Bobby Jindal: We Must Ban travel from Ebola nations

Politico ^ | 10/03/2014 | Jonathan Topaz

[Vendome]

Makes sense.

I watched NCIS NOLA this week and very good...

[caligatrux]

What, is this a politician actually standing up and saying something sensible?

[cynwoody]

There aren't any regular flights from Liberia. Duncan arrived on a flight from Belgium. Duh!

It is therefore up to other countries to ban flights from Liberia.

That said, Duncan did have a visa. We shouldn't be giving out those!

[livius]

Stunning!

Actually, even a lefty weirdo congressman here in Florida, Alan Grayson, the most lefty of the left and a devotee of Obama, called for a halt to flights.

I think we need that, but we also need a quarantine on any visitors from those countries or even any people who have traveled there.

[Sooth2222]

Bobby Jindal's background is in health policy -- he actually knows something, and is what we call "an expert". For real.

This could get interesting, since Obama has been putting morons in high places for the last 6 years based on the color of their skin and the shape of their genitals.

[SeekAndFind]

Saudi Arabia has banned travel to Mecca for the pilgrimage from countries affected by Ebola.

That would be Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guniea (not sure of Nigeria is included ).

[drypowder]

stopping entry into the US from Africa and closing the Mexican border is a no brainer unless one wants to use the Ebola disease to kill a lot of Americans. Pretty clear what the plan is. It's time for the US military to take over DC to stop the insanity of this suicidal government!

[SeekAndFind]

[Conscience of a Conservative]

There aren't any regular flights from Liberia. Duncan arrived on a flight from Belgium. Duh!

Yup. This is "we have to do something!" grandstanding at its worst.

[GeronL]

they stopped flights to Israel a lot faster and for a lot less

[BunnySlippers]

Any and all people from these areas who get Ebola and who can afford it, will get on a plane to the USA IMMEDIATELY.

We need to ban travel from these areas.

[VideoDoctor]

Bobby Jindal: We Must Ban travel from Ebola nations

Well, don't just SAY it... DO IT!

WHERE are the LEADERS?

We have all the PONTIFICATORS we can handle.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Well, don’t just SAY it... DO IT!

What authority does the governor of Louisiana have over foreign travel policy?

[DJ MacWoW]

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[jwalsh07]

Absolutely but that’s not sufficient. The southern border needs to be locked down. If anybody thinks ISIS is not paying attention they are nuts.

[VideoDoctor]

What authority does the governor of Louisiana have over foreign travel policy?

NONE!

My point: For 6 years we've heard TALK, TALK, TALK, ( PONTIFICATION Exceptionale')

I'm waiting for the TALK to stop and SOMEONE to LEAD in terms of trying to get America back to the main road we were once on.

[9YearLurker]

They shouldn’t be allowing anyone with passports from or marked from those countries in. The lack of direct flights isn’t an issue.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Its about time some of these possible 2016 presidential contenders started to step up. Rand Paul has. All flights from the 4 hardest hit countries should be stopped until further notice.

[cynwoody]

Saudi Arabia has banned travel to Mecca for the pilgrimage from countries affected by Ebola.

You can (or could) book a 1-stop from Monrovia to Jeddah via Casablanca. Most flights are two or three stops, e.g., to Madrid via Casablanca, stay overnight, then fly to Jeddah with a stop in Rome.

Obviously, the Saudis are checking national origin, not banning flights.

ROB is a pretty dead airport. Today, FlightStats shows two departures, to Brussels and to Accra.

Yesterday was slightly more interesting: One flight to Casablanca and one flight to Trenton(!), the latter being part of the Ebola relief effort, apparently.