Posted on 08/13/2002 3:18:01 PM PDT by snopercod
Edited on 04/13/2004 3:29:42 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Every summer for the past 25 years, New Zealand native Maggie Anderson and her American husband have visited their family in Portola Valley.
But never before had her visit begun in handcuffs and humiliation.
Upon landing at Los Angeles International Airport at 11 a.m on July 24, Anderson -- a former flight attendant who had flown in and out of U.S. airports hundreds of times -- was questioned and arrested by federal immigration agents.
(Excerpt) Read more at bayarea.com ...
If, a white man robs a bank, you don't pull over black men looking for the suspect. Stupid bastards. This is something Bush needs to address, unless he is liberal and thinks this is OK. He is the man. He needs to make it right. Islam has vowed they will destroy us. Anyone, that is Muslim needs to be checked out, not Christians or caucasian people.
Too bad no one informed her that she should have just flown into Mexico City and walked across the border like all the rest does.
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Let this be a lesson. When the Visa expires, that means EXPIRED!! I'm so sick and tired of the liberal media blaming everyone but the ones responsible. The dumb bi**h should have applied for an extension on her visa. I dont feel the least bit sad for her. The rules are the rules. SHE broke them and it caught up with her. TOUGH!
Some years ago, I wrote a dissenting opinion which argued that a prisoner who had been beaten but only received minor injuries could not, in this case, base a claim on the "cruel and unusual punishment" clause of the 8th Amendment. Now, there are obviously different, legitimate points of view on this case. If not, I would not have been in dissent. But what is striking is that I was widely denounced for advocating the beating of prisoners, which is ridiculous. When a wrong is done, justice requires that it be weighed impartially. The critics weren't content to argue that I was analytically wrong --- that I had misinterpreted the law in making my decision --- rather, they sought my conformity, or, in the alternative, my silence.Even if one has a valid position, and is intellectually honest, he has to anticipate nasty responses aimed at the messenger rather than the argument. The objective is to limit the range of the debate, the number of messengers, and the size of the audience. The aim is to pressure dissenters to sanitize their message, so as to avoid being subjected to hurtful ad hominem criticism. Who wants to be calumniated? It's not worth the trouble.
--Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, Be Not Afraid
Glad to see people are still paying attention to this thread.
ML/NJ
"Clean out the alien immigrants and recognize this pussyfoot "war" on terroristm for what it indeed is: a war against a filthy religion. "
Idiotic to say the least. There is a such a thing as Freedom of religion in the constitution you say you fight for.
And what was this lady if not an illegal alien? If she were a mexican lady doing the same thing you would stand and cheer. Can't have it both ways, so I say put them all out period, if they have done something illegal.
Not to mention your lame attempt at a backhand at my screenname. Makes you sound like el punk.
Handcuffing her,inspecting her body with surgical gloves and holding her incommunicado for 21 hours is unconscionable.
As far as Mexican illegals entering the USA is concerned, they don't fly in on a scheduled airline flight. They wade across the shallow river that marks the border of our nation.
I will never apologize to another "Christian" for calling the muslim religion filthy.
Further, I said nothing about "freedom of religion." Many Americans have come to realize that there are very few freedoms in our nation. The way the INS works and the way the new Homeland Security laws (yet to be enacted)will operate will reduce our freedoms and ignore the real threat to national security.
Your baseless attack on another poster was the reason I thought your handle was appropriate.
What makes Islam a religion anyway?
If Hitler had told everyone that some angel dictated Mein Kampf to him while he was in prison, would we consider Nazism a religion just because the Leader through the word G-d around in the battle plan?
Do Jews, Christians, Buddhists, etc. issue Fatwas?
ML/NJ
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