Hero of Flight 253 recounts terror attempt
Here’s a CNN interview with Jasper Schuringa, one of the passengers on board Northwest Airlines Flight 253 into Detroit. Accounts emerging so far credit the young Dutchman with initiating the effort by passengers and crew to thwart the terrorist attack.
“We just jumped and tried to save the plane,” he says. “And we did luckily save the plane.”
Schuringa’s quick action apparently helped save many lives, and he deserves a lot of praise. On the other hand, when somebody is thrust from anonymity into the heat of the media spotlight, you always have to worry about how they’ll handle it. Based on this interview, Schuringa doesn’t seem all that enthralled with the spotlight. Somehow, that makes his story all the more appealing.
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RW-(the original)
December 27th, 2009
6:06 pm
Teed up?
AmVet
December 27th, 2009
6:08 pm
josef, I am no rw Euroweenie hater.
And I never once had a Freedom Fry…(Now how f’ing stoooopid was that?)
RW-(the original)
December 27th, 2009
6:10 pm
Nothing says love like calling them Euroweenies I guess.
Sounds odd to me though.
josef nix
December 27th, 2009
6:13 pm
RW– Way to go!
AmVet–
Didn’t think you were!
And the French? Well, once you get out of that p*sserie of Paris, a good bunch of people…
josef nix
December 27th, 2009
6:19 pm
RW–
Louisiana invented poker…Marie knows when to hold ‘em and when to fold ‘em…
RW-(the original)
December 27th, 2009
6:22 pm
josef,
I guess the 300 million for her HCR vote got obscured by all the other bribes that came after her so she figured Cap and Tax was the path back to the spotlight.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
December 27th, 2009
6:22 pm
The man with the sandwich board announcing the end of the world on Jan. 7 is usually unfazed when he wakes up on the morning of Jan. 8. He realigns the runes, repaints the sign, and reschedules Armageddon for May 23. The rest of us, on the other hand, scoff.
But not with this crowd. First it was the new ice age. Then it became global warming. Now it’s “climate change.” If it’s hot, that’s climate change. If it’s cold, that’s climate change. If it’s 12° C and partly sunny with a 30 per cent chance of mild precipitation in the afternoon, you should probably pack emergency supplies and head for higher ground because global milding is rampaging out of control, and lack of climate change is, as every scientist knows, the defining proof of climate change.
Indeed, our response to climate change can itself cause climate change that manifests itself in lack of climate change.-Mark Steyn
DoggoneGA
December 27th, 2009
6:24 pm
Son of a gun. I’m SO disappointed. Here I was, all set with popcorn and a soda…waiting for RW to reveal everything he knows about me. Darned if he didn’t wimp out.
And @@, the word you were struggling to find is FAT.
RW-(the original)
December 27th, 2009
6:28 pm
Wimp out?
First off I didn’t say I knew about you DoggoneGA, I said you’ve described yourself here. Late fifties and a larda$$ pretty well sums up what I’ve read you saying about yourself.
getalife
December 27th, 2009
6:30 pm
Mary is cashing out.
Hard Right Hook
December 27th, 2009
6:33 pm
AmVet
December 27th, 2009
5:50 pm
Thank gawd there were some liberal Dutch types to keep the religious nutjob from succeeding.
What next? Euroweenies taking out terrorist cells left and right?
Thankful for that Dutchman. How do you know he was a liberal? Because he succeeded where you’d have certainly failed?
A Dutchman tackles a Nigerian on an American interntational flight. I wonder where Eric Holder will have this trial?
Or should he be tried at all, since we traumatized (read: tortured) him. Huh, AmWet.
@@
December 27th, 2009
6:38 pm
Fat soooooooooo?
Stop eating so much…or not
makes no difference to me, unless, of course, for health care benefits, you file it as a glandular problem. Then we have an issue.
Scout
December 27th, 2009
6:39 pm
To “every mothers son” :
I am soooooooooooo sorry if I alarmed you by my 2:26 post. I have never actually done that but was only explaining some of my past training in case you might ever need to stop the guy next to you from snoring or something. Now, if you’re talking .223 stuff in ‘67-’68 well ……………
josef nix
December 27th, 2009
6:43 pm
scout…
No need to try to engage chicken little…he comes in ever so often, pops off and then runs to hide behind mama’s apron…one of these days she’s gonna run out from under the porch and bite him…
josef nix
December 27th, 2009
6:45 pm
scout–
BTW, can’t let Unmentionable read your 2:26. He might want to stop the guy next to HIM from snoring! Given to understand I can wake the dead, don’t bother me none, though…
DoggoneGA
December 27th, 2009
6:46 pm
“Late fifties and a larda$$ pretty well sums up what I’ve read you saying about yourself.”
That all you got? Try again, you’ve left some things out.
@@
December 27th, 2009
6:47 pm
The Iranian regime has declared martial law in Najaf Abad.
DoggoneGA
December 27th, 2009
6:48 pm
“makes no difference to me”
I’m relieved to hear. I was worrying myself sick thinking you were worring about me.
DoggoneGA
December 27th, 2009
6:49 pm
Now if we can just get the whiner to say what he thinks the blog will stop him from saying, we’ll have a full house.
Scout
December 27th, 2009
6:49 pm
josef:
LOL!
By the way, I say make every passenger wear a “depends”, handcuff them to their armrests and duct tape their mouth shut . This is what it will eventually come to because our government is too stupid/politically correct to utilize appropriate profiling !!
josef nix
December 27th, 2009
6:59 pm
Y’all play nice, now…gotta run…been told to get up, get dressed and look presentable…first two aren’t that hard, but the third is going to take some doing…
getalife
December 27th, 2009
7:00 pm
“We’ve known for a long time that this is possible,” said Richard Clarke, former counterterrorism czar and ABC News consultant, “and that we really have to replace our scanning devices with more modern systems.”
Clarke said full body scans were needed, “but they’re expensive and they’re intrusive. They invade people’s privacy.”
Al Qaeda, said Clarke, is aware of this vulnerability in the U.S. airport security system. “They know that this is a weakness and an Achilles’ heel in our airport security system and this is the second time they’ve tried it.”
Both times failed or psychological warfare.
RW-(the original)
December 27th, 2009
7:02 pm
That all you got? Try again, you’ve left some things out.
DoggoneGA,
That’s all I’ve read you saying about yourself. As much as you spew I’m sure there’s plenty more, but I’ll stick to what I’ve read.
@@
December 27th, 2009
7:06 pm
Doggone:
I wasn’t worrying about you being fat. Just don’t ask me to pay for the unintended consequences of your unhealthy choices.
RW-(the original)
December 27th, 2009
7:06 pm
getalife,
If Richard Reid is the other case Clarke is talking about neither time involved a US airport. I fully expect SoCo to get straight to chastising Richard Clarke for daring to insinuate that these cases showed a US weakness.
Scout
December 27th, 2009
7:11 pm
getalife:
There are many tools to use ……… some expensive and some not so expensive.
To not use “appropriate profiling” is in my opinion criminal.
AmVet
December 27th, 2009
7:12 pm
josef and others, speaking of the horrible Islamo-evils lurking in Michigan, you shoulda seen this absolutely crazyazzed conned gal that used to blog at Luckovich’s a couple of years ago.
She was absolutely convinced that Dearbornistan was gonna imminently be the next “smoking gun in the form of a mushroom cloud.”
She would go on and on and on and link all sorts of goofy cr@p from rw rags and nutjob sites.
Sadly for her and her fellow rw loons, it’s ll been kinda quiet and peaceful up there.
Must be those rare “good” Mooslims…
@@
December 27th, 2009
7:14 pm
Should have put that unintended inside quotation marks which would indicate Doggone has no intention of giving up her gluttonous ways. Her only intent is to have me pay the price for ‘em.
Excuse Me
December 27th, 2009
7:16 pm
Why aren’t the Republicans campaigning on the right to bear arms on planes. On trains. In automobiles. In Congress. In Church. At the doctor. In school. At work. What good is a Republican if they cannot at least get us these basic constitutional rights. Fire em all and get some good ones elected.
@@
December 27th, 2009
7:16 pm
gal? GAL????
AmVet, you are such a chauvinistic swine.
GOP Looks after Me
December 27th, 2009
7:22 pm
Us folks have our rights and we need Congressmen that understand that. We have a right to smoke our cigarettes while we are standing in line at KFC waiting to order a second bowl of taters with corn and gravy and a biscuit and fried chicken all mixed together. Umm Umm good. We also need to be able to tote our guns while we’re waiting in line because it just aint safe to leave your weapons unattended in the truck no more with all them theives all over the place. Furthermore, we don’t need nobody telling us that we need health insurance. Health insurance is for sissies. A good sharp hunting knife and a bottle of 100 proof is all you need for just about any emergency that might come up.
DoggoneGA
December 27th, 2009
7:24 pm
“Just don’t ask me to pay for the unintended consequences of your unhealthy choices”
Don’t worry your pretty little head about it. I’ve got employees insurance.
AmVet
December 27th, 2009
7:26 pm
Gal is chauvinistic???
Who the hell died and made you, Betty Frickkin’ Friedan?
Gal, an alteration of girl, is a casual term for a woman.
No on second thought, you strike me more of a Gloria Steinem kinda gal!
SOUND THE ALARM!!
We have a conservative poser in our midsts. The gal is an out and out ERA loving, abortion rights promoting, Ms. Magazine subscribing liberal!!!
What’s your problem gal, is it that time of the…………………..year?
DoggoneGA
December 27th, 2009
7:28 pm
“giving up her gluttonous ways”
Here ya go, @@…wouldn’t want you to run out of insults…this will keep you happy for a LONG time:
http://fatjackskinnywhinny.blogspot.com/2007/01/whats-wrong-with-fit-jack-or-thin-jack.html
DoggoneGA
December 27th, 2009
7:29 pm
“What’s your problem gal”
Maybe she prefers “chick”?
RW-(the original)
December 27th, 2009
7:29 pm
Gal, an alteration of girl, is a casual term for a woman
Wonder what amvet did before Wiki came along
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
December 27th, 2009
7:35 pm
This is freaking perfect, hahahahaha-
Senator Max Baucus Drunk / Intoxicated on Senate Floor – Shouts Down Wicker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5Y9X5ggxzA
eagle scout
December 27th, 2009
7:39 pm
If I had to deal with the party of NO….I’d probably need a few belts of number 7 warming my tummy too!
getalife
December 27th, 2009
7:42 pm
Yeah, they need some mandatory alcohol and drug tests like the rest of the people.
I bet most are high on something.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
December 27th, 2009
7:43 pm
Hahahahahaha, I guarantee that^^ is exactly how they went about cobbling together this obomination duh repugssshhhhs, dey wouldnsh playsh wisch usshhh.
Hot damn, that’s gonna be a great campaign commercial!
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
December 27th, 2009
7:45 pm
There you have it America, these are the people running your country into the ground, makes perfect sense now what’s wrong, doesn’t it?
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
December 27th, 2009
7:47 pm
Enter your comments here
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
December 27th, 2009
7:49 pm
Sorry, I’m laughing my ass off.
~~~~~
Now the state run media is busy writing columns on how we stole that video, just like we stole those emails.
Waterloo – I was defeated, you won the war
Waterloo – couldn’t escape if I wanted to
Waterloo – finally facing my waterloo
RW-(the original)
December 27th, 2009
8:12 pm
Now we know why the Dem Senators kept invoking Ted hic Kennedy’s name.
Jenifer
December 27th, 2009
8:25 pm
Mary Matalin says Bush “inherited” the 9/11 attacks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xR93iKtFlcQ
Bush apologists need to make these kinds of arguments because they know that Bush will be regarded by history as among the worst presidents this nation has ever had. He has the worst national security record of any president. He has among the worst foreign policy records, the worst national debt. His term in office is bookended with recessions. His administration not only turned a blind eye to human rights abuses, but actually perpetrated them itself. And, his time in office was marked by failed wars, failed responses to natural disasters, poor fiscal policy, a weak dollar, energy crises, a huge loss in jobs, a decline in the number of employees with employer-provided health insurance, a decline in middle class income, an increase in the number of children living in poverty, etc. (A recent Census Bureau report states that GWB failed on every measure, including environmental policy,) and a loss of America’s standing in the world.
Scout
December 27th, 2009
8:28 pm
To Excuse Me :
“Why aren’t the Republicans campaigning on the right to bear arms on planes. On trains. In automobiles. In Congress. In Church. At the doctor. In school. At work. What good is a Republican if they cannot at least get us these basic constitutional rights. Fire em all and get some good ones elected.”
I assume you are being sarcastic ……. maybe not. In any case, you can bear arms on some trains (i.e., MARTA), in your car in most states, in your home, at your place of business if you own it, at your doctor (if you fear him that much and have a toter’s permit). A few states also allow arms in churches (I am a member of our security team) and Utah at least allows them on college compuses (with a permit). May I also remind you that up until about the late 1960’s, you could carry a gun on an aircraft because there was zero (repeat ZERO) security prior to boarding. It’s not the object ……… it’s the people.
Time to profile. It’s just that simple.
Profile of a Glock
December 27th, 2009
8:37 pm
It’s got a handle and a chamber and a firing pin and a cylinder and a trigger. Republicans need to get on the ball and get us our rights back. Let us carry our guns whenever and wherever we want and we don’t need to have no stoopid permit to do what the constitution guarantees us. If the Republicans won’t campaign for our rights to bear arms, then it is time for a new party that will do it. If we could carry guns everywhere, then no terrorist would have a chance.
Scout
December 27th, 2009
8:45 pm
To Profile of a Glock:
You can do just that in Vermont. Seriously ………. no permit or anything.
To All:
Oh, the horror of it all …….. and they weren’t even advised of their rights ……….
(
Headline (CBS): “Ex-CIA Operative Comes Out of the Shadows”
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/12/23/60minutes/main6014887.shtml?tag=cbsContent;cbsCarousel
Scout
December 27th, 2009
8:47 pm
P.S. to Profile of a Glock:
http://crime.about.com/od/gunlawsbystate/f/gunlaw_vt.htm
Southern Comfort
December 27th, 2009
8:50 pm
tee hee hee…
I got compared to Steven Segal, of all people???
RW
Clarke is both right and wrong. As you said, the airports involved in the security screening were not US, nor did they involve US screeners. If memory serves me correct, there has not been a succesful detonation of any explosives from any plane originating in the US. I’ll have to double check that to be sure.
However, that is a glaring weakspot in our security system. The technology is there and is being used, but not to the extent that it needs to. There’s different technologies that, if used together, would minimize the security risk for carry-on or checked explosives. There’s no 100% effective system available, but there are measures that would be very effective if used in a layered approach.
And for those who want to blame Bush for 9/11, here’s a good read for you. It’s a Wiki link, but the information is quite accurate. It involves a plan by Ramzi Yousef to cause widespread damage and panic by using aircraft. His uncle, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, was involved in the planning as well, and we all know what he’s known for. If Yousef’s name sounds familiar, it’s because he’s locked up in SuperMax for the 1st attempt on the World Trade Center.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bojinka_plot
@@
December 27th, 2009
8:51 pm
AmVet:
Did you ever see “The Color Purple”? White man turns to a young black female and says….
“Tell that gal to get busy”.
I’m not African American, but the term “gal” is terribly outdated. And here I was thinking you pride yourself in being down with it all.
“Gal” is also very southern, but you’re the only person I’ve seen use it when referring to women.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
December 27th, 2009
8:56 pm
Something tells me that Baucus The Drunk didn’t do a good of a job writing the health care legislation as he did destroying it.
We couldn’t have asked for anything better!
Sheerioushhly.
RW-(the original)
December 27th, 2009
8:57 pm
SoCo,
I guess it depends on whether we got the true story on TWA 800.
Rules Rule
December 27th, 2009
9:01 pm
And for those who want to blame Bush for 9/11,
Standard operating procedure is to blame the person in charge at the time of the incident or incidents. Take no prisoners. Accept no if’s or but’s. Them’s the rules and we aint nothing without our rules. We live by rules. We die by rules. Rules is rules. So everything is Bush’s fault cause everything went bad while he was in charge. Them’s the rules and you cannot go and change the rules in the middle of the game just cause the rules aint working in your favor.
Southern Comfort
December 27th, 2009
9:06 pm
RW
True. I’ve seen different accounts on that accident. I don’t think the investigators even know for sure what happened. I think there was trace explosives detected, but not at the place where the initial explosion happened. I’ll have to read up on it tomorrow.
Southern Comfort
December 27th, 2009
9:10 pm
Rules Rule
Had you taken a smidget of time to even look at the link I posted, you would have noted the dates and times all those events happened. The planning started during Clinton’s first term. I don’t think either Bush nor Clinton can be solely blamed for it either. No one in the intelligence community would have thought that any of that would have happened. They had bits and pieces of information and could not see the full picture. But, I’m sure since you’re a senior intel analyst, you know what’s gonna be attempted next, right?
getalife
December 27th, 2009
9:16 pm
Ah, memories:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCRyO6JP6Oc
@@
December 27th, 2009
9:18 pm
Sarkozy has really gone sour on Obama. So much can happen in a year’s time.
Like his predecessor, Mr Sarkozy plays up differences with the US for domestic purposes. But there is a crucial difference. Whereas Mr Chirac’s stance towards the US was determined by suspicion of US power, current French frustration is aimed at Washington’s hesitancy or even weakness.–Financial Times
It’s pretty bad when the French think of us as weak.
RW-(the original)
December 27th, 2009
9:20 pm
SoCo,
I remember seeing a show on Discovery or another channel like that about TWA 800 and while their conclusions seemed plausible it seemed more like they were saying what could have happened rather than what did happen.
Southern Comfort
December 27th, 2009
9:21 pm
Time to call it a night. I’ve got a feeling that tomorrow is going to be a long, long day.
G’night all.
getalife
December 27th, 2009
9:22 pm
Later SC.
Southern Comfort
December 27th, 2009
9:23 pm
RW
Just saw your post. I think the show you saw was “Seconds from Disaster”. I’ve seen that episode on TWA 800. If it’s the one I saw, they tried to dispel the missile theory and mainly focused on the center fuel tank.
Southern Comfort
December 27th, 2009
9:25 pm
RW
I’ll definitely have to do some reading on TWA 800 now. You’ve got my mind in high gear.
Laters….
RW-(the original)
December 27th, 2009
9:27 pm
Goodnight SoCo. That’s probably the one I saw because that’s what the thrust of the show was about. If I recall they kind of glossed over the possibility of an intentional explosion from inside the plane, but it’s been a long time since I saw it.
Rules Rule
December 27th, 2009
9:30 pm
All I know is Rules is Rules and it don’t matter if plans was delivered to the CIA with dates that showed that the planning was all done in the 1700’s. It all went wrong on Bush’s watch so it is Bush’s fault and you cannot change the facts and that’s all there is to it. Course if you can see into the future then that changes everything Naturally for me. All I can do is see into the past and even that is blured depending on whose side you listen to. You listen to enough sides of a story and before you know it you will be thinking that Obama done gone and caused the World War Two and the wrecking of the world trade centers all by himself except for the help he got from that Reverend fella that he growed up with. So the best way to avoid all the confusion is to blame the one in charge when the incident done happened cause it is a lot harder to change dates then it is just about anything. Dates are well written in lots of places. Just try to change 9/11/2001 to 9/11/2009 for example and see what it gets you. Same goes for any other date too unless its bible dates then that is a whole nother story all unto itself and you dont want to go there cause you have to go all the way back to the beginning and no one even knows when that was except that it was day one.
@@
December 27th, 2009
9:39 pm
Doggone, I wanna apologize for my comments regarding your portliness? I thought you were joking about your weight. I’ve got friends who are overweight. It’s really not something that I focus on unless it’s blogger, Paul. I just give him a hard time ’cause he’s always talking about what he eats.
You can’t deny it’s gonna be a politically incorrect problem with this health care bill though. People will be claiming all sorts of reasons for why they can’t lose weight. Both you and I will be paying the consequences. Health problems that stem from obesity are the #1 killer in this country.
DoggoneGA
December 27th, 2009
9:46 pm
@@…I appreciate the apology.
“People will be claiming all sorts of reasons for why they can’t lose weight.”
the problem is there ARE all sorts of reasons for not being able to lose weight, and not all of them have a “cure” I have one of them, but being overweight is not automatically a sign of poor health.
Anyway, my motto is: I’m not overweight, I’m undertall
@@
December 27th, 2009
9:53 pm
I don’t know about this Tierney person, but John Kerry has lost credibility so many times, I can’t imagine there’s any left.
Boston Globe–ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES would not stay in office for long if they did not push for job-creating federal contracts in their states. But they have a greater responsibility to draw a line when it comes to projects that are wasteful or unnecessary. Unfortunately, both Massachusetts senators and Representative John Tierney have worked to salvage a $465 million jet engine program that the Pentagon itself does not want.
Obama’s payback to Immelt?
md
December 27th, 2009
9:55 pm
Napalitano – “the system worked” and “everything happened that should have.”
Huh?
If this is the definition of a working system, it might be time to bring back Darth Cheney. This PC crap is gonna get even more people killed, as if Fort Hood wasn’t enough.
@@
December 27th, 2009
9:57 pm
Doggone:
You’re among the 1% of cases where obesity is due to medical problems. It’s the other 99% that concerns me.
DoggoneGA
December 27th, 2009
10:02 pm
“You’re among the 1% of cases where obesity is due to medical problems. It’s the other 99% that concerns me”
And a lot of THAT can probably be blamed on our “culture of the car” People just don’t do enough walking anymore. I always told my Mother: Don’t EVER try to lay a guilt trip on me about “I walked 3 miles to school” because *I* did TOO!
DoggoneGA
December 27th, 2009
10:08 pm
time to hit the sack…night all
Aye Aye Sir
December 27th, 2009
10:14 pm
Maybe we should just have a little baby piglet on each flight right inside the front door. The Muslims wouldn’t like being splattered with pig guts during a crash you know. We could let it run the aisles. If you pet it you’re o.k. If you don’t, you talk to Mr. FBI agent later.
Oh, and have all Air Marshals dip their bullets in pigs blood.
Supposedly, General Pershing in the early 1900’s had terrorist Muslims shot and buried with pigs which brought a quick end to the problem. It’s worth a try.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
December 27th, 2009
10:25 pm
Though not a big fan of the Hawaii-born president, Linda Pacheco, 50, of Kailua, strolled onto the grassy embankment across the canal from where the Obozos are spending the week. She didn’t spot the “president,” but she did get a good look at the imposing armed boat docked on the other side as well as two sets of Coast Guard personnel patrolling the waterway in inflatable boats.
Well, it’s good to know that someone is being kept safe this weekend.
Probably drunken too, like the rest of his fellows rats.
RW-(the original)
December 27th, 2009
10:34 pm
Clown alert: Janet Napolitano says the “system worked”
What a great picture.
RW-(the original)
December 27th, 2009
10:53 pm
There’s a post at Hot Air about the drunken rant on the Senate floor by Baucus that has an all timer of a comment under it.
The question is was he drunk enough to hit on Pelosi? Now that’s FUBAR hammered.
Geochelone on December 27, 2009 at 9:24 PM
Lil' Barry Bailout
December 27th, 2009
10:59 pm
If the Idiot Messiah was doing his job as well as President Bush did, he wouldn’t have issued a visa to a known terrorist. What a freakin’ know-nothing, do-nothing idiot we have in office.
WideAwake
December 27th, 2009
11:36 pm
Lil’ Barry B: Must be a faux watcher. His Visa was issued by Nigeria not the U.S.
Bushinator has 9/11 two towers and 5,000+ dead. When President Obama reaches that status I will vote for the lying Palinator.
RW-(the original)
December 27th, 2009
11:41 pm
His Visa was issued by Nigeria not the U.S.
Wide”Awake”
Unless you’re talking about a credit card that’s got to be one of the dumbest things I’ve ever read here.
TnGelding
December 28th, 2009
12:08 am
Lil’ Barry Bailout
December 27th, 2009
10:59 pm
Since when was reading to elementary school students the president’s job? Bush should have been in the Oval Office on 09/11. Obama should be there more as well. I’d like to see him emulate Clinton more. Being president is hard work, not photo ops.
WideAwake
December 28th, 2009
12:47 am
RW-(the original): You must be a faux watcher as you are fed on how to think and what to say.
Again, Bushinator has 9/11 twin towers collapse and 5000+ dead (all those who died in and around the towers. I will vote for lying Palinator once Pres. Obama reaches this number (5,000 dead on a president’s watch when the Bushinator was given the information but as Condi said was ignored.
“The multiple-entry U.S. visa was issued in London, England, in June 2008 with an expiration date of June 2010″. He had a student visa again not issued on U.S. soil.
RW-(the original)
December 28th, 2009
1:09 am
He had a student visa again not issued on U.S. soil.
A visa to enter this country was issued on foreign soil?????? Dude, you’ve cracked the code!!!! Now if we would just make everyone come here before we gave them permission to come here we’d be golden!!!
/Lefty blogs like this one usually shut down once they come to the realization of what idiots their followers are. My guess is this one one won’t be far behind.
TnGelding
December 28th, 2009
5:03 am
RW-(the original)
December 28th, 2009
1:09 am
We idiots are what keep this country great. Obama has already restored America’s prestige in the world. Not a small feat considering where it was.
B-52 terrorizing?
http://www.geo.tv/12-27-2009/55610.htm
Jenifer
December 28th, 2009
7:50 am
If Bush were president, he would have first raised the terror color code to RED so all Faux News anchors could sound patriotic, and then he would have attacked Nigeria.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
December 28th, 2009
7:51 am
From the “system worked” crowd-
In addition, all passengers on U.S.-bound international flights will not be able to move about the cabin during the last hour of the flight. That’s intended to thwart the continuing fascination that terrorists have with wrecking havoc in U.S. aviation, especially when there’s a chance to do so over American soil.-NYPost
Akmed was sitting in his seat when he tried to light himself off, hello?
Is there anybody in there?
Kamchak
December 28th, 2009
8:05 am
I see where our Heathers got together last night and proved how shallow they are. The adage is: beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes right to the soul.
This is typical behavior for a coquette, but I expected better from RW. Live and learn, again.
Rules Rule
December 28th, 2009
8:25 am
Lefty blogs like this one usually shut down once they come to the realization of what idiots their followers are. My guess is this one one won’t be far behind.
What we needs is a leader. Show us the way over the cliff. Oops. Too late. That’s why the GOP is no longer at the wheel.
Rules Rule
December 28th, 2009
8:27 am
I think the GOP even tried to blame 9/11 on faulty tower design.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
December 28th, 2009
8:27 am
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, charged with the attempted Christmas Day bombing of Northwest Airlines flight 253, told FBI agents there were more just like him in Yemen who would strike soon.
And our Homeland “Security” Department reacts to this news by stomping on little old American ladies who need to use the restroom.
Taxpayer
December 28th, 2009
8:35 am
And our Homeland “Security” Department reacts to this news by stomping on little old American ladies who need to use the restroom.
Try to hold it longer or try depends.
Stay on Topic
December 28th, 2009
8:38 am
Is anyone on this blog talking about this blog?
Can anyone give me some facts and not Faux Noise talking points about his incident?
Thanks.
Stay on Topic
December 28th, 2009
8:39 am
Did Fox News really compare this incident to 9/11? Somebody tell me it aint so!!!
Stay on Topic
December 28th, 2009
8:43 am
Who is at fault? Was this an international flight bound for Detriot? What the heck happened? I have watched no news this whole Christmas weekend. Someone please inlighten me.
Taxpayer
December 28th, 2009
8:44 am
Well, I guess we better re-invade Iraq. We did not accomplish our mission the first time around. Those terrorists are still over there. Maybe this time around they’ll welcome us with open arms.
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December 28th, 2009
8:51 am
Kamchak:
Oh, get down off your high-horse, sister. My apology to Doggone was offered of my own free will. It didn’t have to be coerced by jay.
Know what I’m sayin’, Turnip?
@@
December 28th, 2009
9:00 am
Just for the record, Kamchak….that’s two (probably more going back) apologies that I’ve given freely. The other to Matilda.
I won’t hold my breath waiting on any leftists to apologize for THEIR insults. It’s not their style.
I don’t require apologies, the truth will suffice.
Kamchak
December 28th, 2009
9:03 am
Know what I’m sayin’, Turnip?
Certainly. You are as shallow as a kiddie pool. A true lady or gentleman wouldn’t have even broached the subject, but since you aren’t a lady, I didn’t expect any different from you. Just sayin’.
pat
December 28th, 2009
9:03 am
Arresting this suspect will create more terrorists. All terrorists should be let go with complimentary first class air travel and our sincerest apologies for being infidels.
Then we should nuke israel as an act of good will and then maybe, they won’t be mean to us anymore.
GOP is Gone
December 28th, 2009
9:05 am
Well this Liberal “gal” is ALL for profiling, which is the most important factor in preventing future attacks, in my humble opinion.
If you have seen any interviews with Israeli security for El AL they point to the biggest contributor in their arsenal of terrorist prevention tactics as being profiling and the screener’s intuition. One interview I saw, a security member said he always makes eye contact with every person and this had led to his stopping a terrorist. He says he can tell in their eyes, they look “nervous” or look away rapidly ect. That and the fact that they profile anyone who fits the part has made EL AL the safest airline to fly with.
I should mention that I am married to a Lebanese American who is all for profiling too.
jt
December 28th, 2009
9:05 am
Stay on Topic
December 28th, 2009
8:43 am
Who is at fault?
The American voter for the last 20 years.
The republican and democrat voter is richly getting what they richly deserve.