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Christmas Fun! At Seattle-Tacoma Airport - Every Fifth Passenger Must Remove Shoes for Inspection.
Direct Report ^ | 12/24/01 | self

Posted on 12/24/2001 7:44:47 AM PST by ppaul

ATTENTION TRAVELLERS: At Sea-Tac Airport in Seattle (and probably other airports across the country), every fifth passenger must remove his or her shoes for inspection at all entry checkpoints. This is really gonna speed things up for air travellers. Ah, yes, but we will all be safe now, right? More Christmas fun and government folly! Ho, ho, ho!


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To: Mulder
Idiotic.

To think that all members of Al Queda who are working in waves under Osama are your stereotypical middle easterner is naive.

41 posted on 12/24/2001 8:02:17 AM PST by RedBloodedAmerican
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To: PatrioticAmerican
You mean those plastic implants could be explosive?
Instead of silicone breast implants, they migh be c-4 implants?
How does one check those? Have a dog sniffing them?
42 posted on 12/24/2001 8:02:20 AM PST by RadicalRik
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To: ppaul
I plan on taking a trip in March. I'm going to wear the same socks, for at least two hours everyday, until then. Being that fifth person will be fun.
43 posted on 12/24/2001 8:02:22 AM PST by NoCurrentFreeperByThatName
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To: ppaul
Was his nose that big before he got the crap kicked out him? Man,, that is one bruised up terd.
44 posted on 12/24/2001 8:02:46 AM PST by keepinitreal
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To: tbeatty
Wouldn't have caught Johnny Jihadi.

Good point.

They should also search anyone who looks like they are infested with maggots, or any male that looks and acts like a sissy, or anyone that smells really bad.

I think that gets Jihad Johnny on all 3 counts.

45 posted on 12/24/2001 8:02:55 AM PST by Mulder
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To: glc1173@aol.com
"Even before this latest delay, driving was faster - when you consider all ground time "

Would you believe that a small Cessna 206 can get across the country faster than you can in a 757 for those very reasons? And, you have in-flight service, can stop when you want to, carry whateverthehell you want, and have aircraft-side baggage handling. No more lost luggage, no rude "parents" with screaming crumb-crunchers, no smelly people, more leg room, larger leather bound seating, no police in your face, etc. Oh, yeah, and very friendly people at each airport you stop at. They stop and talk about your trip, your plane, etc. Very enjoyable. It seems the airlines are defeating their own purpose.

46 posted on 12/24/2001 8:03:02 AM PST by PatrioticAmerican
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To: w1andsodidwe
And there are more than just shoes. Contact cases is the first that comes to mind.
48 posted on 12/24/2001 8:03:51 AM PST by RedBloodedAmerican
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To: tbeatty
Wouldn't have caught Johnny Jihadi.

With those robes and filthy matted hair and beard, and fake Arab accent, I don't see why it wouldn't.

49 posted on 12/24/2001 8:04:32 AM PST by FITZ
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To: RedBloodedAmerican
To think that all members of Al Queda who are working in waves under Osama are your stereotypical middle easterner is naive.

Surely you're kidding?

50 posted on 12/24/2001 8:04:40 AM PST by Mulder
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To: robstewart; ppaul
Because of the unpleasantness, airport security checks would probably be limited to every tenth passenger :)
51 posted on 12/24/2001 8:05:20 AM PST by Libertina
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
the response is to check the shoes of American-born WASPS.

Yes and frisking little grannies. We'll do everything but profile and they'll keep bringing the planes down. When the planes do explode, we'll be told the tail just fell off because the French didn't make planes right.

52 posted on 12/24/2001 8:06:40 AM PST by FITZ
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To: ppaul
Did yoy mean "obvious?" Or "odious?" Either way, you are 100 percent right on!

I typed the "v" but it didn't show up and I didn't check.

53 posted on 12/24/2001 8:07:07 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: Mulder
John Walker

If you can't figure it out, I am not going to explain. It is not just certain Middle-Easterners.

54 posted on 12/24/2001 8:07:09 AM PST by RedBloodedAmerican
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To: ppaul
Shoes as a weapon?

It's time to bring in a man who is eminently qualified to lead the country in our fight against this latest threat - We need Al Bundy, and we need him now!

55 posted on 12/24/2001 8:07:19 AM PST by GreenHornet
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To: Chewy
They should just make everyone fly nude.

YUK!

57 posted on 12/24/2001 8:08:24 AM PST by JimRed
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To: ppaul
Will ladies wsho wear spiked heels be stopped for wearing lethal weapons?
58 posted on 12/24/2001 8:09:10 AM PST by NorseWood
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To: one_particular_harbour
Doctor Scholl's clear gel works pretty well. The alternative is to cut off your feet like I did.
59 posted on 12/24/2001 8:10:10 AM PST by Argh
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To: RedBloodedAmerican
Fine... they should search smelly, maggot infested, sand-goblin wannabees like Jihad Johnny also.

They aren't that difficult for your average person to pick out of a crowd.

Wasting time searching granny is no different that Beavis calling 911 as a prank. Both waste resources that could be better used in other fashions, and both should be illegal.

If you wanted to be treated just like a terrorist at the airport, that's your business. I, for one, refuse to be treated like that. So I'll be driving.

60 posted on 12/24/2001 8:11:40 AM PST by Mulder
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