spoke up.

Lynch mobs operate the same way. Many sub-humans lighting their hair on fire at the same time.

 

[Phoenix]

... It sounds like you believe that the TSA is keeping you safe. If that is the case, then no one ever really needs to be rescreened at all.

I remember the days when the only folks that got any extra TSA hand love were the flight crews!

 

[SparrowHawk]

Once again we have an incident that is a direct result of our interventionist police the world foreign policy. Yet another example of how our meddling makes us LESS secure.

It's also another stark example of the Federal Government's propaganda machine and it's desire to keep the citizens focused on imaginary bogeymen and the "Hitler Du Jour" that is little more than a manufactured enemy so the corrupt Federal Government can strip us of our God given rights without so much as a whimper from us. Not to mention the Congress Critters looting the Treasury for personal gain at the expense of anyone who draws a paycheck.

Benjamin Franklin was right then and he's right today when he said, Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=q02NaAMsbQI

 

[Iclubbabyseals]

Once again we have an incident that is a direct result of our interventionist police the world foreign policy. Yet another example of how our meddling makes us LESS secure.

It's also another stark example of the Federal Government's propaganda machine and it's desire to keep the citizens focused on imaginary bogeymen and the "Hitler Du Jour" that is little more than a manufactured enemy so the corrupt Federal Government can strip us of our God given rights without so much as a whimper from us. Not to mention the Congress Critters looting the Treasury for personal gain at the expense of anyone who draws a paycheck.

Benjamin Franklin was right then and he's right today when he said, Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=q02NaAMsbQI

Exactly, correct, sir.

Pathetic that America has descended to such depths.

 

[nycbusdriver]

Exactly, correct, sir.

Pathetic that America has descended to such depths.

Natural-born citizens of the United States, by and large, are very ignorant of their own history. This is compounded by the fact that the public schools, and likely most private schools, really don't teach much about the Constitution beyond a cursory overview. This lack of real civic education may even be by design, as those in power are more readily able to manipulate the masses if they are uneducated as to rights and responsibilities. Additionally, Americans are so easily manipulated by the media making mountains our of molehills that they lose sight of the freedoms they are giving away for no return.

Boiled Frog Syndrome

 

[N965VJ]

We have no problem with this, better safe than sorry.

Maybe Out Of An Abundance Of Caution™ we should open up the internment camps again, since 9/11 Changed Everything™.

Had some of the flight crew been able to notice and hold a flight for rescreening of passengers on 9/11/2001 things might have been very different now.

Which would have found... nothing, as they had no prohibited items.

They were singled out because of many factors that certainly included race and/or religion, but also greatly included their behavior.

Yeah, all Ay-rab lookin' people with funny names should just sit quietly, hands in their lap, eyes straight ahead, when they are on a flight.

The crew should have told the scaredy-pants to either mind their own business or get off the plane themselves. :angry:

 

[flybynite]

What was the flight number?

 

[N965VJ]

1768 according to this report.

 

[Phoenix]

Maybe Out Of An Abundance Of Caution™ we should open up the internment camps again, since 9/11 Changed Everything™.

Don't lock folks up. The fastest way to eliminate problem children, ex. at GITMO, is to let them out so they can go back to making bombs/being targets.

Which would have found... nothing, as they had no prohibited items.

They cased out their targets very well. Of course they are all done and don't do any security runs now.

Yeah, all Ay-rab lookin' people with funny names should just sit quietly, hands in their lap, eyes straight ahead, when they are on a flight.

You have no idea what you are talking about. Are you a CAIR spokesman?

 

[N965VJ]

Are you a CAIR spokesman?

Actually, I was quite critical of the play acting Imams that got tossed off in MSP a few years back. Some of you guys sound like paranoid UA FAs, seeing a tewwowist behind every tree.

 

[Dont call me Shirley]

Oh, man! I see activity like this in my church every Sunday. Should I let the pastor know that his congregation is acting suspiciously, and that maybe the FBI and TSA should be brought in to investigate?

My mother, God rest her soul, would sit an prayer her rosary every time she rode in a car (she would never fly....much too dangerous.) Had she ever boarded an airplane and pulled those beads out, would she have been escorted off the airplane to be rescreened for that "suspicious behavior?"

US Airways has a procedure in writing regarding perceived "suspicious" behavior, and how to handle it and our own prejudices. Sounds to me like it was totally ignored in this case.

Best post in this thread!


And if a person - or group - were up to something nefarious, would he/she/they not try to blend in as much as possible and avoid calling attention by behavior and/or appearance (i.e. "Muslim garb --- whatever that is)? Just asking.

 

[Phoenix]

Best post in this thread!


And if a person - or group - were up to something nefarious, would he/she/they not try to blend in as much as possible and avoid calling attention by behavior and/or appearance (i.e. "Muslim garb --- whatever that is)? Just asking.

Yeah, nefarious folks would be incognito, just like the Wall Street crowd.

 

[Iclubbabyseals]

Actually, I was quite critical of the play acting Imams that got tossed off in MSP a few years back. Some of you guys sound like paranoid UA FAs, seeing a tewwowist behind every tree.

Great response, Bugs.

 

[SparrowHawk]

Great response, Bugs.

Yikes I thought it was Elmer Fudd.

Shhhh be Vewy Quiet we're hunting Tewwowists

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aka, Department of Homeland Security Director

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aka, TSA chief John Pistole

Want to bet my FBI file just got bigger?

 

[Phoenix]

Yikes I thought it was Elmer Fudd.

Shhhh be Vewy Quiet we're hunting Tewwowists

View attachment 9258

aka, Department of Homeland Security Director

View attachment 9259

aka, TSA chief John Pistole

Want to bet my FBI file just got bigger?

I'm no fan of the DHS Director, but I might observe that the Captain who asked the CLT Police to be involved is not the director of DHS. Frankly the Director would probably never have made such a call since she might be terrified of appearing to offend any group of people, accept women with knitting needles and men with a yamaka. Unfortunately the TSA personnel have been made out to be goons since they have been directed to pat down 6 year old kids and 85 year grandmas in wheel chairs, making them powerless to do what they really should do. They have been neutered of credibility. Much of what they do is merely security theater and little more than child's play. Besides any attempt to attack a plane via passengers is amateurish. Being completely ignorant of the captain's reasons for calling in the police, anyone would be a fool to malign him or assume that he was doing something akin to the TSA favorite pastime of patting down 6 year old kids and grandmas in a wheel chair.