You think that the victims of floods, famines, war, etc., have it bad? Well, it turns out that the people who really have suffered are those, like Ann Coulter, who have lived through the nightmare of airport security checks.
Also, please give generously to the “Buy Ann Coulter a Brain” campaign. After all, likePresident Bush Dan Quayle sorta said, a mind is a terrible thing not to have.
Ann’s column starts with two things “we” have learned from the arrests of the alleged terrorist plotters in Britain:
And even so, it’s unlikely that a bomb could be produced on a plane, and even if it was, it’s even more unlikely that it could bring down a plane. Check out “Mass murder in the skies: was the plot feasible?” for details.
Now, on to the evidence of Ann’s second claim:
In any case, it is a fact that they did not catch these suspects (it’s now down to 23) by surveilling all Muslims in Britain equally. And THAT, Ann, is what “ethnic profiling” means.
But, hey, I guess I should give Ann a break: after all, she has gone through the hell of having declasse federal employees looking at her underwear, and that has to leave some crippling emotional scars.
After five years of submissively complying with bag checks, shoe checks and underwire bra checks, Americans have now been informed that the hell we’ve been going through at the airports (but which the president and members of Congress do not go through because they refuse to fly commercial air) has been a useless Kabuki theater.Please give generously to the “Stop Airport Goons From Pawing Ann’s Dainty Unmentionables” fund, and together we can stop this tragedy.
Also, please give generously to the “Buy Ann Coulter a Brain” campaign. After all, like
Ann’s column starts with two things “we” have learned from the arrests of the alleged terrorist plotters in Britain:
1) Nothing being done by airport security since 9/11 would prevent a bomb from being brought onto an airplane; andHer evidence supporting the first claim:
2) This terrorist plot — like all other terrorist plots — was stopped by ethnic profiling.
As we now know, all the ingredients necessary to blow up an airplane can be carried in small liquid containers. Airport security has not even been looking for small liquid containersWell, I thought “we” knew that some of the ingredients would have to be kept in a cooler (or otherwise refrigerated), and that equipment to mix up the concoction would be needed, as would some kind of electronic device to detonate the bomb.
And even so, it’s unlikely that a bomb could be produced on a plane, and even if it was, it’s even more unlikely that it could bring down a plane. Check out “Mass murder in the skies: was the plot feasible?” for details.
Now, on to the evidence of Ann’s second claim:
What stopped last week’s terrorist attack was ethnic profiling. We don’t know the details of the British intelligence work that nabbed the 24 Muslims because The New York Times has not been able to obtain that classified information and publish it on its front page yet. But it is a fact that you could not catch 24 Muslim terrorists by surveilling everyone in Britain equally.While it is true that we don’t know all of the details of investigation (or really, any details — the British have been pretty close-mouthed about the whole thing), the word on the street is that the intelligence community got the information about the plot from informants and from intercepted communications.
In any case, it is a fact that they did not catch these suspects (it’s now down to 23) by surveilling all Muslims in Britain equally. And THAT, Ann, is what “ethnic profiling” means.
But, hey, I guess I should give Ann a break: after all, she has gone through the hell of having declasse federal employees looking at her underwear, and that has to leave some crippling emotional scars.
13 Responses to “Hell Is Ann Coulter at an Airport”
I think the quote you were looking for was from Dan Quayle, who famously told the annual meeting of the Negro College Fund, standing under a banner reading “A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste,” “I agree with your slogan. It is a terrible thing to lose one’s mind, or not to have a mind.”
Sis says Ann’s dainty unmentionable is Lindsey Graham.
Why does someone need underwear in their carry-ons? Unless they’re using it to lure rowdy Lebanese musicians into the loo?
Why does someone need underwear in their carry-ons?
Hey, I can pack almost a week’s worth of clothes in a carry-on that will fit under the seat, so for short trips that’s my only bag. Even on longer trips, it is wise to have at least one complete change of clothes in your carry-on in case your luggage doesn’t arrive when you do.
Hey, I can pack almost a week’s worth of clothes in a carry-on that will fit under the seat, so for short trips that’s my only bag. Even on longer trips, it is wise to have at least one complete change of clothes in your carry-on in case your luggage doesn’t arrive when you do.
Ummmmm….if the Brits are such experts at “ethnic profiling”, then why did the IRA give them such a tough time, bombing London and all?
I mean, I’ve heard a London accent, and I’ve heard a Belfast accent…now I could be wrong, maybe there’s something in the English water that muffles sound after you drink it, but those sound nothing alike to me….
I mean, I’ve heard a London accent, and I’ve heard a Belfast accent…now I could be wrong, maybe there’s something in the English water that muffles sound after you drink it, but those sound nothing alike to me….
Loved the link on the liquid exposive a la 24.
And I was under the impression that the surveillance was based on informant information, not the fact that they were browner than other Londoners. Of course that’s all just rumors.
And I was under the impression that the surveillance was based on informant information, not the fact that they were browner than other Londoners. Of course that’s all just rumors.
Having to think about Ann’s umentionables (which are also untouchables) leaves me with emotional scars.
Ann, get back to us after you’ve spent a couple hours in an airport security session answering questions about your prescription meds and your reading material. Until then, STFU.
Honest to God, the woman has made enough death threats that I think it’s probably perfectly acceptable to screen her more carefully than random brown people who have never threatened, say, Supreme Court Justices, Presidents and their wives, or major New York institutions.
Honest to God, the woman has made enough death threats that I think it’s probably perfectly acceptable to screen her more carefully than random brown people who have never threatened, say, Supreme Court Justices, Presidents and their wives, or major New York institutions.
I can’t believe you left out her classic “brown people are smelly” line. That woman is a toad.
Don’t insult toads, Kathleen.
mAnn, naturally, utilizes the now verboten gel bras, since “she” doesn’t actually have full, feminine breasts any more than I do. Heck, since I’m not a Fatty McFattington like Jonah Goldberg, I don’t even have “man tits!” But, all will be fine with mAnn, once “she” completes the final few rounds of surgery.
Bill S Says:
August 17th, 2006 at 4:55 pm
Having to think about Ann’s umentionables (which are also untouchables) leaves me with emotional scars.
What? Her children? I thought they were imaginary…
August 17th, 2006 at 4:55 pm
Having to think about Ann’s umentionables (which are also untouchables) leaves me with emotional scars.
What? Her children? I thought they were imaginary…
What stopped last week’s terrorist attack was ethnic profiling … it is a fact that you could not catch 24 Muslim terrorists by surveilling everyone in Britain equally.
Would someple please explain to mAnn that being a Muslim is a religious affiliation, not an ethnicity? You might as well try to “ethnically profile” Catholics.
Would someple please explain to mAnn that being a Muslim is a religious affiliation, not an ethnicity? You might as well try to “ethnically profile” Catholics.
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