Canada refuses to admit noted terrorist/friend of president
posted at 3:30 pm on January 19, 2009 by Allahpundit
No word on why. I wonder if his membership in a violent terrorist group had something to do with it.
“I don’t know why I was turned back,” Ayers said in an interview this morning from Chicago. “I got off the plane like everyone else and I was asked to come over to the other side. The border guards reviewed some stuff and said I wasn’t going to be allowed into Canada. To me it seems quite bureaucratic and not at all interesting … If it were me I would have let me in. I couldn’t possibly be a threat to Canada.”…
[Jeffrey Kugler, executive director of the Centre for Urban Schooling,] waited for five hours at the Toronto Island airport for Ayers. He was with a lawyer, but the border guard refused to allow Ayers to see the lawyer.
“The entire four or five hours he was not allowed to have representation at all. To me this is an issue of academic freedom. He could not be a threat to anyone ever. Anyone who knows anything about this man – he’s a distinguished scholar at the University of Illinois and he has been involved in education reform over the past 15 years. To imagine in any way he was a threat to Canada is really absurd.”
What’s he doing in Toronto the day before the inauguration, anyway? Surely this respected educator, community activist, and pillar of liberal Chicago society is someone Barack Obama would want front and center for his big moment. Kindly Reverend Wright is in town, in fact, although there’s no word yet on whether he’ll be at the festivities or confined to the basement the way he was when this train first got rolling two years ago. Exit quotation: “[C]ivilian Palestinians … are systematically stamped out by a military machine second to none.”
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Sweet!
carbon_footprint on January 19, 2009 at 3:32 PM
And that screencap looks like Janet Reno.
carbon_footprint on January 19, 2009 at 3:32 PM
A worthwhile Canadian initiative.
Mr. D on January 19, 2009 at 3:33 PM
I wish Canada would have let him in…and NEVER let him out!
stonemeister on January 19, 2009 at 3:33 PM
This is just the sweetest thing ever!!
tee866 on January 19, 2009 at 3:34 PM
Canada already has Dave Dryrot, I guess they figured Ayers would be one ding-dong too many.
Bishop on January 19, 2009 at 3:35 PM
Can’t…stop…lauging…
Wyznowski on January 19, 2009 at 3:35 PM
Chicago deep dish racism is on it’s way.
Thanks Canada!
Kini on January 19, 2009 at 3:35 PM
This doesn’t surprise me. I have heard of people being refused entrance to Canada because of a drunk driving conviction.
Mark1971 on January 19, 2009 at 3:35 PM
“stonemeister on January 19, 2009 at 3:33 PM”
we don’t like mexico dumping their human debris here, we should not turn around and do the same to our nothern neighbor …
Buckaroo on January 19, 2009 at 3:36 PM
Definitely looks like some dude that’s gone through a sex change operation.
Canada is leaning more conservative as we in USA drive off the cliff at warp speed.
kirkill on January 19, 2009 at 3:36 PM
good
rob verdi on January 19, 2009 at 3:36 PM
Maybe he was trying to initiate ‘education’ in the Northland now that they are more conservative than the US….
t on January 19, 2009 at 3:37 PM
Often this statement is an oxymoron…as in this case.
People have a different view as to what “distinguished” means…Ida Amin had a distinguished presidency, as did Stalin…Jane Fonda had a “distinguished” career, as did Abbey Hoffman…Ayers distinguished himself by calling for the death of innocent people, and was complicit in the acts of killing innocent people…he was distinguished because often his people were inept, thus killing themselves…
right2bright on January 19, 2009 at 3:37 PM
For some strange reason I’m willing to bet that New York Police disagree.
leetpriest on January 19, 2009 at 3:37 PM
Not a threat to anyone ever? OMG, these people are insane.
StephC on January 19, 2009 at 3:37 PM
Irony
Vashta.Nerada on January 19, 2009 at 3:37 PM
I knew we kept that lame-ass Mike Myers/William Shatner producing country around for a reason.
KillerKane on January 19, 2009 at 3:38 PM
………………. oh, the sweet justice of it all.
Seven Percent Solution on January 19, 2009 at 3:39 PM
I am disappointed we let him back in.
infidel on January 19, 2009 at 3:39 PM
Thank You Canada for having the fortitude to do what it seems no one in a position of authority in this country, ESPECIALLY THE MSM, was willing to do.
Namely put this bomb-making, terrorist propaganda spewing, self-congratulatory, legend-in-his-own-mind piece of fetid dog crap in his place!
pilamaye on January 19, 2009 at 3:39 PM
???
Since when did people being detained at border checkpoints ask for and/or receive legal counsel? He wasn’t being charged or arrested, simply told he could not enter another country.
Is there anything liberals don’t think lawyers and/or government can’t fix?
cs89 on January 19, 2009 at 3:39 PM
Steven Harper, you magnificent bastard!
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on January 19, 2009 at 3:39 PM
To me this is an issue of academic freedom.
Hey moron! No one has the right to enter another country. No one. The good people manning the perimeter are paid to be a little uptight about keeping crap-weasels like Ayers out. Having said that, I’d have no problem with them looking the other way when I come home with a few more cigars than I’m allowed….
landshark on January 19, 2009 at 3:40 PM
Canada to US AWOL military: GTFO. And now,
Canada to former US domestic terrorists: GTFO.
What a wonderful way to begin a monday.
wise_man on January 19, 2009 at 3:40 PM
Hmm. Sounds more sarcastic than celebratory to me.
Disturb the Universe on January 19, 2009 at 3:41 PM
As someone who lives right up next to the Canadian border, I assure you that you can be denied entry for even the slightest of offenses. I know one gentleman who had a DUI in 1975 and was refused entry in 2006. If you have ANYTHING in your background at ANYTIME, it’s a crap shoot on whether you will be allowed or denied.
wccawa on January 19, 2009 at 3:41 PM
Oops, double negative. s/b “liberals think lawyers and/or govt. can’t fix.”
And, what does this event have to do with “academic freedom?”
cs89 on January 19, 2009 at 3:41 PM
But, but, cant you see the aura of Obama on him. How can you deny the right of this man to enter the country? Do you not understand he is one of the disciples.
MDWNJ on January 19, 2009 at 3:43 PM
Wow. First Canada stands with Israel ( http://hotair.com/archives/2009/01/13/go-canada/ ) and now this. Are our neighbors to the North moving with Europe to the right, while we are moving to the left?
Christian Conservative on January 19, 2009 at 3:44 PM
LOL I love it when things go right. First Ramos and Compion are commuted, now Billy the bomber is told nyet by the Canadians. I am so proud of Canada. they won’t even let him in the country, and U of ill (chittown) has him on staff, he is a scholar don’t you know….Have a great day you all,
clinker46 on January 19, 2009 at 3:45 PM
Heh. I’m picturing him setting up camp in the cold just outside the checkpoint building…I’m thinking that the guards probably wouldn’t want him around though since there’s always the possibility that he would try to blow it up in protest.
meltenn on January 19, 2009 at 3:45 PM
I am not surprised
Canada knows it has enough terrrorists to deal with
it doesnt want another one to have to watch..
jcila on January 19, 2009 at 3:45 PM
“The Centre for Urban Schooling” sounds like it should have “People’s” in its title somewhere. Ayers could only be going up there to stir up stink.
I admit to irrationality in his case; I’ve hated that cowardly pos for 40 years now.
Oh, Canada!
warbaby on January 19, 2009 at 3:46 PM
If Canada has real balls they won’t let Obama in either.
thinkagain on January 19, 2009 at 3:46 PM
Sweet!!
Guardian on January 19, 2009 at 3:46 PM
said the
That kind of deep thinking doesn’t come cheap.
imshocked on January 19, 2009 at 3:47 PM
Very Nice, Wise!
HornetSting on January 19, 2009 at 3:47 PM
Chain him up
Rick007 on January 19, 2009 at 3:47 PM
They have to let him in. Obama scheduled a meeting with Canada’s President.
/sarc
cs89 on January 19, 2009 at 3:47 PM
SO.. Obamania doesn’t necessarily stretch beyond our borders….
/chortle
44Magnum on January 19, 2009 at 3:48 PM
And by reform, he means, it’s gone from bad to worse.
kirkill on January 19, 2009 at 3:49 PM
It seems that the rest of the world is starting to ‘smartin’ up’, conservatives elected in Canada, France….and we have the messiah.
Education INDEED needs to be reformed!
HornetSting on January 19, 2009 at 3:50 PM
During his active Weatherman terrorist days wasn’t Ayers roaming around in Canada trying to avoid the U.S. authorities? Perhaps they have some stuff on Ayers that makes him an undesirable….
albill on January 19, 2009 at 3:52 PM
The Canadians are fighting back against liberalism. They have recognized that one out of five canadians are affected by mental illness. Since the Conservatives have gained power of the government thye have tried to recover their country from the insanity of liberalism. We will do the same thing, but as always, we will have to let them take us to rock bottom to wake us up.
volsense on January 19, 2009 at 3:53 PM
What terrorist wouldn’t say that?
jimmy the notable on January 19, 2009 at 3:53 PM
Guy has tenure from a respected university, for cryin’ out loud. What more do they want?
a capella on January 19, 2009 at 3:53 PM
And if it were ME, I wouldn’t have let you back in.
uncivilized on January 19, 2009 at 3:55 PM
That’s because you, Ayers, are an idiot.
AZCoyote on January 19, 2009 at 3:56 PM
Ayers has publicly lost his “excuse” for not attending the bash. Now how will he save face with his fellow lefties?
beththebaker on January 19, 2009 at 3:57 PM
Well then let’s just be glad this guy is stuck at some university and isn’t working for border patrol.
jimmy the notable on January 19, 2009 at 3:57 PM
I’ve been deeply disappointed in Canada for a long time…until now that is! This is so sweet! President Bush commutes the border guards and then this! Life is good for one more day… Actually life is always good but this is just sooooooo good!
sabbott on January 19, 2009 at 3:58 PM
Canada = Ayers Free Zone.
Maybe moving to Canada like the liberals promised they would do after Bush’s election isn’t such a bad idea.
vdocam on January 19, 2009 at 3:58 PM
If I were you, I’d crawl back under my rock….
HornetSting on January 19, 2009 at 3:58 PM
Oh, and what a perfect article for the day before the inauguration. Bring this tool right back to the forefront.
jimmy the notable on January 19, 2009 at 4:00 PM
I wish Canada would of let him in so we could do the honors of telling him he’s not wanted back here either. One can wish right.
Brat4life on January 19, 2009 at 4:03 PM
I wonder if they will have to let him in when BHO makes him Ambassador to Canada.
Corsair on January 19, 2009 at 4:04 PM
I’m sure Bill can reach Barry on his blackberry and make him fix the problem. Those ornery Canuks.
Well done, Canada! Not a bad news day. :)
Cody1991 on January 19, 2009 at 4:05 PM
I wish Ayers would go to Washington, D.C….could you imagine the HOPE that he doesn’t CHANGE his mind about being a reformed terrorist….
HornetSting on January 19, 2009 at 4:05 PM
What most people don’t know is that the military likes to wait until you’re out for a year, have your life somewhat reestablished, then call you back.
In fact, most of the guys they’re calling back are injured beyond repair, and have already been multiple times. Meanwhile, people now are signing up with 2 year stabilization plans to keep them from going to war.
So now what happens is you have a bunch of kids who are cowards signing up, and letting those of us that have been once, twice, 3 and 4 times, did our time and got out honorably, be forced back in against our will, destroy lives and progress that we’ve gained after a year of being out of the military.
Think about this before you come down on AWOL military. Yes, some of them are cowards that are avoiding war, others are hardened veterans that simply don’t want to go back and fight a war that they will most certainly lose and die in vain under an Obama Regime.
It’s one thing to die for your country and freedom. It’s another thing to die for a man that will probably end up being a dictator.
leetpriest on January 19, 2009 at 4:07 PM
Sad thought.
beththebaker on January 19, 2009 at 4:08 PM
Maybe now the people of Chicago might make a concerted effort to shame Ayers and his mate/accomplice out of town as a sign of self respect in America. Would it be wrong?
BL@KBIRD on January 19, 2009 at 4:11 PM
Thanks for the LOL!
baldilocks on January 19, 2009 at 4:13 PM
Sounds like you’ve got an idea for a movie. I’ve got a suggestion for the name “Stop Loss.” Knock yourself out leet.
wise_man on January 19, 2009 at 4:14 PM
Quick…someone revoke this terrorist azzhat’s US citizenship and then refuse his re-entry!
Liberty or Death on January 19, 2009 at 4:17 PM
And just today, on the Dr. King thread, our Canadian friend David Rywall told us this
Entelechy on January 19, 2009 at 4:18 PM
Keep your geriatric terrorists to yourself.
Darth Executor on January 19, 2009 at 4:18 PM
Canada’s laws are a bit different, they consider a DUI closer to a felony than a misdemeanor like we do. So if you’ve got one, or any offence worse, you have to apply for something called a “ministers permit” through your local Canadian Embassy. And believe me, it is low on the priority list for the officers reviewing cases, so they can take litterally years to be granted just for a one time trip. I’m not surprised this arrogant pos tried to just waltz in. And not surprised he was refused.
4shoes on January 19, 2009 at 4:20 PM
Dog crap on the bottom of my shoe isn’t a threat to me either. It still stinks and I don’t want it in my home.
Oldnuke on January 19, 2009 at 4:21 PM
When Bomber Billy shows up next, alighting from a government aircraft with diplomatic passport issued by the Osama Obama regime in hand, Canada will have to let him in!
MrScribbler on January 19, 2009 at 4:23 PM
They should have let the dirtball in..
Then, put him in a leaky barrel and send him downriver over the falls, throught the rapids, throught the whirlpool and throught the rapids again and picked let the US retrieve him at Fort Niagara IF he passed within 10 feet of the shoreline.
Kudos to Canada – More balls than the U.s. lamestream media.
bullseye on January 19, 2009 at 4:23 PM
Send Billy a note of sympathy…he is sad.
BL@KBIRD on January 19, 2009 at 4:23 PM
Dang, don’t know why I kept getting that t on the end of through
bullseye on January 19, 2009 at 4:24 PM
My pleasure. ;)
thinkagain on January 19, 2009 at 4:24 PM
Did you happen to read the fine print on your discharge papers? You know, the part about the Individual Ready Reserve?
This brings to mind the interview I saw with an Army Reserve officer, who was griping about being activated…”I didn’t join the Army Reserve to fight a war, I only joined for the education benefits.”
uncivilized on January 19, 2009 at 4:33 PM
Bob and Doug MacKenzie as border guards…
“Who’s this hoser?
“He’s a friend of the new President, eh?”
“President, eh?”
“Yeah…didn’t you hear–I mean it’s all over American TV–can’t get away from it, eh.”
“Oh…I was watching something important, eh.”
“Yeah…the hockey game, eh.”
“Anyway…this hoser used to be a terrorist, eh…”
“And now he’s the President’s pal, eh.”
“Yeah, eh.”
Turning to Ayres…
“You’re not my pal, eh.”
“You’re not my buddy, eh.”
“Take off hose head!”
“Time for a beer.”
“Hoser!”
Matt Helm on January 19, 2009 at 4:35 PM
God Blees Canada!! They saw what us conservatives saw and said no way!
Kevin in Southern Illinois on January 19, 2009 at 4:35 PM
…and, Billy, if it were me, you’d long ago have been smartly whipped ’round the fleet, and what was left of you would’ve been hanged from the highest yard arm….
…but, that’s just me….
Puritan1648 on January 19, 2009 at 4:40 PM
So the Canadian left thinks it’s okay to prosecute Mark Steyn for hate speech, but this guy’s friends feel that it is an issue of academic freedom to hold him a few hours because of his admitted past acts of violence? Eh? Hosers.
juanito on January 19, 2009 at 4:44 PM
Only an elitist academic like Ayres would think refusing to enforce the law would not be interesting.
BacaDog on January 19, 2009 at 4:48 PM
Heh…good one, but a bit redundant considering Ayers IS NOTHING MORE THAN A SMELLY WALKING TURD!
Liberty or Death on January 19, 2009 at 4:48 PM
Canada let in thousands of people who could conceivably actually be terrorists from the Middle East, yet they turn away a Caucasian American terrorist.
I don’t get it. Either they finally got a clue, or they really hate Americans that much. OTOH, Ayers obviously hates America that much himself, so he and Canada should have been a match made in heaven. Unless, like I said, the Canadians finally got a clue.
Kudos to the Canadians, regardless. I can’t think of one single person more deserving of such scorn and rejection, other than perhaps Jane Fonda.
KendraWilder on January 19, 2009 at 4:53 PM
Ambassador to Canada? Diplomatic passport? It’s no guarantee. Canada can declare anyone “persona non grata.” A country does not have to allow a two-bit terrorist in as an ambassador.
Pelayo on January 19, 2009 at 4:59 PM
Folks.. keep an eye on billy bomber. Maybe obama wants to keep his blackberry so he can keep in touch with dirtballs like billy boy and forkie his wife without going through the whitehouse switchboard.
Gee, take the blackberry out on the back porch when he goes out for a smoke and speedial 666. “Hey bill, got those re-education camps ready to go???”
Anyway, he launched his carreer in ayer’s home. I don’t think there is any distance between obama and ayers.
One more random thought… obama is trying to clear customs in Canada… “Well it seems you are friends with a terrorist eh… Bugger off mate” (or whatever the canadians would say)
bullseye on January 19, 2009 at 5:08 PM
Canada has Huevos
Wade on January 19, 2009 at 5:16 PM
Mr. William Ayers, yes you do know why.
No one thinks you’re a threat.
They just think you’re beneath contempt.
You just got dissed.
Nothing you can say hides it.
silverfox on January 19, 2009 at 5:17 PM
Awwww! This should be a someecard greeting. Harper’s on a roll this year, and I think he’d be flattered.
I <3 Toronto.
chunderroad on January 19, 2009 at 5:18 PM
Ahhaaaa. What a looser.
Geronimo on January 19, 2009 at 5:19 PM
Nothing could be more of a “distraction” to Obama than to have Ayers travelling about the world, a “man about the world” a la Bill Clinton or the assortment of Hollywood lefty celebs, spouting off about American policy.
Did the Harper government do this at the behest of the incoming administration?
silverfox on January 19, 2009 at 5:21 PM
Chickens coming home to roost it seems…
brtex on January 19, 2009 at 5:22 PM
I find this astonishing. You can call Harper a Conservative but Canada is still ultra-liberal and anti-American (but I repeat myself).
This represents a sea change since Ayers is a liberal darling and enemy of America.
That used to be a shoe in for Canada.
Lonetown on January 19, 2009 at 5:24 PM
You can have ayers. But you have got to keep him.
Johan Klaus on January 19, 2009 at 5:27 PM
Heh. What a clown.
When will Ayers finally show up where he belongs?
SFW
Jaibones on January 19, 2009 at 5:37 PM
Right. Uh … Dave? We give our terrorists honored Professorships, and you … er … deny them entry to the country?
Jaibones on January 19, 2009 at 5:38 PM
Buy Danish on January 19, 2009 at 5:41 PM
Nicely done.
Jaibones on January 19, 2009 at 5:41 PM
They don’t need him they have Rywall
Wade on January 19, 2009 at 5:41 PM
AWESOME!! ..down with terrorist!
christene on January 19, 2009 at 5:44 PM
I wonder which airline let him on. I hope the ticket was nonrefundable.
diogenes on January 19, 2009 at 5:47 PM
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