12-27-2009, 12:46 PM | #16 |
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Airport is one of my favorite books and favorite movies.
It is often in power rotation on Encore movie channel, so sometimes I'll see it on the channel guide and just flip it on to see where it is, just to catch some of my favorite parts (like Mrs. Quonset explaining how she gets onto planes or the dad in the development off the end of the runway freaking out while he's saying grace). I grew up in Chicago and flew out of O'Hare more times than I can remember, so there's a lot of nostalgia in the movie for me. I thought it was a watch instantly on netflix, but I can't find it now.
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12-27-2009, 02:06 PM | #18 |
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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. |
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Our powerful aren't afraid! They fly on private jets.
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12-28-2009, 08:24 AM | #20 |
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Or on military jets when Congress wants to cavort in Scotland.
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12-28-2009, 10:50 AM | #21 |
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what no one is saying, and what I really want to know is . . .
did the guy actually blow his dick off?
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12-28-2009, 10:52 AM | #22 |
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I think he just burned it really well. Well done.
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12-28-2009, 12:06 PM | #23 |
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"Well done" as in, no pink left in the middle?
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Ok this is just getting stupid. What kind of idiot is in charge of TSA?
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12-28-2009, 02:28 PM | #26 |
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"Ok this is just getting stupid. What kind of idiot is in charge of TSA?"
I fear the same idiots that got the TSA where they are today! For instance, I've seen several reports that TSA in some airports are not allowing any unmarked bottles of liquid in 3 oz or less size through security in carry on luggage, only commercial name brand bottles. So the TSA previously approved clear bottles sold by travel companies like Magellan and others or the ones you get at sporting goods stores like REI are now obsolete. If the bottle says Pantene Shampoo it is ok because a terrorist would never figure out that they could buy those and replace the contents with chemicals that could be used to make a bomb. This is the same TSA that made sure that anyone buying a one way ticket got extra rigorous searches because anyone with any sense would realize that would be terrorists only need a one way ticket and can save a few bucks on the ticket and not buy a leg they won't ever use. |
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You can be all for it, but it doesn't work. Targetting anyone coming into England with an Irish passport/ accent/ name only raised tensions. My friend's husband - a British Citizen of Pakistani parents - was held for hours at US Customs and questioned on everythign from his income to his bank statements. Both are decent Westernised Muslims (she has US nationality) but both were very shaken by the ordeal. I'm not saying check no-one. I'm just saying over-zealous targeting marginalises and potentially crimalises people. And is a far cry from American standards as I have learned them here.
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I think the new rules are just stupid and they wouldn't have stopped this most recent nutter. He didn't get up, but remained seated, and the bomb was in his undies, not a copy of Reader's Digest. Just how unpleasant are they going to make flying, anyhow? You can't use the restroom and you can't even read a book. I'm glad that I no longer have the need to fly anywhere. I'd rather spend 8 hours in a car than 15 minutes on an airplane with these new and ridiculous rules.
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12-28-2009, 03:05 PM | #29 |
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There's a bunch of Arabs or Iranians or whatever down at registration, talking furtively. They're probably not terrorists. But how do I know?
I just have to walk by and hope for no bombs. *shrugs* I never used to feel this way about anyone. Being shaken by an ordeal is a small price to pay, for the safety of those who are just minding their own business in their own homes and places of work. Like I said, I'll expect the same when I start running around Nigeria or Iraq. So, deal with it, or don't fly. These are the times we live in. There is a choice, just not that one you all would like.
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