Posted on 07/15/2004 6:19:30 AM PDT by Rutles4Ever
Now that would have been prudent. "Sorry folks, I'm going to turn the 'Fasten Seatbelts' light on 'cause it looks like we're heading into a little turbulence." Then just jiggle the controls a little every now & then. If a suspicious individual decides to disobey, a little roller coaster action should fix it.
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Don't fly Northwest Airlines from Detroit to any major city then. You'll be getting off of a lot of planes.
Watch it your makeing sense! That kind of thing WILL NOT BE TOLERATED!
Exactly....the terrorists know the chances of them overtaking an airplane now are slim to none. They have moved on to plan B. Assembling bombs onboard with carry on parts for assembly from various persons on the flight. We however appear to be still working with Plan A. Planes as missles, and wallow in our political correctness. My interest was peaked with the statement that they were musicians and playing a casino in the desert. Ummmmm...that could be easily checked out. We have a few casinos in the CA inland desert and a few phone calls as to bookings would not be too hard. The terrorists are not stupid and very, very patient.
Red
I agree with your position 100%
How about a day full of stiff drinks?!?!? I just can't believe we are concerned with people's civil rights when this kind of unusual behavior goes on.
I used to resent folks using the perjoritive 'sheeple'. I no longer do.
The sheeple have failed in their responsibility as citizens to make themselves aware. This is a requisite for any citizen even in normal times but now in this time of war it is doubly mandatory.
The Left are no longer my political oponents. They are my sworn enemy. The are agents of the darkness attempting to destroy my country and my civilization.
The sheeple need to wake the eff up! Maybe after a couple more 9/11s......
Northwest is also partner with KLM, the same airline that flew in the Syrian terrorist who was arrested in Minneapolis last Wednesday. Looks like Syria is the new Saudi Arabia.
http://www.kstp.com/article/stories/S1124.html?cat=1
Almosaleh arrived on a KLM flight last week. A source confirmed he began his travels in Syria and stopped in Amsterdam before continuing to the Twin Cities.
A federal source would not say where Almosaleh's final destination was, but that source did indicate it appears Almosaleh had plans to travel beyond the Twin Cities.
One federal official in Washington noted, this is a "very sensitive" investigation.
I understand, a while back I had some people replying to me who thought use of the term was too broad. I am sure on some issues, we all have a little "sheeple" in us.
But your description is accurate - there are just so many people who, across the entire spectrum of issues related to our society, are just totally unplugged. Maybe the author of this article woke up a little bit on this flight, we should all email her.
Matt-
you are so right. how do we know there actually were air marshalls on board? I got to believe I would have thought about getting up and standing in the front as well, or confronting one of the guys and asking what he was doing. who knows till it happens what we will do.
"Nothing to see here."
Other than the hysterics of the author, we agree....(grin)
Nothing happened.
Amen!
Agreed. Everyone should find this strange and disturbing...
Yes, it is odd that there were several Air Marshall on board but what is even stranger is that a flight attendant would tell a passenger that Air Marshals were on board.
Somehow, I believe that it is against the law for a crew member to tell a passenger that there are Air Marshals on a flight.
If her statement about the flight attendant outing the Air Marshall is true the flight attendant should be fired.
It is also odd that she was seated in either 17A, 17B or 17C which is on the left side of the aircraft and was able to see Downtown Los Angeles which would be on the right side of the plane on approach to LAX.
Did she crawl over to the other side of the aircraft on the Arab Man's lap to take a peek at Downtown LA?
With all of this said, I do not doubt her story but only point out some inconsistencies. After all, she is a writer of fiction and perhaps embellished the story a little bit.
I would have gone to someone prior to getting on the flight to report their suspicious behavior (whether they were or not) One or more of these F'n creeps is too many for me!!
THEN I would have booked another flight.
Talk about sheeps being led to slaughter!!
OR, are we expected to just get on and wait to see if the plane blows up or not?
"So even if Northwest Airlines searched two of the men on board my Northwest flight, they couldn't search the other 12 because they would have already filled a government-imposed quota."
Whewww! Sorry, call me a racist, but I would NOT have boarded the flight. No way.
This woman's flight was on Tuesday 6/29.
The arrested Syrian terrorist's flight to Minneapolis was on Wednesday 7/7.
Ridge's updated warning made Wednesday 7/8.
Actually I've been on flights of 2 hours where there was a LOT of getting up to the bathroom. I suppose it depends on time of day - whatever - morning flights.. coffee.
I used to fly fairly regularly from San Antonio connecting in Salt Lake - that flight always had folks up and down the isle. I also think that now that airline seats are so crammed that a lot of people get up to "go to the bathroom" just to unfold their legs.
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