NBC now reporting they don’t think the woman had a note or a stiff drink

[kpete]

Oh, geez.

Oh, geez.

NBC now reporting they don’t think the woman had a note.

AP now reporting that she may or may not have had Vaseline, screwdriver or matches. (Coming from Heathrow, how could she?)

Seems she was claustrophobic.

[Fierce]

1. Stiff drink?

After all this, I could use one myself. Don't mind if I do.

[Mabus]

17. Aren't these the ingredients for the Screaming Viking?

You start with a screwdriver (vodka and orange juice) then you drop in a dollop of vaseline and set it on fire. Or maybe I should go watch that episode of "Cheers" again.

[Drum]

22. LOL!!

[Mabus]

30. She got hysterical when she realized she forget the bruised cucumber

:shrug:?

[Drum]

37. Hahahahaha!

Oh you're killing me over here!

Just got home, and "forgot the bruised cucumber" is the first thing I see, crazy. I want a drink. Hmmm, but what?

I think I'll just have a beer....
:toast:
Thanks for the great humor!

[IdaBriggs]

2. What on earth are you talking about, please? nt

[tuvor]

3. Yeah, what IdaBriggs said.

[underpants]

28. here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2782426

[Auntie Bush]

6. I'm very sorry but I'm not a mind reader or psychic.

Can you be a little more informative? You and Joe for Clark are so much alike.

[underpants]

27. here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2782426

[meegbear]

4. Does the woman have a clue about what you're talking about?

[skooooo]

5. maybe the whole thing never happened ? (nt)

[AlCzervik]

7. i went through Heathrow in April before this whole new Terrah! alert

and i got pulled out of line, wanded and patted down w/o the benefit of a dinner and movie mind you so i find it very hard to believe this woman actually got a screwdriver on board with her.

[tridim]

8. She just had a panic attack

It easily could have been my Mom, who also has a panic disorder, carries bottled water and is scared shitless by BushCo "cry wolf" terrorism.

Just yesterday she told me she doesn't want to ever fly again.

[WisestLeader]

14. Sounds like she needs professional help

[tridim]

18. She does have professional help for her panic disorder

What should she do about her fear of fake terra?

[WisestLeader]

31. A professional can handle all irrational conditions

[Jamastiene]

34. I have panic attacks sometimes and

get incredibly thirsty when my fear level is going up. I can see that.

[tridim]

35. She carries a water bottle everywhere, especially on planes

I'm fairly sure her doctor requested she bring a "crutch" with her on planes as part of the therapy. Her crutch of choice is a big blue water bottle.

Now what is she supposed to do?

[Jamastiene]

36. I don't think it is a crutch.

Like I said, I get incredibly thirsty when my level of fear rises. My mouth gets dry. Maybe she could tell her doctor that she is experiencing an incredibly dry throat when it happens and he'll write her a note. I'm not sure the Bush stormtroopers at the airports will listen though. My suggestion, drive and see the country or sail and see the world.

[ComerPerro]

38. maybe she shouldn't

for her own safety.

Its only a matter of time before someone has a panic attack and the airline passengers beat the hell out of the person, possibly to death.

[milkyway]

9. Where were the fighter jets on 9/11?

[pinto]

10. The low level hysteria coming out of CNN and MSNBC is

embarrassing. The woman had a panic attack apparently, pilot decides to land at Logan and the cable news folks are right there, running around with any shred of "information" - vaseline and a screwdriver? - chanting "terror! terror! terror!". They will finally report there was never any threat, nor any terror connection...

This grows tiresome.

[Lex]

20. Yeah, didn't they shoot a man dead in Miami last year who

had the same sort of thing--a panic attack, tried to get off the plane before it left.

I'm starting to get more worried about the antsy security guards than the terrorists in some ways.

[pinto]

32. Yeah, they did. Had forgotten that. Had bipolar disorder apparently (?)

[Freedom_Aflaim]

25. I was on a flight with a woman having a panic attack

She freaked out because the plane was taking to long to takeoff. She was truely scared shitless.

We ended up taxi'ing back to the gate. Then she didnt want to leave the plane, but the pilot insisted that she leave.

Eventually a couple airline reps got on the plane and insisted quite strongly so she left.

I never did hear what happened after that. I suspect she was either given medical treatment or sent home. Never a peep on the news.

Of course that was before 9/11. If that happened now, It would be on CNN I guess and she would be in GITMO.

[pinto]

33. I'm sacred to death of flying, have turned around on the "walkway"

and flown the next day. I can see this happening. When I have to fly, I tell the cabin crew up front about my fear and they are usually super.

[MrCoffee]

11. THIS RIGHT HERE is why 24 hour news SUCKS ASS

1. Some innocuous thing that is blown all out of proportion by the participants themselves because of the TERRAH TERRAH TERRAH chant happens.

2. CNN/FOX/MSNBC gets wind of it and immedately cuts in with the latest and greatest "TERRAH!" banner, which is prominently displayed throughout the course of coverage.

3. In the early stages, reporters and anchors will babble incoherently and say ANY DAMN THING THAT OCCURS TO THEM. Producers will then splash the UTTERLY MADE UP FACTS across the bottom of the screen, just under the latest and greatest "TERRAH!" banner.

4. We are treated to a "live shot" of the outside of a plane, or a building, or wherever the innocuous event is occuring. At the slightest hint of any movement, reporters and anchors will WILDLY SPECULATE as to the meaning. If a dog walks across the shot, it's because everyone knows that animals are highly attuned to stressful situations and we could be in for SERIOUS TOUBLE very soon.

5. Actual facts are slowly gathered, but due to the very nature of a breaking "story", they don't form any sort of coherent picture at first. This is irrelevant, because the reporters and anchors have no qualms about WILDLY SPECULATING as to the meaning. "This just in, the suspect was said to have eaten a hearty breakfast. Be on the lookout for people who aren't hungry."

6. Experts are brought in to help analyze the situation. The experts are generally known for one specific viewpoint, so the entire story will be spun tightly around that viewpoint.

7. When the whole story is known, it will be buried in the print media, which is ok, because the next exciting installment of BREAKING NEWS has already begun.

Sorry, had to get that off my chest.

[WisestLeader]

16. You sir are someone who "gets it."

[MrCoffee]

21. I loathe these rat bastards.

[rodeodance]

12. I just heard tony snow say that all communications will come from DHS

[rodeodance]

13. also says DHS (Chertoff) did a good job with the plot issue and will do

a good job now.

[leesa]

24. Right. Stand by for "We need more POWER in order to protect you"

[rodeodance]

15. I fell sorry for this women if indeed she mistakenly took items aboard

that were banned.

[The_Casual_Observer]

19. All the better reason to put the whole country on "lock down"

for a good long while. November at least.

[WI_DEM]

23. If this is part of another thread you should keep it to that thread

otherwise explain what you're talking about.

[Lex]

26. I think because the story is non-stop on CNN and MSNBC for an hour

or more and that there were several threads about it here on the first page of GD, the opening poster figured everyone knew what it was about.

:hi:

[kpete]

29. I would generally play this straight and post more info

but I must say it is possibly more fun this way...