Bombshell: It wasn’t a cigarette that that Qatari diplomat was smoking on the plane
posted at 5:45 pm on April 9, 2010 by Allahpundit
An instant classic via Mediaite. Can we now safely conclude that al-Madadi wasn’t aiding and abetting that jailed AQ operative he was traveling to see? That’s not to suggest that drugs and jihad are mutually exclusive, of course; on the contrary, they’re the very lifeblood of the Taliban. But being mistaken for a terrorist after doing a hit of weed in an airplane bathroom? That sounds like a lost scene from “Harold & Kumar,” not “Obsession.”
Exit question: Does Shep really not know what a “one-hitter” is? Let’s poll it!
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I’ve got five on it!
Sekhmet on April 9, 2010 at 5:47 PM
So… Qatari diplomats wear hemp shoes?
malclave on April 9, 2010 at 5:47 PM
Deport him just for being such an #*^*%@ moron.
WitchDoctor on April 9, 2010 at 5:47 PM
He seems more of a wine spritzer or Apple-tini guy.
portlandon on April 9, 2010 at 5:48 PM
you nailed him
Monica on April 9, 2010 at 5:50 PM
Light ‘em baby!
Dr_Irish on April 9, 2010 at 5:50 PM
I’ve smoke a fair amount of weed in my life, but I have to admit that I didn’t know what a “one-hitter” was. Is that what the kids are calling it now?
Mark1971 on April 9, 2010 at 5:51 PM
So not only do we have diplomats on the way to meet with terrorists joking about blowing up planes, these diplomats are stoned. Awesome.
amerpundit on April 9, 2010 at 5:51 PM
Plenty of people in Northern Africa and the Middle East smoke weed. Doesn’t anybody read Paul Bowles? And it’s certainly not out of keeping with jihadist violence. The word “assassin” come from the word “hashish.”
ForNow on April 9, 2010 at 5:51 PM
He probably does but was too stoned to remember.
amerpundit on April 9, 2010 at 5:51 PM
My (admittedly somewhat limited) understanding is that jihadis are absolved of all sins when they die in glorious jihad.
I believe many of the 9/11 murderers spent their final days on earth getting drunk and getting lapdances in strip clubs. I’m not an expert, but, I’m pretty sure that’s haram.
Given that, doing drugs in the bathroom hardly proves he’s not plotting against the Great Satan.
JadeNYU on April 9, 2010 at 5:52 PM
hell, *I* don’t know what ‘one hitter’ means – is that a drug reference? lol, sounds like a s3x thing.
Midas on April 9, 2010 at 5:52 PM
Ok, seriously the Air Marshall couldn’t smell the OBVIOUS smell of weed and call off the international incident? Maybe when you realize that the guy was getting high instead of trying to blow up the plane you can tell the F16′s that its OK to return to base.
thphilli on April 9, 2010 at 5:53 PM
I smoked a joint in the club car of an Amtrak years ago…
OmahaConservative on April 9, 2010 at 5:55 PM
Its a pipe, meant for you to take “one hit” off of. I mean, its pretty self explanatory.
Something like this:
http://www.glass-pipes-water-bongs.com/foto/bigw/5-glass-one-hitter.jpg
Just enough to get you buzzing I would guess. Meant to be small and easy to conceal.
thphilli on April 9, 2010 at 5:55 PM
I’m guessing that a “one-hitter” is a very small amount of marijuana, i.e. “one hit” on the pipe and you’re finished?
malclave on April 9, 2010 at 5:55 PM
Both that chick and Shep know what a “one hitter” is. Of course I don’t know for certain but I’d bet money that Ol Shep has tugged on the pipe at least once.
And yes, I realize that is a double entendre.
Guardian on April 9, 2010 at 5:55 PM
A one-hitter is a pipe with a bowl that’s so small that it only holds enough weed for…one hit. Seriously.
joejm65 on April 9, 2010 at 5:56 PM
So your argument is that someone who has been smoking marijuana is physically incapable of setting off a bomb?
malclave on April 9, 2010 at 5:57 PM
Does the sun come up every morning? Sheppy looks like the kind of guy that got cross-eyed fried in college, slammed down fruity mixers all night and could be found in the dorm shower room every Saturday mornings, asleep and naked.
David in ATL on April 9, 2010 at 5:58 PM
Count me as another who’s never heard the term outside of a baseball field.
princetrumpet on April 9, 2010 at 5:58 PM
I am just impressed that the guy had the balls while high to make a joke about lighting his shoe on fire. Usually when you are high, and this is in the safety of your home, you become paranoid. Smoking in an airplane bathroom and then being confronted by an air marshal, holy hell this guy can hold his sh!t together.
thphilli on April 9, 2010 at 5:58 PM
Look at the one-hitter link.
I know someone with that exact model.
JammieWearingFool on April 9, 2010 at 5:59 PM
I can’t believe “Hell yes” is beating “Awww yeah”. What is wrong with you people?
RINO in Name Only on April 9, 2010 at 5:59 PM
Shep seems more like a meth man…
ninjapirate on April 9, 2010 at 5:59 PM
I’m experiencing a problem with Hot Air while using Explorer. It started for me about 5 minutes ago. I keep getting messages saying that Explorer has encountered a problem and has to shut down. No such problems arose when I switched to Safari. Just an FYI…
joejm65 on April 9, 2010 at 5:59 PM
This guy becomes more of a douche every day…is he back in Qatar yet?
Emily M. on April 9, 2010 at 6:00 PM
Shep likes switch-hitters.
Mark1971 on April 9, 2010 at 6:00 PM
OK, but how did he manage to light the thing up?
Ozwitch on April 9, 2010 at 6:01 PM
I’m not so sure smoking marijuana would mean you’re not carrying out a suicide mission. Rather be safe than sorry, especially if the guy is already violating federal law and is now joking about detonating explosives.
amerpundit on April 9, 2010 at 6:01 PM
If he is smoking weed, then that explains where the smoke came from, so there is no more reason to think he is a terrorist than anyone else.
RINO in Name Only on April 9, 2010 at 6:01 PM
It doesn’t matter. Once he sounded the alert, he can’t give an ‘all-clear’ and make everything go away. The system doesn’t work that way. He might be under duress, or maybe the weed was a distraction for something else…you just don’t know.
James on April 9, 2010 at 6:02 PM
The Electric Cigarette.. er I mean.. smoke bo..
upinak on April 9, 2010 at 6:02 PM
I am saying that it should have been glaringly obvious that he was smoking weed, IF he was smoking weed, and he should have been placed in handcuffs and then escorted off the plane when they landed. No need for a pair of F16′s to escort them or any of the other nonsense. And yes, it is my contention that a person in handcuffs in a plane seat guarded by an Air Marshal after smoking marijuana is incapable of setting off a bomb.
thphilli on April 9, 2010 at 6:02 PM
I find it suspect that the possibility that this guy was toking up took two days to get out. If there had been pot smoke on the plane, it would have been in the initial reports from the passengers.
BierManVA on April 9, 2010 at 6:03 PM
They’re just candy-ass, Chamberlainesque RINOs.
Quite true about the first part.
amerpundit on April 9, 2010 at 6:03 PM
If he was buzzed, that might explain the smart-assed response to an air marshall.
DrAllecon on April 9, 2010 at 6:03 PM
Me too, but its just for this page, not all of hotair. So it probably has something to do with the poll, or mediaite’s player. Works fine in Firefox as well.
RINO in Name Only on April 9, 2010 at 6:04 PM
Naaa.. port doesn’t swing that way.
upinak on April 9, 2010 at 6:04 PM
Shep knows what a one-hitter is.
Lightswitch on April 9, 2010 at 6:04 PM
sounds like ole Sneek-a-toke to me,but what do I(cough)know,
Bob
Hell yes!
Bobnormal on April 9, 2010 at 6:05 PM
So do I!
Knucklehead on April 9, 2010 at 6:06 PM
Contempt for the infidels reaches new heights.
profitsbeard on April 9, 2010 at 6:06 PM
My guess is that Shep has a one-hitter loaded up and ready to go at every commercial break.
AUINSC on April 9, 2010 at 6:07 PM
The question should have been is Shep wise. Guess we know how that would have turned out.
Kissmygrits on April 9, 2010 at 6:07 PM
Wrong answer. He’s a terrorist with the munchies.
Knucklehead on April 9, 2010 at 6:08 PM
It’s not lost. It was a scene in their most recent film.
Esthier on April 9, 2010 at 6:08 PM
For the galactically stupid (i.e. your prohibitionist readers), here you go:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_hitter_(smoking)
sayabule1 on April 9, 2010 at 6:08 PM
The one hitter is the only way for the stoner on the go. It is usally a wooden dug out, with 2 chambers one contains a spring and a metal or ceramic hollow cigarette and the other containing the weed, more delux models include an attached pipe cleaner. Not that I’ve ever used one.
Daveyardbird on April 9, 2010 at 6:08 PM
I guess what he really said was, “I’m trying to light my doobs on fire and I’ve got a bong.”
calbear on April 9, 2010 at 6:09 PM
Well, no reason other than he stated he was setting his shoes on fire, which can be interpreted as a reference to a previous attempt to blow up an airplane (is there any other reasonable interpretation, even if it was a joke?).
malclave on April 9, 2010 at 6:09 PM
I have that exact one myself. The top doesn’t slide very easy tho. We don’t call it a “one hitter”, it’s a “bat”.
JetBoy on April 9, 2010 at 6:09 PM
haha
crr6 on April 9, 2010 at 6:10 PM
You. Don’t. Joke. About. Setting. Off. Bombs. When. On. A. Plane.
I don’t care what he was or was not actually doing. “I’m setting my shoes on fire” in the wake of Richard Reid can reasonably be interpreted as “I’m setting off a bomb.”
Especially if you are male and Middle Eastern.
What. A. Dummy.
Sekhmet on April 9, 2010 at 6:11 PM
So you are claiming there is no correlation between drug use and violence?
You can claim all you want about how pot pacifies the user, but the fact is this guy is so out there that he is willing to use a illegal substance, set something on fire on an airplane, and make a bizarre claim to an air marshal. He is definitely not staying in the lines and statistically much more likely to be up to something than your average person.
pedestrian on April 9, 2010 at 6:11 PM
Put him in a Turkish prison,throw away the key.
Then again, he might like that……………
bbz123 on April 9, 2010 at 6:14 PM
The underwear bomber got sotned before lighting himself on fire, as do many Jihadis. The use of Hash by Jihadis is historical fact.
Why do people think that if someone is smoking pot they become a hippy. My Unlce was a pot smoker and he murdered his old lady in the eighties. I got jumped by two guys who reeked of it as a kid. Adults who get stoned are dregs, and the fact that some Muslim comes out of a bathroom high talking about bombs should be treated seriously.
Rob Taylor on April 9, 2010 at 6:14 PM
One hitter usually means Roy Halladay on the mound.
a capella on April 9, 2010 at 6:14 PM
I learn something every day … since these terms are not part of my lexicon or experience.
Why did it take his a half-hour to take “one hit”?
onlineanalyst on April 9, 2010 at 6:14 PM
Boy there are a lot of potheads on HA. Awwww yeah!!!!!!!111
txag92 on April 9, 2010 at 6:15 PM
Huge buzzkill getting pestered by the Man right after lighting up. A toke wasted…
JimRich on April 9, 2010 at 6:16 PM
‘I was trying to light my shoes on fire, man.’
BJ* on April 9, 2010 at 6:19 PM
As I recall this was developed for use at rock concerts.
Del Dolemonte on April 9, 2010 at 6:20 PM
Annoyances and stupidity are indignant.
Schadenfreude on April 9, 2010 at 6:23 PM
Is Shep wise in the ways of the “one-hitter”?
Shep should have said he just burned a bowl when he ran over a reporter with his car over a parking spot.At least he could have said his reactions were too slow to stop.
historian on April 9, 2010 at 6:25 PM
——Exit question: Does Shep really not know what a “one-hitter” is? Let’s poll it!——–
I’m guessing he was thinking more about a sexual act. Oh. Never mind.
Colorado Anne on April 9, 2010 at 6:26 PM
I don’t think that “one-hit” means the same thing to Shep as it does to you and me.
If you know what I mean.
smartsy on April 9, 2010 at 6:28 PM
So if you are a diplomat, you can carry one-hitters and lighters in your carryon bag on a plane
while my insulin vials are subject to extra search ?
macncheez on April 9, 2010 at 6:29 PM
Just can’t get excited about baseball this year, with the Doc in Philly.
suzeecue on April 9, 2010 at 6:30 PM
REally? He couldn’t wait? I thought it wasn’t addictive.
SouthernGent on April 9, 2010 at 6:30 PM
LOl. I don’t think she meant it that way. LOL. Upi, you crack me up.
portlandon on April 9, 2010 at 6:35 PM
So much for the theory that weed mellows you out.
Y-not on April 9, 2010 at 6:38 PM
Amateurs
Monica on April 9, 2010 at 6:38 PM
“Not the kind of pipe your grandfather would have.”
A lot of dirty, stinky hippies are now old. Odds are that’s the ONLY kind of pipe your grandfather would have.
AaronGuzman on April 9, 2010 at 6:40 PM
A”diplomat” gets wasted in the head and jokes about terrorism
while on a trip to visit a jailed terrorist.
Well at least we didn’t offend him with profiling. And at least no white granny, or little boy wasted any time getting screened before boarding. And at least no F16 jet fuel got wasted.
It’s so good to have friends like these “diplomats”, and who needs Israel anyway?
Oliar may yet get many of us wasted, but with a different type of smoke.
We are so lucky.
ontherocks on April 9, 2010 at 6:42 PM
“Achmed’s not here, man.”
AaronGuzman on April 9, 2010 at 6:43 PM
Shep is a boozer.
Cybergeezer on April 9, 2010 at 6:44 PM
Dude I don’t want your CRACK!
upinak on April 9, 2010 at 6:49 PM
Shep went to Ole Miss. ‘nough said. Awwwww yeah.
sybilll on April 9, 2010 at 6:49 PM
I couldn’t decide between “Hell yes” and “Awww yeah”. Should have had a choice for “F-in A right!”
flipflop on April 9, 2010 at 6:50 PM
thphilli:
Diplomatic immunity, man. It’s like a magic force field.
Short of killing somebody, he can get away with pretty much anything. He can park illegally, he can drive 100mph, he can smoke weed, whatever he wants. He doesn’t need to give a damn about anything. Unfortunately for him, creating an international incident probably means the free ride is over. If he had merely been pulled over while smoking a joint on the freeway, there’d be no problem. He’s immune, man.
I obviously chose the wrong career path. If my high school guidance counselor had explained the diplomatic immunity concept to me, my life might have turned out rather differently…
sandberg on April 9, 2010 at 6:51 PM
Smoke ‘im if ya got ‘im.
Kenosha Kid on April 9, 2010 at 6:52 PM
He was probably just trying to get his appetite up for one of those disgusting snack boxes.
infidel4life on April 9, 2010 at 6:57 PM
+1
lolz
JimRich on April 9, 2010 at 7:02 PM
Did they check his carry on bag for exploding cheetos?
infidel4life on April 9, 2010 at 7:03 PM
Woo Hoo! Now Barry can have him a weed summit on the back patio!!
Good Times, Good Times….
KZnextzone on April 9, 2010 at 7:04 PM
Wasn’t that what a Cubs pitcher threw against the Dodgers when Sandy Koufax threw a no-hitter. LOL
I assume by the context it has something to do with smoking pot but that is the extent of my knowledge.
chemman on April 9, 2010 at 7:08 PM
According to the faq over at Reverend Billy Bob Sistani’s site, imbibing or ingesting decomposed vegetable material is not allowed. Ingesting or imbibing marijuana or opium is no problemo. It’s right there in Sistani’s Q&A section. What does this mean? What you would expect, lazy, dreamer/schemer a-holes are everywhere over there.
pc on April 9, 2010 at 7:10 PM
Now I know, and knowing is half the battle…
Conservative Samizdat on April 9, 2010 at 7:15 PM
This is kept so quiet. Be afraid. Be very afraid.
Islamic Laws : Najis things » Alcoholic liquor
112. All Alcoholic liquors and beverages which intoxicate a person, are najis and on the basis of recommended precaution, everything which is originally liquid and intoxicates a person, is najis. Hence narcotics, like, opium and hemp, which are not li quid originally, are Pak, even when a liquid is added to them.
http://www.sistani.org/local.php?modules=nav&nid=2&bid=59&pid=2864
pc on April 9, 2010 at 7:16 PM
for the uninitiated Najis=forbidden. Pak=allowed.
pc on April 9, 2010 at 7:17 PM
I guess that’s fair. I think it would be pretty clear that it was a joke, but not 100% certain, so the escort was probably the right call.
No, just claiming that there is probably no correlation between pot-smoking and terrorism. But like I said, point conceded about the joke.
Damn, now I’m hungry.
RINO in Name Only on April 9, 2010 at 7:18 PM
So, you think an arrogant jerk who causes the US to waste who knows how many thousands of dollars just because he couldn’t wait a little while to take a hit is a good endorsement for legalization? Good luck with that….
clearbluesky on April 9, 2010 at 7:20 PM
A western feller could learn a lot about what his family is up against by studying that website. I’m guessing Iranians like Ah-Mahdi-Nejad stay high on MDMA, exstasy. They are so going to nuke us first chance. What does Amahdi-nejad mean anyway? You know it’s a made up name, like Stalin made up his name and other thugs from thuggish places make up names to sound tough. Stalin means Made of Steel. It’s a fabricated name bestowed upon Stalin by Stalin. Ditto the Iranian. Ahmadinejad’s name means The Praised Descendant of the Most Highly Praised. Look it up.
pc on April 9, 2010 at 7:24 PM
No, just claiming that there is probably no correlation between pot-smoking and terrorism. But like I said, point conceded about the joke.
Wrong answer. He’s a terrorist with the munchies.
Knucklehead on April 9, 2010 at 6:08 PM
Damn, now I’m hungry.
RINO in Name Only on April 9, 2010 at 7:18 PM
Maybe not overhere where people sit on the couch and watch cartoons. Over there they sit, stare at a clay wall and seeth. You can’t compare the two situational uses. Remember over there only the western supported governments crack down on pot and opium. the rest could care less.
pc on April 9, 2010 at 7:26 PM
It must be nice to be a diplomat and be able to walk on a plane with your one-hitter in your pocket.
OxyCon on April 9, 2010 at 7:27 PM
So, if we think he does know, we have to answer “no”.
DaveS on April 9, 2010 at 7:38 PM
DoobieDoobieDoobieDoooooooo….
CynicalOptimist on April 9, 2010 at 7:48 PM
Still, this could be a very clever dry run.
Think about it.
hillbillyjim on April 9, 2010 at 7:49 PM
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