Yes. Dr. Bob (Rowlf), Nurse Piggy, and Nurse Janice were all Muppets staffing the Sesame Street Veterinarian's Hospital.
Color me "skeptical". Maybe "Dr. Bob" here is a psychiatrist. Or a patient.
Posted on 01/15/2005 3:34:16 AM PST by Stoat
Amen!
Whether it's called "racial profiling, criminal profiling, or behavioral profiling" it's a valuable tool in fighting crime...that's why so many leftist loonies are so much against it.....it works!
There are a few people at this site who are enraged if you don't agree and then throw out the infamous DU label. And notice they didn't read the article and realize that the author herself questioned whether the story was true or not.
"Arm the pilots, arm the cabin crew, arm law-abiding citizens. I will be the first in line to buy tickets on such an airline."
Oh God. I'm so going to get shot to death the next time I sneeze in a plane. Does anyone have a Greyhound ticket I can borrow?
I knew a “Ricky”, and these days who knows?
Yes, I did read that excerpt... I am not saying that razor blades haven't been found and I'm not saying that they won't injure when used as a weapon, what I am saying is that the passengers are going to fight to the finish THIS TIME (in otherwords; the terrorists are bringing a knife to a gun fight).
I realize that isn't the guist of your post...
Is testing by America's enemies, of our aviation security systems/operations underway ? Likely...
Is the blog/blogger a bearer of truth... ah... honestly, I don't know.
Why this is being shown as a positive reflects an effort of the media to polish the failures of the TSA...once again.
"Once the cavity search yielded them nothing..."
God, I'm never going to stop hearing about that one.
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The last time I checked, sneezing hasn't been linked to being an Islamofascist intent on slicing a stewardess' throat and flying planes into buildings. Don't worry...legally armed citizens are usually among the nicest and most law-abiding folks that you might care to meet, and they take the responsibilities of gun ownership extremely seriously.
As to Greyhound, please consider that on a bus you are also dealing with a closed, metal container with people who are going to be screened far more loosely than airline passengers, which, like an airplane you can also not escape from when it's in motion. Furthermore, you have only ONE driver and no stewardesses. The bus driver is also NOT behind a solid door and is easily available for victimization....which happens frequently.
It seems to me that a bus would be a far easier hijacking target than an airplane....it also is far easier to drive.
As for myself, I prefer the freedom and grandeur of the Great American Highway. Any Islamofascist carjacker (or any other sort) will be dealt with swiftly and decisively. :-)
They didn't read the article??? Who is "they". That, my friend, is gossip... and inflammatory.
I normally do not refer others to DU (I have only visited one time, and decided it was too fruity, for me...), but in your case...
I responded to the post, which I read as mocking a serious problem, and poo-pooing the articles writer. What's your purpose?
Why this is being shown as a positive reflects an effort of the media to polish the failures of the TSA...once again.
Sorry? No need for that...I agree completely.
Yes. Dr. Bob (Rowlf), Nurse Piggy, and Nurse Janice were all Muppets staffing the Sesame Street Veterinarian's Hospital.
Color me "skeptical". Maybe "Dr. Bob" here is a psychiatrist. Or a patient.
Excellent distinction and one which everyone should keep in mind when the inevitable critics of sensible security procedures emerge with their shouts of "Racism".
As Michelle Malkin herself points out in the story, she isn't claiming it to be definitively true but it's entirely plausible, has substantiated precedent and is sourced FAR better than many that have graced the front pages of the New York Times. She's merely putting the information out there and asking for corroboration, which is something that many other 'reporters' don't seem terribly interested in doing.
I only view it as something worth reading and considering. If I run across another well-sourced article debunking this one then I'll post it in this thread as well.
Here's what I find most suspicious (in addition to the vaguely familiar ring): Dr. Bob leaves out details like the date, airport, airline, and flight, apparently to protect the identity of his source, who is supposedly an air marshal assigned to that flight. I suspect, however, that if the incident is true, it is not a routine occurrence and therefore, TSA would need about thirty seconds to identify the blabbermouth. I also note that Ms. Malkin wrote about the incident not in her syndicated column, but in her own blog, which suggests to me that she has a healthy degree of skepticism.
BTW, I've been a member of FR almost as long as you, and I have thousands of posts to prove that I belong here, so please don't accuse me of being a DU sympathizer just because I disagree with you.
So whatever happened to those five? We need to know the rest of the story.
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Yeah, but at least people don't get sucked out of the window if a bullet pierces a Greyhound window
Oh wait, I was thinking of a James Bond movie.
Anyway, I'm pretty much against anyone but an air marshall having guns on a plane. I mean, hell, everyone's already dealing with fearing terrorists/crappy peanuts/crying babies/smelly toilets/coffee nerves on the flight. It'd be mere seconds before someone got killed for putting their seat too far back. Heh.
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