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12-26-2009, 10:40 PM | #1 | |
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Latest Terrorist attempt
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12-27-2009, 12:17 AM | #2 |
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I hope He burned his stipid self UP !!!
Oh and the FuckSticks that let him on the plane and screened him(NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ) should get A STIFF sentance if not Life !
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12-27-2009, 04:28 AM | #3 | |
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I originally heard he was British, but turns out he only studied here. Phew - we did seem to be breeding them lately. In fact we refused him a visa to come back into the country in May.
He's Nigerian born and get this - his Dad was a Govt Minister who went on to become head of the Bank of Nigeria. I think I have an email from him somewhere... He boarded the plane in Amsterdam, so it's their security staff that will be getting the rocket. Perhaps America should send some soldiers over there to help them Ah, just seen. According to the BBC Quote:
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12-27-2009, 07:19 AM | #4 |
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I just posted over in the Cellar's Travel board about some of the new security measures:
http://www.cellar.org/showthread.php...801#post620801 Expect more changes and further restrictions as things progress. |
12-27-2009, 10:10 AM | #5 |
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I read a report that stated the would-be terrorist started his journey in Nigeria, so security at the Lagos airport also failed. Is there any security in Nigeria, anyway? The airports must be jammed with Nigerians attempting to leave with all their checks from the USA.
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12-27-2009, 10:15 AM | #6 |
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I don't understand why everyone else has to suffer. Make the terrorists suffer.
Only change I would make is to put a uniformed (and armed) air marshal on every flight. Already, I find the security to be overbearing to the point that I don't fly commercial unless it is really necessary. I'm driving to more places that I would have flown to and rented a car before the advent of airline security. I'm tired of prescreening my luggage. I'm teed off that I can't bring a snack or drink on board with me. I'm sick of ditching my lighter. I don't like moving all metal items to checked baggage prior to the flight. Taking off my shoes is just silly. The delays are onerous. Why in the world should I wait in a two hour line just to get on a plane? Punish the bad guys without making life miserable for everyone. When you do this, the terrorists win!
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12-27-2009, 10:27 AM | #7 |
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However, they were all over it when Ivana Trump had a hissy fit:
http://entertainment.msn.com/news/ar...9003>1=28103 Sure, profiling can include old rich tired gold-diggers, and foreigners who come bearing explosives. We're so afraid someone will cry that they've been profiled, that we're only looking for crazy white bitches now.
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12-27-2009, 01:45 PM | #9 | |
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12-27-2009, 02:06 PM | #10 |
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I hope I don't sound too idealistic but Roosevelt had a point when he said "all we have to fear is fear itself." The terrorists win whether they blow up a plane or just disrupt things which is what they are doing now. And their return on investment is pretty good when something like this happens, not much happens but they make the powerful very afraid, so in their eyes they have succeeded.
News reports say this guy had been in contact with a well known fanatical cleric in Yemen I think and possibly the same one that the nutjob in San Antonio at the army base was in contact with prior to shooting up thing there. Blowing up Yemen is a bit to simplistic but it seems like some kind of joint international pressure is needed. |
12-27-2009, 11:51 AM | #11 |
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As a child, I used to enjoy flying. That was a different time, of course, with meals on the flight, and real silverware, and being able to go into the cockpit to see all the cool stuff up there.
I flew to Florida this year, but only because all of my girlfriends were going, and one of them booked the tickets (and, apparently, there's no Magic Mickey Bus from the train station in Orlando). In addition to the inconvenience of the security screening, and having to throw away a perfectly good lighter, you're packed in like cattle, and they don't feed you. At least there were plenty of overpriced concessions on the far side of security where you were able to buy snacks and beverages for the flight. I want the TSA to profile the heck out of people ... by behavior as well as demographics. I thought this fellow was actually stopped by a malfunctioning fuse?
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12-27-2009, 11:59 AM | #12 |
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That was the flight Banana Lady was on a day or two earlier.
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12-27-2009, 12:03 PM | #13 | |
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This is a far cry from my usual liberal opinions, but desperate times and all. I'll tell you what, when I'm running around Nigeria with explosives strapped to me I'll be unsurprised and less than indignant when they look a little more closely into my background.
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12-27-2009, 12:22 PM | #14 |
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I always think of that scene in Airport, where the customs guy is suspicious about D.O. Guerrero's behavior. That's the kind of profiling that should be happening.
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12-27-2009, 12:23 PM | #15 |
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Oh wow, another for my netflix queue! Thanks for the reminder.
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