http://blog.jmlynch.org/2006/12/01/the_us_gets_braver_and_newer/ suffering under the sun Sat, 23 Jul 2011 23:46:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://blog.jmlynch.org/2006/12/01/the_us_gets_braver_and_newer/comment-page-1/#comment-1943 Sun, 03 Dec 2006 22:35:35 +0000 http://jmlynch.wordpress.com/2006/12/01/the_us_gets_braver_and_newer/#comment-1943 I wonder how seat preference indicates anything? “Terrorists like the aisle, drug dealers like the window.”

]]> http://blog.jmlynch.org/2006/12/01/the_us_gets_braver_and_newer/comment-page-1/#comment-1942 Sat, 02 Dec 2006 17:50:17 +0000 http://jmlynch.wordpress.com/2006/12/01/the_us_gets_braver_and_newer/#comment-1942 Amazing how much faith some people put in the government’s ability to do something like this without ever making one single mistake in cross-referencing or something…

]]> http://blog.jmlynch.org/2006/12/01/the_us_gets_braver_and_newer/comment-page-1/#comment-1941 Sat, 02 Dec 2006 08:46:02 +0000 http://jmlynch.wordpress.com/2006/12/01/the_us_gets_braver_and_newer/#comment-1941 Indeed. But just try to film a law enforcement officer and use the “If you have nothing to hide…” line. Funny how that logic applies so selectively!

]]> http://blog.jmlynch.org/2006/12/01/the_us_gets_braver_and_newer/comment-page-1/#comment-1940 Sat, 02 Dec 2006 08:38:21 +0000 http://jmlynch.wordpress.com/2006/12/01/the_us_gets_braver_and_newer/#comment-1940 “[W]hat kind of meal they ordered” is probably a surrogate for religious profiling. Anyone who orders halal, kosher, or even vegetarian meals is flagged. Clearly, anyone who refuses the mystery meat put in front of them is not a “normal” American.

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