Posted on 09/12/2006 7:40:48 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
You are absolutely right. And the liberal media laughs it off.
You are so cruel. ;^)
Our friend thought it probably was claustrophobia....BUT, how on earth is jumping out of the plane going to make it any better, is my question.
In that state she probably wasn't thinking that far, thinking - feeling - only: 'must get out'.
You said it.
Oh no, you mean "Air Marshalls are eroding our freedoms! If we let one air marshall on our airplanes, then they've won. I don't need the government telling ME what I can and can't do on an airplane."
Lemme guess...Taco Bell provides the propulsion.
Frantic smoker ?
Was it a liberal who saw the in flight movie The Path To 9/11?
You are correct, of course. If this was a 'T' it was an untrained single actor. A properly trained T would know better.
"Now, repeat: These were not terrorist attacks. They were isolated incidents. "
Those were the inexpicable actions of individuals from "a broad strata of society", as the Canadians like to say.
| “The members of the Tamil community are in unison in deploring the thought process that would have compelled someone to conceive this idea. In the strongest of terms possible, we categorically condemn this isolated incident,” ... |
Just another reason "Brokeback Mountain" should not be shown as an in-flight film...
Passenger who disrupted flight is incoherent in court appearance
LEESBURG, Va. (AP) -- A Brazilian jiu-jitsu fighter who allegedly tried to open the emergency door on a cross-country flight may undergo a mental health evaluation after making incoherent statements Thursday during a court appearance.
Carlos Alberto de Oliveira, 43, of Porto Alegre, Brazil, spoke erratically in Portuguese during a brief hearing Thursday in Loudoun County General District Court. An interpreter was only able to convey some of de Oliveira's comments, which included multiple references to ransom and money.
Several members of the Brazilian press who attended the hearing and heard the entirety of de Oliveira's comments in Portuguese agreed that his statements were largely nonsensical. He made his initial court appearance through a video hookup from the county jail, which is standard procedure at the courthouse.
He had been scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday, but that hearing was postponed after authorities placed him in restraints and said he was being uncooperative.
De Oliveira is charged with interfering with an aircraft operation after passengers on a United Airlines flight Tuesday from Los Angeles to Washington Dulles International Airport subdued him.
Eyewitnesses said de Oliveira was acting strangely and throwing punches in the air for several minutes before reaching for the emergency door. A flight attendant yelled for help and several passengers wrestled him to the ground. An air marshal eventually took him into custody.
Public defender Lorie O'Donnell met briefly with de Oliveira after Thursday's hearing and said she will ask a judge to order a mental evaluation. A hearing is scheduled for Friday.
"His reality and ours don't seem to be meshing," she said.
Authorities said de Oliveira competes in jiu-jitsu competitions, and one of the passengers on the flight said de Oliveira was wearing jiu-jitsu patches and military-style clothing aboard the flight.
David Castelveter, a spokesman for the Air Transport Association, which represents most U.S. airlines, said it would be impossible to open an emergency door in mid-flight because of the differences in air pressure.
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