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Suitcases Full of Cash On Plane (New Mexico)
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Posted on 12/05/2003 8:16:14 PM PST by knak
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To: knak
This sounds like that movie, KNOCKAROUND GUYS...anyone see it?
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posted on
12/05/2003 10:54:40 PM PST
by
Hildy
To: squidly
It's messed up that we live in a society where the authorities automatically go after a suitcase full of cash, regardless of whether it is known to be involved in anything illegal. I'm wondering what the threshold of suspicion is, that is, how much cash can I carry without being detained by the gendarmes on suspicion of drug smuggling?
Are you naturally that ignorant or have you been indoctrinated into that state of mind?
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posted on
12/05/2003 11:09:24 PM PST
by
EUPHORIC
(Right? Left? Read Ecclesiastes 10:2 for a definition. The Bible knows all about it!)
To: GoodThinking
Right on, Buddy. The ironic thing is that this money probably came straight from Rush Limbaugh's pockets.
Nah. Just an interest payment on Clinton's latest payola round.
43
posted on
12/05/2003 11:11:07 PM PST
by
EUPHORIC
(Right? Left? Read Ecclesiastes 10:2 for a definition. The Bible knows all about it!)
To: knak
and it has been determined that he is here illegally, said Leticia Zamarripa, public information liaison for the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection in El Paso. Our country is so infested with people that are here illegally.
It is f-ing out of control.......
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posted on
12/05/2003 11:18:22 PM PST
by
Joe Hadenuf
(I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
To: DesertDreamer
How do you post at 8:47pm Eastern on 5Dec and not sign up until 6Dec03?
To: I'll be your Huckleberry
I wonder if they tested the bank teller with the sniffles who transacted the cash to be tested.
46
posted on
12/05/2003 11:49:01 PM PST
by
Cvengr
(0:^))
To: wardaddy
Penny for your thoughts.
47
posted on
12/05/2003 11:57:21 PM PST
by
Travis McGee
(----- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com -----)
To: arasina
Kamlesh Rana? Yuri Folks?
Yeah - I think those are both historically considered Norwegian names, or perhaps Swedish. ;-)
48
posted on
12/05/2003 11:57:50 PM PST
by
geopyg
(Democracy, whiskey, sexy)
To: Travis McGee
A nickle for yours.
49
posted on
12/06/2003 12:01:20 AM PST
by
onyx
To: onyx
I think the published flight plan and the intended flight plan were not one and the same.
50
posted on
12/06/2003 12:10:29 AM PST
by
Travis McGee
(----- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com -----)
To: Travis McGee
I think the published flight plan and the intended flight plan were not one and the same.I wish I'd thought of that, because I think you're right. Good going, Trav.
51
posted on
12/06/2003 12:15:16 AM PST
by
onyx
To: okie01
In either event, one would have probable cause to suspect foul play was involved, I suppose. Very sad. So there is no presumption that having cash is none of the government's G.D. business?
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posted on
12/06/2003 9:25:49 AM PST
by
eno_
(Freedom Lite - it's almost worth defending)
To: EUPHORIC
Are you naturally sexually aroused by the smell of fresh polish on jackboots, or were your indoctrinated to lick them?
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posted on
12/06/2003 9:47:34 AM PST
by
eno_
(Freedom Lite - it's almost worth defending)
To: eno_
"Very sad. So there is no presumption that having cash is none of the government's G.D. business?" Can you give me a totally innocent reason why somebody would be carrying around that much cash -- aside from terminal eccentricity?
The presumption is warranted because there is roughly a 100-to-1 shot that somebody is involved in criminal activity -- including terrorism.
54
posted on
12/06/2003 10:58:12 AM PST
by
okie01
(www.ArmorforCongress.com...because Congress isn't for the morally halt and the mentally lame.)
To: eno_
Are you naturally sexually aroused by the smell of fresh polish on jackboots, or were your indoctrinated to lick them?
Nah. I'll leave the sick screwball fetishes up to you and your ilk.
55
posted on
12/06/2003 11:35:14 AM PST
by
EUPHORIC
(Right? Left? Read Ecclesiastes 10:2 for a definition. The Bible knows all about it!)
To: okie01
The correct question is (or so our Founders thought): "Why should the government be allowed to sieze cash just because it exists in a large amount?"
In other words, how much wealth am I allowed to transport or accumulate before I am presumed to be a criminal.
John Ashcroft's answer is "Enough to open a business checking account." since now the FBI can require any business to turn over any records or documents without a warrant. If that is not a complete travesty of "being secure in documents and effects" then what is?
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posted on
12/06/2003 11:49:58 AM PST
by
eno_
(Freedom Lite - it's almost worth defending)
To: leadpenny; DesertDreamer
Sign up date and time appears to be Zulu or GMT time -- time at Greenwich, England and the universal time for use by aviation, weather services and, apparently, this forum. Since it is five (EST), six(CST), seven(MST) or eight(PST) hours ahead of local time, one can easily sign up after 4 p.m. today (12/6) in LA and be shown as a member since 12/7 when you highlight his/her name.
57
posted on
12/06/2003 1:44:41 PM PST
by
CedarDave
(Insted of using the new spel checkr, I'll just tpye as usal.)
To: CedarDave
GMT would do it. Thanks.
To: okie01
There is another issue here.
If these two people on board were truly unaware of the extra 300 pound load on board, especially the pilot, this could have caused the plane to stall on landing after the tanks were nearly empty.
Having a tail-heavy, light plane is a fast way to die.
There should be a trail of manifests for this particular plane which describes a 300 pound load being placed on board, and who wanted it there.
Otherwise, I suspect someone on the maintenance crew somewhere wanted this plane to be used for covert shipment.
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posted on
12/06/2003 1:58:45 PM PST
by
HighWheeler
("Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?" - Benjamin Franklin)
To: knak
Ezz not my zootcase.
60
posted on
12/06/2003 2:05:19 PM PST
by
cynicom
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