Posted on 06/19/2002 10:33:16 AM PDT by Pern
THE TEST
To ensure we Americans never offend anyone - particularly fanatics intent on killing us - airport screeners will not be allowed to profile people. They will continue random searches of 80-year-old women, little kids, airline pilots with proper identification, secret Service agents who are members of the President's security detail, 85-year old Congressmen with metal hips, and Medal of Honor winning former Governors. Let's pause a moment and take the following test:
In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, athletes were kidnapped & massacred by:
(a) Olga Corbutt
(b) Sitting Bull
(c) Arnold Schwartzeneger
(d) al Qaida-type male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 & 40
In 1979, the U.S. embassy in Iran was taken over by:
(a) Lost Norwegians
(b) Elvis
(c) A tour bus full of 80-year-old women
(d) al Qaida-type male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 & 40
During the 1980's a number of Americans were kidnapped in Lebanon by:
(a) John Dillinger
(b) The King of Sweden
(c) The Boy Scouts
(d) al Qaida-type male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 & 40
In 1983, the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up by:
(a) A pizza delivery boy
(b) Pee Wee Herman
(c) Geraldo Rivera making up for a slow news day
(d) al Qaida-type male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 & 40
In 1985 the cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked, and a 70-year-old American passenger was murdered and thrown overboard by:
(a) The Smurfs
(b) Davy Jones
(c) The Little Mermaid
(d) al Qaida-type male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 & 40
In 1985 TWA flight 847 was hijacked at Athens, & a U.S. Navy diver was murdered by:
(a) Captain Kid
(b) Charles Lindberg
(c) Mother Teresa
(d) al Qaida-type male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 & 40
In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed by:
(a) Scooby Doo
(b) The Tooth Fairy
(c) Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid who had a few sticks of dynamite
(d) al Qaida-type male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 & 40
In 1993 the World Trade Center was bombed the first time by:
(a) Richard Simmons
(b) Grandma Moses
(c) Michael Jordan
(d) al Qaida-type male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 & 40
In 1998, the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by:
(a) Mr. Rogers
(b) Hillary, to distract attention from Wild Bill's women problems
(c) The World Wrestling Federation to promote its next villain: "Mustapha the Merciless!"
(d) al Qaida-type male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 & 40
On 9/11/01, four airliners were hijacked & destroyed & thousands of people were killed by:
(a) Bugs Bunny, Wiley E. Coyote, Daffy Duck, and Elmer Fudd
(b) The Supreme Court of Florida
(c) Mr. Bean
(d) al Qaida-type male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 & 40
In 2002 the United States fought a war in Afghanistan against:
(a) Enron
(b) The Lutheran Church
(c) The NFL
(d) al Qaida-type male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 & 40
In 2002 reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and murdered by:
(a) Bonny and Clyde
(b) Captain Kangaroo
(c) Billy Graham
(d) al Qaida-type male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 & 40
Hmmm...nope, no patterns anywhere to justify profiling?
Do you know why the U.S.S. Cole attack is omitted?
A) Al Gore
B) Mother Theresa
C) Pippi Longstocking
D) al Qaida-type male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 & 40
Answer, Not D.
In October, 2000 the USS Cole was attacked and severely damaged by:
(a) Ethel Merman
(b) Mark Spitz
(c) Shamu
(d) al Qaida-type male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 & 40
Good catch, I missed that one.
A) Innocent people not fitting the al Qaida-type male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 & 40 profile.
B) Innocent people not fitting the al Qaida-type male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 & 40 profile.
C) Innocent people not fitting the al Qaida-type male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 & 40 profile.
D) Innocent people not fitting the al Qaida-type male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 & 40 profile.
Yes, I did like it... thanks.
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