Airport taxi flap about alcohol has deeper significance (Africans vs. Arabs)

Red StarTrib ^ | October 25, 2006 | Katherine Kersten

[Ramius]

This is absurd. If you're going to be in the Taxi business, you don't get all stupid about what articles they might have with them. Anybody so inclined needs to find another line of work.

[newgeezer]

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[Manic_Episode]

Ping

[ProtectOurFreedom]

...national model for accommodating Islam...

ALARM BELLS!! Here we go. No effort by the immigrants to assimilate. We have to accomodate them. INS should require all people seeking entry to the U.S. to sign an oath that the immigrant will assimilate, learn English, learn our culture and leave the old world behind. If they refuse to sign, they are denied entry.

[Freedomite]

Great suggestion but can't stand Scotch... Vodka OK?

[bill1952]

We are an "accomodating" people in the first place,since we recognize that one has the right to refuse service to those (well, usually we do) whom they do not wish to serve and that equally, one has the right to not seek nor use the service another provides. One cannot be forced to the other.

So, hospitals and health organizations can refuse to provide abortions?
Pharmacies can refuse to sell contraceptives? -Hmm...

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Better yet, every arriving passenger should have a bottle of wine conspicuously displayed while in the taxi line. That will send every muzzie cabbie back to the end of the line where they will have to wait another three hours for a fare. Three months of this would force every muzzie cabbie to find a new line of work. Of course, they might be forced into martyrdom which has a lot of openings.

[TommyDale]

Is it true that the last time you landed at the airport, your Scotch bottles were empty? :-)

[theDentist]

Well, as long as it isn't the cheap stuff...

[theDentist]

best suggestion yet! bravo

[MortMan]

The constitution says nothing about accomodating religion - although it does have that pesky phrase about freedom of religion, and the whole free exercise thing. But that, of course, is a private matter, affecting only the individual believer and his or her place of worship.

Note to the idiot cabby: We don't need to accommodate your religion when you take a job that (potentially) conflicts with it. You need to quit your job if your religion says you can't perform a significant part of your duties.

That's not intolerance. That's reality and self-reliance. After all, you now claim that someone else has the ability to imperil your soul because they carry a legal substance into the cab you are paid to drive. What a poor religion, if you can be condemned to eternal damnation because Chivas regal once sat in your back seat.

[MortMan]

Oh - and can you identify the "society" the excerpt talks about. I'd prefer not to give the Start Tribune webiste the hits.

Thanks!!!

[metmom]

That's why the proposed two-tier system for airport cabdrivers is important, he says. It could become a national model for accommodating Islam in areas ranging from housing to contractual arrangements to the workplace.

Accomodating Islam? Over my dead body, and that's probably how it'll have to happen.

[CPOSharky]

Two-tier accomodation...

How about two taxi lines? One labeled "Infidel Drivers" and one labeled "muslim drivers." With a $1000.00 fine for being in the wrong line.

[Eurotwit]

The problem for Europe (and probably USA as well) is that the muslim brotherhood considers our lands to be muslim countries. "In an interview to the London based Asharq Al-Awsat,[10] an international Arab newspaper on December 11, 2005, Akef (Leader of the muslim brotherhood) stated that “the Muslim Brotherhood is a global movement whose members cooperate with each other throughout the world, based on the same religious worldview - the spread of Islam, until it rules the world.” In earlier interviews, ‘Akef called the U.S. “a Satan that abuses the religion.” He said: “I expect America to collapse soon,” declaring, “I have complete faith that Islam will invade Europe and America[13].” Although U.S. observers often view the Muslim Brotherhood as well as Hamas as less violent than al-Qaeda, the Brotherhood has long been actively supporting global jihadi efforts. http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=22916 If you go and research Qaradawi, one of the most well known muslim clerics in the world, and connected to the brotherhood, he advices against violent jihad (for now) as muslims are to weak militarily. Instead he advocates a silent takeover of the West by immigration, and then self seperation into ever growing islamic communities within the west. I highly reccomend the article at the link provided. I fear such grops much more than Al Qaeda et al (Even though they probably work together as well). Al Qaeda can merely annoy us (as a civilization), not to diminish the horrible mass murder they can do. The muslim brotherhood types actually have a plan that can work to take over the West. And the plan is proceeding a-pace. Cheers

[VeniVidiVici]

ALARM BELLS!! Here we go. No effort by the immigrants to assimilate. We have to accomodate them

This has been going on for quite awhile under the cover of diversity. Try to figure out why the Democrats are so gung-ho about this and support not having immigrants assimilate.

[metmom]

Thanks for the ping. Someone is starting or running an Islam ping list. Gotta run but I'll get back to on it later, if you wish.

Wagglebee, thought you might be interested in this.

[maggief]

Hassan Mohamud

http://www.wmitchell.edu/faculty/adjunct+professor.asp?ID=457028

[Eurotwit]

The problem for Europe (and probably USA as well) is that the muslim brotherhood considers our lands to be muslim countries.

"In an interview to the London based Asharq Al-Awsat,[10] an international Arab newspaper on December 11, 2005, Akef (Leader of the muslim brotherhood) stated that “the Muslim Brotherhood is a global movement whose members cooperate with each other throughout the world, based on the same religious worldview - the spread of Islam, until it rules the world.”

In earlier interviews, ‘Akef called the U.S. “a Satan that abuses the religion.” He said: “I expect America to collapse soon,” declaring, “I have complete faith that Islam will invade Europe and America[13].”

Although U.S. observers often view the Muslim Brotherhood as well as Hamas as less violent than al-Qaeda, the Brotherhood has long been actively supporting global jihadi efforts.

http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=22916

If you go and research Qaradawi, one of the most well known muslim clerics in the world, and connected to the brotherhood, he advices against violent jihad (for now - and with the exception of Israel) as muslims are too weak militarily. Instead he advocates a silent takeover of the West by immigration, and then self seperation into ever growing islamic communities within the west. I highly reccommend the article at the link provided. I fear such grops much more than Al Qaeda et al. (Even though they probably work together as well). Al Qaeda can merely annoy us (as a civilization), not to diminish the horrible mass murder they can do.

The muslim brotherhood types actually have a plan that can work to take over the West.

And the plan is proceeding a pace.

Cheers

[jrg]

Dude....Check out that exposed hand! Oh man.....I'm gettin' wood!