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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 10:48 AM Original message |
How much longer will travelers put up with this bullshit? |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
1. People who want to can always stop flying |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 11:18 AM Response to Reply #1 |
12. That my daer is the fear of the airlines |
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mrsadm (192 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 12:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. No they can't! |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 03:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
24. I stopped after 9/11 |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 07:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
37. Now there's a brilliant solution. |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 03:45 AM Response to Reply #37 |
78. Then fly, fer cryin' out loud. |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 05:34 AM Response to Reply #78 |
79. I'm sorry but comments like that |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 12:14 PM Response to Reply #79 |
83. Sorry. |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 12:53 PM Response to Reply #83 |
84. We all get snarky from time to time.... |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
2. I cut way back on flying 5 years ago, because of all this crap |
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PATRICK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 10:57 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. A bunch of planes |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 11:19 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Here is the difference |
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PATRICK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 11:22 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Agreed |
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NV Whino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 10:55 AM Original message |
They won't... |
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madame defarge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
3. The real question, IMHO, is... |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 02:56 PM Response to Reply #3 |
21. I can see companies deciding that teleconferencing can take |
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Protagoras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 06:21 PM Response to Reply #21 |
33. Already happening in a lot of fortune companies |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
5. Well they woulldn't want to be branded "tin foil hatters" would they? |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 01:45 AM Response to Reply #5 |
70. Shut up you tin foil hatter! |
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onecent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
6. I have a ticket to fly to Washington, DC because my daughter and |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
7. When will Americans start using their brains? |
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madame defarge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 12:56 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. We need a class action suit... |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
8. I hope not for long - This really is some crazy bullshit alright n/t |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
9. January 20, 2009 n/t |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
10. It seems to me by what I saw of passengers in airport |
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Kickin_Donkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
11. Granted, it's a total fiasco ... |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 11:28 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. "Racial profiling" is the lesser of two evils in this instance... |
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Kickin_Donkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 02:58 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Oh great, so now we have an admitted advocate of racial profiling ... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 04:09 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Admiting that certain ethnic groups are more likey to be terrorists is... |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 03:08 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. Who is the suspect? |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
17. i wonder what a one day airline boycott would do? |
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Protagoras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 06:24 PM Response to Reply #17 |
34. I hope we're coming close to finding out |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
18. Who would have thought we'd all have submitted so meekly |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 04:20 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. Who would have thought we'd submit to a coup d'etat in 2000? |
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Spinoza (766 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 07:35 PM Response to Reply #18 |
38. Who would have thought |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 01:49 AM Response to Reply #38 |
71. Anyone who's ever read a history book. |
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Spinoza (766 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 08:16 PM Response to Reply #71 |
98. For motivation, |
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electron_blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
20. I'm really fed up. This crap is not making us any "safer" |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 04:33 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. I'm with you on this electron_blue - if the terrorists want to bomb |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 05:36 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. they do frisk you |
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electron_blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 07:26 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. How odd, I've never been frisked. Are they doing it for absolutely |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 09:03 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. it isn't my rotten luck, it's just my profile |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
28. Exactly! If I had wanted to live in fucking Israel, I would have moved... |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 10:16 PM Response to Reply #28 |
50. Excellent Point!!!! n/t |
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BlackVelvet04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
29. I flew once after 9/11 and was tagged to have my bags |
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electron_blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 05:37 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. omg, that sounds horrible. |
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lectrobyte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
32. As long as there are no alternatives to getting from, say, |
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Rainscents (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
35. I'm flying next week and this one flight, I cannot cancel. |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
39. This is such a bunch of crap, and I doubt it will make us any safer |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 10:24 PM Response to Reply #39 |
51. Remember when you watch those interviews on the TeeVee |
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slaveplanet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
40. hell , people already |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
41. question: what are the security proceedures in Canada? |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 09:10 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. it's tough in canada based on our recent trip |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
42. Racial profiling is absolutely retarded |
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jerry611 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 09:29 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. It works for Israel |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 11:32 PM Response to Reply #46 |
64. I've heard the same. |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 09:57 AM Response to Reply #46 |
82. Faulty logic |
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jerry611 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
45. Since we can't racially profile because it might hurt someone's feelings. |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 09:49 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Yep. Can and do. I once witnessed |
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jerry611 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 10:30 PM Response to Reply #47 |
53. The problem is the lawsuit |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 12:07 AM Response to Reply #53 |
67. No one seems concerned about offending |
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yankeedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 01:22 PM Response to Reply #67 |
90. Those Arabs like Timothy McVeigh must be stopped |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 06:56 PM Response to Reply #90 |
95. I wasn't suggesting that any law abiding person be |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 01:51 AM Response to Reply #47 |
72. But should we let them feel up every 90 year old brown woman |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 02:56 AM Response to Reply #72 |
76. Where did I mention the skin color of the woman? |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 01:22 PM Response to Reply #76 |
89. Sorry, meant the poster above you regarding racial profiling. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
48. i think it is wrong to call it "racial profiling"... |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 10:00 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Yours is a voice of sanity. |
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bling bling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 10:26 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Yes, but it IS humiliating, and especially if you fit the "profile" |
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jerry611 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 10:36 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. The muslim community is partly to blame in my opinion... |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 10:38 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. Yes, everybody should share in the humiliation... |
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bling bling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 10:53 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. That makes it even worse! Put yourself in their shoes. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 11:00 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. uh-huh... |
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bling bling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 11:15 PM Response to Reply #57 |
62. It is discrimination, in my opinion. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 11:19 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Oh, I agree that it may be discrimination... |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 01:16 PM Response to Reply #63 |
87. It is NOT fucking necessary |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 07:12 PM Response to Reply #87 |
96. The sad truth is : |
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yankeedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 01:26 PM Response to Reply #63 |
92. Wouldn't want to talk about "rights" |
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yankeedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 01:19 PM Response to Reply #57 |
88. White people are responsible for the massacre of over 100,000 Iraqis |
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jerry611 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 11:02 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. Israel profiles all the time. No hijackings in almost 30 years. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 06:11 AM Response to Reply #58 |
80. AS I said above...If I wanted to live in fucking Israel, I would have... |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 01:24 PM Response to Reply #48 |
91. It is religious profiling. |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
59. ATTENTION PEOPLE: FROM A FLT CREW.. |
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jerry611 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 11:08 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. You don't have a right to bring a starbucks coffee on an airplane |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 11:46 PM Response to Reply #60 |
65. or toothpaste...darlin... |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 12:13 AM Response to Reply #59 |
68. Thank you, flyarm.....and I'm gonna "say it again" |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 01:28 PM Response to Reply #59 |
93. Umm |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
61. Forever..Why? |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
66. Oh please, stop whining! |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 01:06 AM Response to Reply #66 |
69. Are you saying that El Al passengers can't bring lipstick or water on |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 01:53 AM Response to Reply #66 |
73. Uh, I've been to about 17 other countries and the security is far more lax |
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windbreeze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 02:54 AM Response to Reply #66 |
75. Is it really about inconvenience? |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 03:09 AM Response to Reply #66 |
77. and do you really think there are not |
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Cobalt-60 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 02:32 AM Response to Original message |
74. They piss on travelers for attention |
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AzDar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
81. If they were genuinely concerned about our safety, they'd actually |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
85. I'm sure most of this will end after the election |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
86. Don't just bitch: write letters to your local papers! See my post |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
94. Real safety = matching ID & boarding pass @ gate |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
97. A white woman could be carrying a bomb. |
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