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Cab drivers refusing passengers with alcohol (Guess who!!)
KSTP TV5 News ^ | 4/27/06 | KSTP TV5

Posted on 04/27/2006 6:55:59 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo

A growing problem at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International airport is making it difficult for some air passengers to catch cabs.

Some cab drivers are refusing to take passengers because they are carrying alcohol, such as bottles of wine or cases of beer, which conflicts with their religious beliefs.

"He loaded our luggage into the trunk, he saw our box carrying duty free liquor from Jamaica and told us he would have to take another cab,” says passenger Greg Kline.

Kline did not easily find another cab.

"We approached the next cab in line, he just closed the cab and took off without a passenger, as did the one next to him,” he says.

Airport staff say Muslim drivers have refused to take passengers with alcohol 922 times in the past year.

Airport policy does allow drivers to refuse a fare, only if they return to the beginning of the cab line, which can mean a wait of 3 to 4 hours until their next fare.

Airport officials have been meeting with the Cab Driver Advisory Board to resolve the issue. They say they have investigated policies at other airports, but concluded that the problem is unique to MSP.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: infiltration; islam; jihad; jihadinamerica; muslims; terrorists
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I'll be choosing my cabs carefully at MSP, from now on.
1 posted on 04/27/2006 6:56:00 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Hmmmm, I wonder how many of these cabbies are illegals?


2 posted on 04/27/2006 6:59:12 PM PDT by Ikemeister
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

so, seems to me MSP should require them to take fares and if they don't, they're not welcome back..won't be long before some enterprising man/woman opens a cab company to specifically serve MSP..and have the muzzies go elsewhere for their fares..


3 posted on 04/27/2006 7:00:03 PM PDT by GeorgiaDawg32 (I'll have the roast duck, with the mango salsa..)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Remind me to have a dozen eggs at the ready next time...........


4 posted on 04/27/2006 7:00:50 PM PDT by cmsgop ( I love Scotch. .......Scotchy, Scotch, Scotch)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

It's their prerogative. The cab drivers take a loss too. as long as they aren't leaving people somewhere dangerous in the middle of nowhere.


5 posted on 04/27/2006 7:01:35 PM PDT by LauraleeBraswell
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Refuse a legal fare, should lose their airport hack licenses. That would put a stop to this BS very quickly.


6 posted on 04/27/2006 7:02:27 PM PDT by RebelBanker (If you can't do something smart, do something right.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Airport policy does allow drivers to refuse a fare, only if they return to the beginning of the cab line, which can mean a wait of 3 to 4 hours until their next fare.

Easy solution. Have some people come out of the airport with 6-packs on a frequent basis as a sting. Eventually the Muslim drivers will get tired of it and stop trying to pick people up from the airport

7 posted on 04/27/2006 7:03:15 PM PDT by SauronOfMordor (A planned society is most appealing to those with the hubris to think they will be the planners)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

The Indians at the Mystic Lake Casino down the road will give you a hard time about your booze, too. You gotta hide it real good...;^)


8 posted on 04/27/2006 7:03:27 PM PDT by randog (What the...?!)
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To: SauronOfMordor

Not a bad idea.....


9 posted on 04/27/2006 7:04:33 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Carry Daily, Apply Sparingly.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

I wonder if the idiots would have taken the terrorists to their flights on 9-11. They were all in strip joints getting lap dances and getting drunk the night before. What a hipocritical cult.


10 posted on 04/27/2006 7:04:37 PM PDT by The Republic is Lost
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Geez with their preference for car bombs who in their right mind would get into a cab with a muslim driver anyway?


11 posted on 04/27/2006 7:05:18 PM PDT by SouthernFreebird
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To: Ikemeister

I'm guessing they're Somalis here legally as refugees (courtesy of Klintoon and Wellstone). It's OK for them to wander around in a khat-induced stupor all the time, but Allah forbid somebody has booze in their cab.


12 posted on 04/27/2006 7:05:19 PM PDT by lesser_satan
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

I think passengers should be refusing to get into a cab driven by Muslims.


13 posted on 04/27/2006 7:05:46 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (I think Randy Travis must be paying his bills on home computer by now)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

This has never, ever been a problem NYC where a large percentage of hacks are muslim.


14 posted on 04/27/2006 7:06:10 PM PDT by durasell (!)
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To: randog
Well some cabbies refuse passengers carrying alcohol for religious reasons, while some pharmacists refuse filling prescriptions for contraceptives for religious reasons. Same shit, different religion.
15 posted on 04/27/2006 7:06:10 PM PDT by chowkster
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

That's funny- blowing up innocent people provokes NO RESPONSE from the US Muslim community- but a bottle of booze does... I'm proud to be a Christian.


16 posted on 04/27/2006 7:06:56 PM PDT by Serious Capitalist
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To: GeorgiaDawg32
Airport policy does allow drivers to refuse a fare, only if they return to the beginning of the cab line, which can mean a wait of 3 to 4 hours until their next fare.

It seems to me that one guy with a bottle of scotch and a few hours to kill could really screw with these cabbies, and move the more tolerant drivers to the head of the line.

17 posted on 04/27/2006 7:07:10 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain)
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To: durasell

Article did say it's only happening at MSP.


18 posted on 04/27/2006 7:07:12 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Carry Daily, Apply Sparingly.)
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To: SauronOfMordor

Oh great, Now for seeing the same solution. I've got a mind as devious as SauronOfMordor


19 posted on 04/27/2006 7:09:22 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Article did say it's only happening at MSP



Yeah. That was the point. Is it a spontaneous movement among the hacks or is there some guy preaching "no liquor" in the local mosque? I actually had a cabbie follow me into a ginmill once to return a package I left in his cab...


20 posted on 04/27/2006 7:09:54 PM PDT by durasell (!)
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