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That picture is false advertising. He was left in Paradise, not flown to Purgatory. freshwest Oct 2012 #1
If you don't want to be in ''paradise''..... DeSwiss Oct 2012 #7
Being inconvenienced is neither purgatory nor hell. Just sayin' freshwest Oct 2012 #26
Wow. Just... wow. Being stranded thousands of miles from home and family is "inconvenienced"? PavePusher Oct 2012 #194
'Fuck. That. Vile. Noise.' that I said that you didn't like. Did you read further down the thread? freshwest Oct 2012 #198
Shame on you. Apologizing for a police state. JackRiddler Oct 2012 #74
It was a military flight. What rights did he have to fly a military flight after he lost his msanthrope Oct 2012 #89
How about armed Birther Prepper nutbags? Just like everyone else, right? freshwest Oct 2012 #115
The same right any military spouse has. And why did he lose his clearances? sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #121
See post 125. nt msanthrope Oct 2012 #128
My post was not apology, you owe me one, but I won't hold my breath. Read the sign in the OP. freshwest Oct 2012 #114
He was on a military flight, no less. The military does not have to fly an asshole who msanthrope Oct 2012 #85
His wife is in the military. So you want him punished by depriving him of privileges all military sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #124
I am the "asshole's" wife... ekb Oct 2012 #156
If you are that asshole's wife, then I can only congratulate you, Lieutenant, on your msanthrope Oct 2012 #158
1 Post? brooklynite Oct 2012 #163
This dude is a 9/11 truther and Tea Party activist in Mississippi. Far-rightwing sources struggle4progress Oct 2012 #2
And what do his political views have to do with this? Is it a crime now to have political views sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #9
I absolutely support putting people on the No-Fly based on their beliefs. I'd have started with the msanthrope Oct 2012 #65
Wow ... Nihil Oct 2012 #69
I have no doubt Luis Carriles claims to be a Christian. But I'd gladly add msanthrope Oct 2012 #81
I'd say I'm glad you're not in a position of power ... Nihil Oct 2012 #93
Tell me, please, why a military flight must carry a person who has lost his msanthrope Oct 2012 #94
Read my first post on this thread and your post to which it applied. Nihil Oct 2012 #155
Well, yes, you are defending this man. It's not my fault you didn't avail yourself msanthrope Oct 2012 #157
If you knew how to read, you wouldn't have written that reply. Nihil Oct 2012 #202
Are you comparing terrorist suspects to Americans who belong to the Republican Party or the sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #70
No, I'm comparing terrorists to a kook no military flight should have to countenance. msanthrope Oct 2012 #82
He's a kook ... sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #96
Speech is protected. Military flights subsidized by the taxpayers are not. nt msanthrope Oct 2012 #104
And when critics of Bush landed on the No Fly List you no doubt fully supported sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #108
Explain to me how this dude is owed a tax-payer subsidized military flight? Because he msanthrope Oct 2012 #113
That did not address my question. Never mind 'this dude'. You stated that sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #118
see post 125. nt msanthrope Oct 2012 #126
I saw it, it doesn't answer the question. sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #132
Military flights for dependents are not regulated by political beliefs, nor should they be... PavePusher Oct 2012 #195
Mere thoughts should indeed, prevent and deny people from many things, including flight LanternWaste Oct 2012 #83
This was a military flight. If you depict the CIC burning the Constiution, host a website calling msanthrope Oct 2012 #91
You appear to be adding additional qualifiers to your original premise of mere thought. LanternWaste Oct 2012 #100
LA--how do we know thoughts? Through speech and action. I'm not a mind reader. But if msanthrope Oct 2012 #105
Then you are no different from Joe McCarthy n/t markpkessinger Oct 2012 #197
You don't read carefully or well. Let me repeat what I said: "I'll want a much better source struggle4progress Oct 2012 #67
RT is more far more reputable than CNN, Fox and most of our Corporate run 'news' organizations sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #71
Allow me to explain to you just how far you've wandered into the land of fruitcakes and mixed nuts struggle4progress Oct 2012 #73
Your nasty persoal attacks mean nothing to me, so I will not alert on them but rather let them sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #80
Get this--Wade Hicks was on a military flight--imagine that!!! The parasite is wondering msanthrope Oct 2012 #86
And?? Apparently his wife is in the military. I will ask again. Since when did political speech sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #99
You can say what you wish. But speech is not without consequences. nt msanthrope Oct 2012 #102
Was this your position for Progressives sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #109
Explain to me how a taxpayer subsidized military flight is protected under the Constitution? nt msanthrope Oct 2012 #112
I asked you a question first. I will answer yours when you answer mine. sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #117
Your question is flawed because you conflate rights with privileges. Further, msanthrope Oct 2012 #125
My question is pretty straightforward. If the Government punishes someone for sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #131
No--your question is flawed. You are conflating a right with a privilege. Mr. Hicks retains his msanthrope Oct 2012 #134
Amazing. Here let me try to make it as simple as possible. sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #137
Are you asserting that a taxpayer subsidized military flight is a right? Or a privilege? nt msanthrope Oct 2012 #139
Should a person be punished by the military by removing their PRIVILEGES because of their sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #141
Okay--so this is a privilege, right? Do you have an actual case of someone from the Bush era, or is msanthrope Oct 2012 #143
Is flying on commercial airlines a right or a privilege? sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #162
Travel is a right; flying on commercial airlines is a privilege subject to rules. msanthrope Oct 2012 #168
You haven't answered a single one of my very simple questions so far. sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #170
Um--just answered the question you posted in 162. Apparently you do not like that answer and are on msanthrope Oct 2012 #173
And once again, you do not answer the question. sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #183
Sabrina, I think you got Parlocked. msanthrope Oct 2012 #184
What I didn't get was an answer to a simple question even though I very patiently tried for more sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #188
taken to its logical conclusion Dokkie Oct 2012 #193
You say tax payers provided flight Dokkie Oct 2012 #191
The military prohibits expressions of disrespect for the CiC jberryhill Oct 2012 #201
Incredible, isn't it? JackRiddler Oct 2012 #76
Yes, incredible the reaction to any kind of free press in this country. I remember the hatred sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #97
No, but it's intuitive to know he's a fucking loon and believes in crazy shit.. snooper2 Oct 2012 #120
I agree with you. alarimer Oct 2012 #133
Hang the heretic! JackRiddler Oct 2012 #75
That's not what I've said: I've said I don't trust him and don't believe his story struggle4progress Oct 2012 #129
Douglas Hagmann BTW is another rightwinger, whose views are promoted by Alex Jones struggle4progress Oct 2012 #3
indeed... loop204 Oct 2012 #5
No, it's not. RT is one of the best Progressive news organizations sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #10
That's not true. dipsydoodle Oct 2012 #63
Thank you for posting actual facts. sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #111
And again, what does any of that have to do with an American Citizen being put on Bush's sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #15
Listen carefully: I think his tale might be untrue. Let me say that a few more ways: struggle4progress Oct 2012 #66
RT in NOT a credible news source loop204 Oct 2012 #4
RT is one of the MOST credible news sources on TV. Unless you don't like sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #11
Thanks for the welcome... loop204 Oct 2012 #16
RT often posts news, they ARE based in DC btw, before other news sources get them I've noticed. sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #24
It has an anti-American bias, being a tool of Vladimir Putin. geek tragedy Oct 2012 #146
So, Teabag wingnut doesn't get welfare flight overseas, Putin's mouthpiece whines, geek tragedy Oct 2012 #147
No it does not have an anti-American bias. But nice try. It reports news and provides opportunity sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #171
It has some blatantly propaganda programs, but it also has some others like Thom Hartmann. JDPriestly Oct 2012 #17
But... loop204 Oct 2012 #27
''.... but also to coverage that makes the United States look bad.'' DeSwiss Oct 2012 #41
Agreed... loop204 Oct 2012 #45
So in your opinion reporting news is making heroes out of people? sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #52
I tend to agree that RT's news coverage is for dupes in many cases, but then JDPriestly Oct 2012 #122
Alex Jones likes Putin. For my own reasons, I do, too. Thom Hartmann is a serious person, IMO. freshwest Oct 2012 #35
Thank you. I will... :) n/t loop204 Oct 2012 #46
We used to have posters that linked to WSWS, but with enough mockery, they switched to RT. msanthrope Oct 2012 #64
FOX, CNN, NBC are more your cup of tea. JackRiddler Oct 2012 #77
Actually, Canada Free Press had the professionalism to report that Hicks was on a military flight. msanthrope Oct 2012 #88
I too am on the FAA No Fly list and have been since December 2001. Early on they over-reacted Dustlawyer Oct 2012 #6
This is the kind of shit that makes me believe the terrorists won Major Nikon Oct 2012 #8
Not just the terrorists, take a look at this (unrelated, but you'll see what I mean): Poll_Blind Oct 2012 #13
I thought this Bush era, McCarthyite list had been dealt with. This was one of the abominations sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #18
I suspect that person wound up on the list for the same reason Major Nikon Oct 2012 #37
Not surprising at all that he wound up on the list. Considering all the others who ended up on it. sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #47
Sad to see DU'ers get duped by Russia Today. Total nonsense and bunkum. Ikonoklast Oct 2012 #12
Are you talking about Thom Hartmann? Or Max Keiser? JDPriestly Oct 2012 #19
Thom Hartmann is an entertainer. Not journalism. boppers Oct 2012 #21
I think you're wrong about Hartmann. But the rest of RT is BS. JMHO. freshwest Oct 2012 #39
RT, like much modern media, is struggling to survive. boppers Oct 2012 #150
Name your media sources, then. And your respected journalists. Help us out here. freshwest Oct 2012 #151
Okay... boppers Oct 2012 #152
That's not true, on the contrary it has been hugely successful. Here are the facts about RT: sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #164
They're incredibly succesful. According to the wikipedia article. boppers Oct 2012 #190
Wow! So can you point us in the direction of a real journalist then? sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #53
Yes, Amy Goodman has been snared in one too many clever phrasings and omissions of details for me. boppers Oct 2012 #148
Thom Hartmann is an entertainer???? navarth Oct 2012 #72
I don't see him that way at all. Jones, Beck and Fox are. They add nuts and whipped cream to truth. freshwest Oct 2012 #119
well of course. navarth Oct 2012 #130
Don't worry. Posters have strong opinions. I wish they'd stay to explain them. freshwest Oct 2012 #135
I believe you have made my point. boppers Oct 2012 #145
I've listened to him for years. boppers Oct 2012 #144
Lol, so you don't like Thom Hartmann, you don't like Amy Goodman and you don't like RT. sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #165
Olberman's shallow, Maddow's got a great wit, Moore is clever as hell. boppers Oct 2012 #192
Copying the right's shoddy opinions-as-news would mean all those people you mentioned sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #196
Sorry, it's shite. WND out of the Oligarchy of Russia. Ikonoklast Oct 2012 #22
If only more people would recognize that n/t loop204 Oct 2012 #28
You've never watched it have you? sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #48
More than once. Al-Jazeera is more to my liking. Ikonoklast Oct 2012 #50
Al Jazeera and RT are very similar. I watch both and have watched Al Jazeera since they first sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #62
From your comments it appears you are not familiar with the network. sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #58
Agreed, freshwest Oct 2012 #36
RT is one of the best news sources on TV. Based in DC it gives air time to Progressives who sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #20
"finally gives that truth with a Liberal Bias" boppers Oct 2012 #149
I guess you're not familiar with the saying. sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #161
Having it vs. giving it. eom boppers Oct 2012 #189
Yeah that's me: duped. DeSwiss Oct 2012 #23
Total Straw Man response. Ikonoklast Oct 2012 #25
Okay then, try these: DeSwiss Oct 2012 #29
Please do a little research on some of those 'authors' and 'journalists' while you're at it. Ikonoklast Oct 2012 #33
All the Wade Hicks Jr. articles you posted lead to one man loop204 Oct 2012 #34
Folow the links loop204 Oct 2012 #38
These guys make money from peddling fear loop204 Oct 2012 #43
Very good and I hate what the Paulbots did there. Thanks. freshwest Oct 2012 #56
Good posts in this thread... SidDithers Oct 2012 #159
And it looks like they were all wrong! sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #169
tl:dr...nt SidDithers Oct 2012 #178
... sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #181
132 words, 12 lines ... if that's "tl:dr" then I pity you. Nihil Oct 2012 #203
Jones also says that Obama was behind the Aurora, Sikh temple, etc. Now he's gonna bomb us? Please.. freshwest Oct 2012 #40
Can I ask you to remove the Canada Free Pres link? They are far right muriel_volestrangler Oct 2012 #78
Um, no, they are a very legitimate news channel, excellent coverage of foreign news and sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #49
This is RT's poster boy -- Alex Jones loop204 Oct 2012 #30
Well, Alex was around spreading terror long before RT. His 'documentary films' on Obama freshwest Oct 2012 #32
Ahhh... thanks... David Icke is the name that escaped me in my lasy post. n/t loop204 Oct 2012 #44
I enjoyed him for a while. What a unique view, I thought. Then realized the result of it. freshwest Oct 2012 #54
No, that is not RT's poster boy, but nice try. Since RT is one of my main news sources, and clearly sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #51
As a researcher, I'm very familiar with RT loop204 Oct 2012 #55
If you were a researcher, you would never have come here where many DUers are very familiar sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #57
----> loop204 Oct 2012 #59
From the Guardian loop204 Oct 2012 #60
And there is a perfect example of what I said about the demise of the Guardian as a credible sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #101
The NYT? Judith Miller? sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #61
I am reminded of an old con. boppers Oct 2012 #153
as per comment #2 is this Wade Hicks? azurnoir Oct 2012 #14
Nice pic at the link of Obama tearing up the Constitution and the flag in flames. freshwest Oct 2012 #31
More blazing info, recycled from when Obama tried to set up CCC, WPA groups in 2009, now 2012: freshwest Oct 2012 #42
After a brief tour of wingnut sites, I'm pretty sure that is him struggle4progress Oct 2012 #68
Hagmann forgot to mention it was a military flight, didn't he? msanthrope Oct 2012 #92
Wade Hicks who decided to use a military flight, and wonders why he got kicked off-- msanthrope Oct 2012 #90
should be easy for him to get off, but he says he holds an extra screening card already Sunlei Oct 2012 #79
He was on a military flight--and he wonders why he got kicked off???? nt msanthrope Oct 2012 #87
UNREC for omission--the man was on a military flight. Our military does not have to carry people msanthrope Oct 2012 #84
Thank you. AtomicKitten Oct 2012 #95
You are welcome. I'm enjoying reading how military flights subsidized by the taxpayers are now the msanthrope Oct 2012 #107
I'm enjoying watching you refusing to answer a simple question. sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #136
Sabrina, your questions can't be answered until you make better ones. So clarify, please, msanthrope Oct 2012 #138
That's not the question. Did you make the same argument against the hundreds of people who sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #140
Okay, so you are asserting this is a privilege, then? Do you have an actual case of a person in msanthrope Oct 2012 #142
Since when did political speech become a threat to this Democracy? sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #98
How is his speech infringed? It't not. He can say what he wishes, but the government doesn't have msanthrope Oct 2012 #103
His wife is the military. The government should not punish people for political speech I was sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #106
If his wife is in the military then she is well aware that flights are a privilege, and not a right. msanthrope Oct 2012 #110
Then you do believe that the Government should punish people for political speech. sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #116
See post 125. nt msanthrope Oct 2012 #127
On the bright side, ManiacJoe Oct 2012 #123
... A spokesman for the FBI's Terrorist Screening Center said he could neither confirm nor deny struggle4progress Oct 2012 #154
Well, if that statement is true, it looks like those of you arguing he was rightfully removed based sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #166
there's no evidence he ever was on the no fly list struggle4progress Oct 2012 #167
Whether he was or not people in this thread argued that it would be just fine to keep him off sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #172
Hicks is now claiming he's off the list--- msanthrope Oct 2012 #174
yeah, something like that would be my guess struggle4progress Oct 2012 #175
Always enjoyable, seeing who took RT/Alex Jones as gospel. nt msanthrope Oct 2012 #177
Even more enlightening is seeing who supports the rights of ALL Americans sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #182
Sabrina, I think you got Parlocked.... msanthrope Oct 2012 #185
What I got was a look at who cannot separate their own personal opinions from sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #187
Gulfport man says he's cleared of 'no-fly' order struggle4progress Oct 2012 #160
Phil Parlock gets to fly, then??? Amazing!!!! Always great to watch who falls for him. nt msanthrope Oct 2012 #179
But he was supposed to be sent to GITMO! What about the NDAA and the Police State? freshwest Oct 2012 #199
It would be nice to have at least two choices on foreign policy yurbud Oct 2012 #176
It would be nice if DUer's could remember Phil Parlock every election. msanthrope Oct 2012 #180
+ struggle4progress Oct 2012 #186
Kick (nt) muriel_volestrangler Oct 2012 #200
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