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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 02:38 PM Original message |
Family in Muslim clothing ejected from flight at Memphis International |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. Shame on the airline for evicting the wrong people. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 03:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
31. Pretake-off, one of them spent an unusually long time in the bathroom and left it damaged. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 05:02 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. I'd have to know what the "damage" was |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 05:16 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Something to do with the toilet. |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 09:38 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. Of course, but once the aircraft was inspected and cleared, and the family was |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 04:16 AM Response to Reply #41 |
44. The article states that the family was detained in order for them |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 10:56 AM Response to Reply #44 |
48. The point is tht "the post 9/11 reality" is unacceptable |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 06:09 PM Response to Reply #48 |
56. Yes, it's unacceptable. And airplanes flying into buildings is unacceptable. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 06:15 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. ooooo, where are AK-47's freely available? Border crossing people stop solo adults with kids |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 06:18 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. AK-47's are easy to purchase, if you don't have a criminal record. |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 06:46 PM Response to Reply #56 |
62. The primary issue in the story in the OP is the use of the "post-9/11 world" mentality |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 08:35 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. We don't know that their clothes had anything to do with it. |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 09:28 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. Leave the clothing out, then, it changes nothing |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 09:31 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. It was not only the broken toilet. It was that someone spent |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 10:15 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. Well, I must have missed that in the report. Yes, of course, ill-timed bowel urgency |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 11:35 AM Response to Reply #34 |
52. He walked out saying "Oh, Kaffirs, you do NOT want to go in there! I just dropped the bomb." |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
2. Hmmmm wonder what would happen if they saw this!!!!!!!!!!?????????? |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 02:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. Juan Williams would wet himself ... we know that. |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 02:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. Or this?!? |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 03:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
20. Long robes and all. He would definitely be ejected. nt |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 03:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
21. No, that's still too handsome for Jesus. Here's what the Bible has to say about his looks: |
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antigone382 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 09:01 PM Response to Reply #21 |
65. Isaiah wasn't written in Jesus's lifetime. Isaiah is the book that predicts the Messiah. |
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npk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 09:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
40. They would ask to fly Virgin Mary Airlines |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
3. Some "Muslim-type religion"? |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 02:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Ignorance is beyond pervasive.... |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 02:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. It's WMC-TV! |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 02:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. That's some Christian-type ignorance. nt |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 03:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 03:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
25. A sweet gig compared to his last job, assistant night manager at Shoney's n/t |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 05:18 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. NAh.. in Memphis it would have been Waffle House |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 09:14 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. There used to be a Shoneys just down the street from Graceland |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 12:09 PM Response to Reply #36 |
53. Perkin's or CK's. Ck's makes Waffle House look downright classy. |
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npk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 09:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
42. As in some "mumbo-jumbo religion" we regular folk don't understand |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
4. The 9/11 terrorists were not wearing "Muslim" clothing |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 02:55 PM Original message |
Bingo. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 03:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
22. It would be too expensive to dump all the passengers wearing polo shirts. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
6. Let that be a lesson to all Muslims--eat more fiber. |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
7. I knew before clicking that they were going to be Sikhs and not Muslims. |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
8. And somewhere, Juan Williams changes his underwear |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
10. I just flew out of Memphis last week. |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
13. .. |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 11:32 AM Response to Reply #13 |
51. I love Tommy Lee Jones. eom |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 06:25 PM Response to Reply #13 |
60. I like your graphics, but could we PLEEEZ finally lose the "R" meme? |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
14. Next time I need to fly |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 02:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. What is "complete muslim guard" and what does it have to do with being "white"? |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 03:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. Muslim guard? nt |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 03:27 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. He's "white as white can be" so it would be scary. |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 03:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. me too. I might just wear some and walk around town to scare people. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 03:25 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. You mean clothing like this? Please check out the link, look @ picts, read about them |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 03:12 PM Response to Reply #28 |
55. My goodness. |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 09:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
38. Well if you want to be thrown off a plane you will have better chance dressing as a |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 04:38 AM Response to Reply #38 |
46. very true...and sad... n/t |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
17. I bet they did this to try and prove Williams right, somehow. When does it become segregation? n/t |
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AC_Mem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
19. OMG I'm embarressed |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 03:21 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. Don't be embarrassed. There are idiots everywhere. |
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NightHawk63 (447 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 06:29 PM Response to Reply #19 |
61. Same here AC |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
26. this is ridiculous. what the hell kind of country are we! bin laden is |
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rox63 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
30. One of the muslim folks I know is partial to plaid shirts and khakis |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
32. If I'm ever on an airplane and, on taxi, the attendants notice |
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2008 was great (20 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
33. They should have been taken off the flight! |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 09:45 PM Response to Reply #33 |
43. Oh stop - or did you forget the sarcasm smiley? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 04:37 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. The article didn't say the "seat" was askew. |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 05:11 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Uh - Okay - Yeah - Sure |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
39. Justbfor the fun of it |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
49. Does TSA have Muslin sniffing dogs in all the airports and bus terminals yet? |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 11:27 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. So far the dogs can only sniff out wool, and that's a major security problem because |
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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
54. i am flying tomorrow |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 06:47 PM Response to Reply #54 |
63. All-natural fibers and lace-up shoes (preferably an athletic shoe), |
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Paulie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
59. The only hope we have for safer flights |
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