Comments on: Freedom Is Not Free . . .

By: colontos

colontos — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 18:35:27 +0000

I call BS on nappunsaram #37. I’ve traveled to Moscow a number of times and have never found myself on any such list. I don’t think I’ve even been subject to an extra search once.

By: wjk

wjk — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:32:22 +0000

i’d rather have it this way rather than see something bad happen inside the US. FBI, CIA, Bush govt are all doing a great job.

Chinese Nationals selling weapons to China. Busted.

Middle Eastern people with US citizenships having signed onto Al Qaeda in 1991, training US citizens to target US citizens abroad. Busted.

It’s because of idiots that freedom cannot be free. Not that it was ever free. And, it will never be free. That’s why it’s worth a lot. Freedom.

By: snow

snow — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 02:53:26 +0000

Just goes to show how a partisan agenda can get in the way of logic and rationality. That’s not to say that there aren’t problems with the no-fly list, but in this case, it seems that the events have very reasonable causes, not conspiratorial ones.

By: Richardson

Richardson — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 17:04:44 +0000

One-way tickets, purchased with a CC or not, can get you special attention.

On a side note I’ll point out that it’s something of a logical misstep to attempt to use someone’s war credentials or education to give credence to what he says about what someone else told him about being placed on the “no-fly” list, and that’s aside from the credibility lost for suggesting a luggage mishandling conspiracy for anti-Bush peace speech activities.

By: slim

slim — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 17:04:26 +0000

Cindy Sheehan doesn’t seem to have any problem jetting around the US or the world. They don’t get much battier than her.

By: steve

steve — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 16:44:46 +0000

Let’s see Gore won an academy award for a movie about Global Warming–I guess the CIA and the black helicopters didn’t get there in time.

I’ve been pulled over for those special screenings too, too many times. But, I don’t go on a whine that “THE MAN” is out to get me.

By: ORblog

ORblog — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 16:43:56 +0000

Amd to add to lirelou’s comment at # 21, at least one of those rednecks was a Korean-American, Young Oak Kim. (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young-Oak_Kim)

By: non korean

non korean — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 15:01:41 +0000

Thanks for tracking down the story Steve and shedding light on the matter. Sounded like BS to me.

It is a very big and imperfect system out there folks and inconveniences will have to be suffered. If you feel you must blame someone for more security, may I suggest the jihadists instead of some Bush conspiracy theory.

It amazes me how people react so differently to the random checks. I’ve been checked twice and I have no problem with it. Yes it is inconvenient but everyone has a part to play to make sure travel is safe. One acquaintance of mine was checked once. He was outraged and went into utter hysterics about the whole ordeal. Guy still talks about it to this day as if it was the most humiliating thing anyone has ever suffered.

By: Nappunsaram

Nappunsaram — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 10:30:26 +0000

I’m inclined to believe it since I’m on one of the lists to get extra screening. I studied in Moscow for a semester while I was in college, and from what I’ve been told by people in the industry, my name will remain on these lists for at least 5 years after my last trip to a “questionable location” no matter what my stated reason for going there was. “Random” security checks are not random at all.

Here’s an article about another problem, namely our lack of Arabic translators, and how the government uses the same kind of policy to turn down qualified people because of their travels:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13...../newsweek/

By: Richardson

Richardson — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 09:33:13 +0000

Some people just want to believe.
UFOs or govt conspiracies to lose luggage, doesn’t’ matter.