TSA shows off its official CAIR seal of approval
posted at 12:44 pm on January 2, 2007 by Allahpundit
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By reprinting a CAIR press release on its own website. That’s not standard operating procedure, either: a quick tour through the 2006 archives reveals that the releases are otherwise all agency announcements.
I hate to post stuff that’s already been pushed by mega-bloggers (i.e., the boss and LGF), but Andy McCarthy’s column at NRO is a must-link if only for the recitation of CAIR’s many, many ties to extremism. I scoffed a few weeks ago when someone at the Strib speculated CAIR might be using the flying imams incident to boost anti-profiling legislation because after all, I countered, Bush would surely veto it.
Would he, though? If he’s willing to cuddle with CAIR, why wouldn’t he sign an anti-profiling bill? Or is kissing the occasional interest-group ass at home just his way of buying political cover for fighting jihad abroad, especially with a surge coming in Iraq?
Whatever. Like McCarthy says, if some Democrat wants to seize this as a Sister Souljah moment, more power to him. Or rather, her: it’d be awkward for obvious reasons for Obama to come out in favor of airport profiling (although all the more impressive if he did so), but it’s tailor made for Hillary. We’ll probably have to wait until after the primaries, but if she squeaks through, it’ll be Souljahmania.
Update: State and local governments are taking no chances with the feds and have begun organizing their own counterterrorism intelligence centers.
Frustrated by poor federal cooperation, states and cities are building their own network of intelligence centers led by police to help detect and disrupt terrorist plots.
The new “fusion centers” are now operating in 37 states and another covers the Washington area, according to the Department of Homeland Security. The centers, which have received $380 million in federal support since the 2001 terrorist attacks, pool and analyze information from local, state and federal law enforcement officials.
The emerging “network of networks” marks a new era of opportunity for law enforcement, according to U.S. officials and homeland security experts. Police are hungry for federal intelligence in an age of homegrown terrorism and more sophisticated crime.
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“Official CAIR Seal of Approval?”
That just cries out for a photoshop.
Slublog on January 2, 2007 at 12:55 PM
Too bad I’m at work or I would definitely put something together.
heh.
One Angry Christian on January 2, 2007 at 1:04 PM
Jorge al-Bush. At least … At least … I know! At least he’s not Kerry!
bdfaith on January 2, 2007 at 1:05 PM
The TSA release mentions:
Does this mean come Spring the kids going to Daytona Beach to act like heathens will be given special sensitivity by TSA screeners, so their bottles of sun tan oil are not confiscated? Or can the TSA cite some facts related to kids on Spring break trying to bring down airplanes?
IndependentConserv on January 2, 2007 at 1:09 PM
One question: Are our taxes paying for the costs associated with this ’sensitivity training’ as well?
CAIR -”lo’fasz a seggedbe!” (Hungarian phrase) horse’s prick into your ass! This is one of the most popular Hungarian curses, considered rather strong. It has a very interesting history. In this form the phrase is meaningless, but had a meaning about 400 years ago. As well known, Hungary was under Turkish occupation for 150 years (from 1526 to 1686).Well, the most frequent Turkish torturing/execution method was impaling. The Turkish word for “stake” was “lopat”, a word, alas, too well known for contemporary Hungarians, but not known nowadays. Thus some 400 years ago, a Hungarian, wishing something very bad to his neighbor, said; “lopat a seggedbe” (i.e. a stake in your ass). The unknown word “lopat” was replaced later by “lo’fasz” (horse’s prick), a word of almost identical pronounciation.
heroyalwhyness on January 2, 2007 at 1:09 PM
The ‘CAIR’ Network (a network of networks)- A TSA production
normsrevenge on January 2, 2007 at 1:14 PM
How about how the State Department bragged (in an article linked by and sent out by CAIR last week) about this Hajj sensitivity training, claiming that the flying imams incident bothered only ONE passenger (as opposed to most of the passengers, the crew, and the country)? More details on this, here:
http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archives/2006/12/absurd_to_the_n.html
No way Bush vetoes a bill like that. He’s sucked up to these guys since he was running in 2000 and talked about how we “need to stop” profiling of Arabs and Muslims while he was debating Al Gore in an October 2000 Presidential debate. He’s never changed his tune on the issue.
Debbie Schlussel on January 2, 2007 at 1:17 PM
I flew out of PHL this morning and they have muslims working the security checkpoint! The metal detectors and everything. Are they patriotic Americans? Or do they put islam first?
Tony737 on January 2, 2007 at 1:35 PM
Don’tcha just love sensitivity training?
Can diversity be found in the Quran?
For that matter, what does that word mean these days?
Kini on January 2, 2007 at 1:45 PM
It means you have to be respectful of everything except Christianity and its teachings.
jman on January 2, 2007 at 2:06 PM
For jihadis, diversity means never having to say you’re sorry.
spmat on January 2, 2007 at 2:07 PM
As McCarthy points out, it would be a Sister Souljah moment for some Democrat to denounce CAIR to win the presidency in 2008. This is one of the many areas Dhimmicrats can run to the right of the neocons- Immigration, Nation-Building, Borrow-and-Spend….
Valiant on January 2, 2007 at 2:19 PM
Diversity means after you appeasers give us all you can, we’ll still cut of your heads and take the rest.
R D on January 2, 2007 at 2:58 PM
Alls I can say is, the only branch of the TSA I trust is the Coast Guard…. Certainly not the goobers securing our airports.
psrch on January 2, 2007 at 3:22 PM
Say Buddy, can you spare a tooth?
bloggless on January 2, 2007 at 3:26 PM
UP YOURS IS EASIER TO REMEBER
bones47 on January 2, 2007 at 3:47 PM
Goddamn it, George.
I’m actually wishing Kerry had won in 2004. At least then we’d know what was coming, and we’d have been spared the pain of being stabbed in the back by a leader we used to trust.
Fuck you, GW. Fuck you in the ass with a polar bear’s cock.
mikeomatic on January 2, 2007 at 4:35 PM
Allah: HotAir columnist operating to the left of Katherine Kersten.
Heh.
Jaibones on January 2, 2007 at 5:04 PM
^^LMAO^^^
Viper1 on January 2, 2007 at 5:05 PM
Hey … Mike’s back! How was Christmas?
(sarc/off)
Jaibones on January 2, 2007 at 5:07 PM
The American Family Association is taking a poll on how Americans feel about Islam. It takes just a minute to fill out. I believe they are sending the results to Congress. Even if you don’t agree with this group on other issues it is a chance to make your voice heard. You can access the poll at this link:
heroyalwhyness on January 2, 2007 at 9:36 PM
Sickening
Highrise on January 2, 2007 at 11:20 PM
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