New Rules for Air Travel
State Department, When your daddy says you’re a jihadist that should be proof enough
The simple fact of the matter is that the only reason the Christmas Delta flight was not blown out of the sky with a powerful explosive was that the detonator didn’t work. Does it strike anyone as ironic that, according to government officials, the “answer” to airline safety is more and better technology?
El Al, the Israeli airline has never had a terrorist incident and that is because they actually profile the heck out of everyone who wants to fly with them. Blond, blue-eyed, Scandinavian? They want to know why you’re going to a particular destination, how long you intend to be there? Do you have family or friends there? And you had better have all your visas and passports in proper order. You may be a member of the Master Race, but you better have some damned good answers.
In America, it’s now routine for passenger to have to show up a day in advance, sleep on the terminal floor, take off your shoes and all the rest of your clothes, submit to an anal cavity search, and not bring anything as dangerous as a nail-clipper with you. No liquids unless they are less than three ounces and in a zip-closed plastic bag. None of this makes anyone the slightest bit safer except the morons at the TSA that came up with these rules.
There are now new rules such as not being able to take a leak for an hour before the plane lands, no pillows, no blankets, and nothing that even vaguely resembles comfort in airline seats that have been reduced in size to the equivalent of straight-jackets. Looking out the window will be considered suspicious activity.
Here’s what’s NOT suspicious:
- Having “Muhammad” as part of your name such as Muhammad Abdul Muhammad.
- Being Muslim.
- Having no passport.
- Being Muslim.
- Paying for a one-way ticket with cash.
- Being Muslim.
- Not having any baggage.
- Being Muslim.
- Spreading a prayer rug in the waiting lounge, facing Mecca, and loudly praying.
- Being Muslim.
- Being Arab.
- Being Muslim.
- Being African.
- Being Muslim. And, finally,
- Being Muslim!
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