Posted on 01/17/2007 10:28:29 PM PST by grandpa jones
A week or so after the TSA took over passenger screening duties at US airports, the Mrs. and I went on a short business/pleasure trip to Las Vegas. Everyone was still kind of wary of airplane travel, and the extra security precautions seemed to us to be quite reasonable in light of the seriousness of the threat. The first rule was to arrive at least one hour early for the flight, and to be prepared for long lines in the screening area.
It was an early morning departure, and from our rural home to the airport meant that we had to leave the house about 5:00 am to get there on time. We didn’t get away until about 5:20, and even though I drove like a bat to try and make up the time, we arrived at the check in only 45 minutes before the scheduled departure. TSA failed to see the humor in the situation. They had no sense of humor at all. I was searched, had to strip to my shorts, my luggage was searched, time passed, and our scheduled flight left without us. TSA said we should have gotten there earlier. Tough noogies. Anyway, we had to fly stand-by the rest of the way with a hellacious layover in Atlanta, finally arriving in Las Vegas around one in the morning. Luggage was nowhere to be found. The flight from Hell was a lesson to us. “Be on time”
Since then, we haven’t been late to arrive at the airport at least an hour, sometimes two hours before our scheduled flights. It’s a pain in the ass — necessary, I guess — all because of mohammedan terrorists who wanted to kill themselves and as many Americans as possible by flying airliners into American buildings.
So when a group of mohammedans coming to America from Saudi Arabia shows up to the airport late, you might expect that they would be searched, have to strip down to their shorts, have their luggage searched, be forced to take a later flight, and endure a flight from Hell. You would be wrong.
Claiming they were unfairly profiled, a group of Michigan Muslims said today that they were not allowed to board a flight to Detroit while returning home from a pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia.
At a news conference this morning at a mosque in Dearborn, they said they were unfairly treated because of their religion and background.
Perhaps one of the mohammedans might shed some light on this unfairly profiled business. Because, the fact is, when you don’t follow the rules, you damn sure deserved to be fairly profiled. The only reason all of us have to go through all of the time and expense of all of the extra airport security is because of mohammedan terrorists. So, if mohammedans don’t follow the rules, then they should expect to get the same security examination that the rest of us would have to endure.
The mohammedan reaction to being told that they have to follow the rules is very predictable: CAIR et al seethes, whines, and compains about bigotry, intolerence, yada, yada, yada:
The conference was organized by the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Muslim group that said it will represent the group of Muslims in any possible legal action against Northwest. The committee has been active in recent months in fighting what they see as profiling of Muslims by airlines.
Dawud Walid, head of the Michigan branch of the committee, said the returning pilgrims were “denied passage for no legitimate reason.”
The CAIR bears remind me of a bunch of spoiled children who resent being told that they are not unique or special, and that the rules DO in fact apply to them, just like they apply to everybody else. Not because anyone wants to single them out for bad treatment, but because the people who make the rules understand the consequenses of NOT following the rules. Northwest Airlines and the TSA should tell them: “Tough Noogies. Next time - BE ON TIME”.
A month or so ago, US Airways was informed that CAIR and the mohammedans would boycott them because of similar insensitive behavior. I imagine that they are now, without a doubt, the world’s safest airline.
bump
If they were smart their new ad campaign would resemble: For a CAIRFree flight, fly US Airways!
works for me!
The religion of . . .
clueless hypocritical idiots
as well as of pieces.
"A month or so ago, US Airways was informed that CAIR and the mohammedans would boycott them because of similar insensitive behavior. I imagine that they are now, without a doubt, the world’s safest airline."
Nice, I'm flying US Airways to Vegas in a Month. I'm feeling much better now.
Brilliant!
They have become my first choice
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nice post
Well said, weegee. We are supposed to tolerate the intolerant. Muslims demand to be free to practice all aspects of their religion in our democratic societies, but are silent when other religions are not allowed to be practiced in too many Muslim controlled countries. When will CAIR demand that Muslim countries allow freedom of religion in their societies?
They will never say it. In fact, Northwest just apologized and paid the expenses for these muzzies.
X Airline -- now with MORE Bacon!!!!!!
The more they whine the more people will see their lies....
Awesome slogan! I hope the boycott is still in effect and remains that way!
Have you sent these words to your local newspaper editor for publication?
Folks, we should all be amused by the fact that this sort of thing will all backfire on the lot of them if and when we face another terrorist attack (especially with planes or nukes, or both). Groups like this will lose most of the rights, priveleges and forebearence they have taken for granted and may even cease to exist entirely.
I'm not sure these kinds of Muslim groups realize how much they're skating on very thin ice -- but they will eventually.
Americans are tolerant, but another devestating terrorist attack and I assure you life will become intolerable for all Muslims and many will be forced directly or indirectly to leave the country. At some point they may realize that -- before it's too late.
You won't be reading any news stories like this anymore. No one will dare to voice insipid and insulting protests like this against our vital efforts to defend ourselves from fanatics who don't have the competence or self-respect to take us on directly and do anything beyond killing unarmed and unsuspecting men, women and children.
They'll be exposed for what they are -- the true cowards, racists and Fitfth column -- and wont even have the nerve to address Americans like this again. Just wait until after the next big terrorirst attack on U.S. soil.
GWOT! My tired A$$! Blackbird.
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