Posted on 01/02/2007 8:23:41 AM PST by Alouette
We live in strange times.
Thanks for sharing. It's a keeper.
Whoa! You've been busy this morning. lol!
NO SH*T...........last time thru Newark I had my shoes,belt and coat off while some sand-maggot honey breezed right thru wearing enough cloth to hide a frickin Abrams tank. When I ask about the difference, I was told not to make "trouble" or I would not be flying at all.
Our government at work.
All your definitions of CAIR nailed it right on the head! Ain't it the truth!
Idiocy at best. At worst..
Until July 6, 2006 it was Norman Minetta. Clintonista 'Rat, who set the tone for the higher levels of the TSA.
Now the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for TSA is Kip Hawley. Mr. Hawley was a member of the original team that started TSA in November 2001. After working in the private sector, he returned serve as Assistant Secretary in July 2005. You can read more about Mr. Hawley by clicking here
Saw another version today on LGF: "Council on Arab-Infidel Reeducation."
Even "better."
Who is a lawyer and former judge, not a cop or a person with significant military, intelligence or law enforcement background.
Lets just hope he's more effective in the job than he was from 1994 to 1996, when he served as Special Counsel for the U.S. Senate Whitewater Committee.
AIRPORT BUSINESS.com (AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION) (LexisNexis): "JFK SECURITY ACCUSED OF RACIAL PROFILING" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The allegations were reportedly made at a news conference held on 23 August, at which Dennis Parker of the American Civil Liberties Union stated that the price for racial profiling is too high to pay. The news conference was convened by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and was aimed at highlighting the case of an Iraqi-born US family, Reuters reported.") (Updated August 25, 2006)
JIHAD WATCH.org (AP): "CAIR, ACLU SUE TO STOP DOMESTIC SPYING PROGRAM" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The Detroit suit, which also names the NSA, was filed by the ACLU, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Greenpeace and several individuals.") (January 17, 2006)
CNS NEWS.com: "ISLAMIC GROUP CALLS FOR USE OF KORAN TO TAKE OATH" by Melanie Hunter (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "An Islamic civil rights and advocacy group is calling on North Carolina judges to allow people to use the Koran when taking an oath, saying the use of the Bible exclusively represents "an inappropriate state endorsement of religion." The request by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) comes after Guilford County judges said they would not allow use of Korans in their courtrooms.") (June 21, 2005)
CNS NEWS.com: "FREE KORANS FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE" by Susan Jones (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Over the weekend, CAIR held a conference in the Washington area on the causes and remedies of "Islamophobia and anti-Americanism."") (May 17, 2005)
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