[MplsSteve]

It's not a surprise that Muslim cabdrivers (at MSP Airport) are unhappy.

And guess what? Union organizers are using this as an opportunity to start a new union.

I suspect it's only a matter of time before some cabdrivers file a lawsuit challenging religious discrimination. Hell, maybe the ACLU will do it for them.

Opinions or comments - anyone?

[NormsRevenge]

“The new ordinance is very tough,” said Mekonnen Doyamo, an airport taxi driver for about 10 years. “It’s excessive punishment ... The new rules ruin our life totally.”

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Life is unfair, so move back to Africa.

[stboz]

"It's excessive punishment ... The new rules ruin our life totally."

That's the general idea, dummy.

[MplsSteve]

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[muawiyah]

Yeah, a cross complaint against the airport by customers denied a ride by cabdrivers approved by the airport over the issue of alcohol.

What I wonder, though, is why there are people allowed to wander the streets of Minneapolis with open packages of alcoholic beverages. Everywhere else in the country you have to have the items "packaged", which means totally covered up.

[hole_n_one]

I don't get it.

Are there drunks on every corner in Minneapolis hailing cabs while holding brown paper bags containing bottles of JD and Smirnoff?

How does a cabbie know what a potential fare is carrying?

[LibKill]

Hmmmmm. Let me consider the plight of the bigoted muzzie cabbies.

Wait a minute, It's all becoming clear to me now. I can now make a statement about them and their feelings.

**** them to death!

[blam]

"The MAC unanimously approved the tougher sanctions last month. Before, a violation meant that a cabbie had to go to the end of the customer line; now drivers will have their licenses suspended for 30 days for a first offense, and up to two years for a second."

"The numbers [of refusals] have gone down," Hogan said, "but that's still significant. It's still an issue for some people."

Deport the worthless stand-around Muslim POS's!!!

[blam]

A real tough day of work

[Porterville]

can we stone them?

[pandoraou812]

“The new ordinance is very tough,” said Mekonnen Doyamo, an airport taxi driver for about 10 years. “It’s excessive punishment ... The new rules ruin our life totally.”

Then they need to leave on the next plane out of the USA. Either they adapt to the way we live or they get different jobs or go back to where they came from. Personally I don’t want to ride in a Muslim cab right now, I don’t feel safe. I’ve heard too many stories about the taxi drivers being rude & abusive from people I know who fly. I am sick of whining Muslims.

[ccmay]

I really want to show up at their taxi line, drunk off my ass and waving a bottle of vodka in one hand and a BBQ pork sandwich in the other, with a Mohammed-bomb-turban T-shirt. To hell with these dirtbags. Back to Somalia in packing crates for all I care.

[Political Junkie Too]

Setting aside the airport issue, how do the cab drivers handle bar calls for customers who had too much to drive?

What happened to all the MADD compaigns about calling cabs if you can't drive yourself responsibly?

-PJ

[caseinpoint]

“Their number is not just a little off; it’s a lot off,” said Ali Mohamed, a driver at the airport for eight years. “They are creating a hostile environment.”

Someone has been reading up on how to establish a discrimination claim. Hostile environment is a code word for “Pay me money because someone made me feel bad”.

[azhenfud]

"It's excessive punishment ..."

I wonder how forceful islamites would "encourage" my adherance to their custom should I ever lose my mind and migrate to a muslimite nation?

[WorkingClassFilth]

Spin No.1

Things were relatively quiet at the airport Friday, the first day that taxi drivers faced tougher penalties for refusing to transport passengers with alcohol.

This implies the idea that new regulations were liable to be a presenting problem. The correct headline should have read:

'Things were relatively quiet at the airport Friday, after new regulations clamped down on disruptions caused by Muslim taxi drivers refusing to transport passengers with alcohol.'

Spin No.2

That doesn't mean, however, that anger, bitterness, hurt feelings, accusations and harsh words weren't expressed by many of the hundreds of taxi drivers affected by the MAC's new penalties.

While it may be true that hundreds are under the new ruling, it is doubtless that only the small fraction of radical Muslims will be affected. Just as rape laws pertain to us all, only a few freaks will be liable for the penalty.

Spin No.3

"The new ordinance is very tough," said Mekonnen Doyamo, an airport taxi driver for about 10 years. "It's excessive punishment"

No, the new ordinance only codifies what has always been a normal practice. The tough part, Mek (can I refer to you as Mek, Mek?), is that you don't want to assimilate and the majority don't want your primitive cult shoved down their throats.

Spin No.4

The new rules ruin our life totally.

No, your life can be whatever you wish it to be in America. Unless your life is making others bow to your moon god, then you have limitless opportunities. Hey, you can even run a taxi service boasting an 'alcohol-free-all-Muslim-all-the-time' theme. Then, after you've gone bankrupt and are living under a bridge because of your stupid business sense and murder-cult superstitions, you'd actually have a life that was reasonable close to totally ruined.

With all the layoffs at the Red Star/Trib, do you think I might snag a job as a local news editor?

[sheik yerbouty]

Why are they unhappy? Is this not “the will of Allah?”

[ARE SOLE]

... The new rules ruin our life totally."

Oh well, may as well kill yourself.

Regards