'murica.
Donât you guys know by now to check whether your links work after posting?
The actual link is http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ahmed-shihabeldin/why-i-hate-coming-home-to_b_4676404.html
Knew this already. But Iâm brown, so I got to learn about it the hard way. Iâd say Iâm waiting for these thugs to get hit with a serious lawsuit, but what Iâm really waiting for is a judicial system that would take it seriously.
I love the way that a terrorist would supposedly do almost anything to get into the country: change their passport details, get a high profile journalism job, morph into an 8 year old boy⌠but NOT change their name. Itâs like the security procedure is run by middle schoolers trying out programming for the first time.
We didnât have any trouble at the border, but it took five visits to the US consulate and about 2 1/2 hours of talking with officials (not including the waiting periods) before our four year old adopted son could be given a visa to travel over from China. This time they did give us the rationale, which was that âwe need to assume that every Chinese person is going to try to work and remain in the country illegallyâ. In the end we were let through, with the strict warning that if they find us doing any work, we would be kicked out of the country immediately. Incidentally, this was the guy weâd been talking with the whole time, who knew who we were and was sympathetic to why we were visiting the US. He just kept repeating that âthe system says that I have toâŚâ At the border control in Dulles we were all waved through the immigration for US citizens as a group (because of my wife and daughterâs US passports) and a couple of officials even offered to carry our bags to the next stage. Every previous time Iâve been hassled about my reasons for being in the country, so this time felt really weird.
I do think itâs possible to sue for civil rights violations and win, but of course right now no sacrifice is too great to prevent another 9/11, especially your sacrifice.
I really feel for the guy if he is constantly âenmiserated.â Such patently cromulent behaviour by the TSA certainly wonât embiggen their reputation for keeping us all safe!
Heh, the TSA doesnât have a reputation for keeping us safe. They canât have one, because they havenât stopped a single terrorist attack and everyone knows it. They canât stop terrorist attacks. If they could, then other countries would base their own security setups on the USâs. But they donât. Because itâs so unuterrably stupid I want to write a Lovecraft-esque rant about how theyâre so stupid it deforms the space around their dumb asses and their very dumb faces so badly thereâs no separating the two parts of anatomy.
I donât believe that âeveryone knowsâ that the TSA canât stop terrorist attacks. I think the TSA works splendidly at creating a constant feeling of dread about dangers from outside and and training the population to follow orders.
If it was only a hassle, people would actually rally against it, like the population of some states voting for decriminalization of marijuana, but they donât.
Surely the only foolproof method of avoiding the next 9/11 is to change the calendar.
I think a name change ought to do it - perhaps âJim Bobâ, or âBillyBoyâ. And for chrissakes, wear a NASCAR jersey. Not one with Danica Patrick on it, either, sheâs not one of Da Boyz in NASCAR. Try Jimmy Johnson.
Thereâs an app for that. The Fly Rights App has a handy âreportâ button to use in just these sorts of circumstances. Your complaint can be submitted to the TSA and Congress and will put real numbers behind claims of religious and racial discrimination by the TSA and DHS.
He should change his name legally to Yasir Whateveryousaysir. Surely thatâs not on the watch list?
The way you say, âhas US citizenship,â clearly means he was not born in the United States. His âcitizenshipâ is just a piece of paper. He is not a true American, though.
Iâm all for vetting him carefully before being allowed into the country. He turned his back on his country of birth, you bet heâd do it again to his new one.
What if he bought a first class ticket? Or does that only let you breeze through boarding security, and not customs?
Quality trolling is quality.
Christ, what an asshole.
So did your ancestors. Weâre going to keep a careful eye on your family. Sleeper agents, all.
Because being born in a trailer park meth lab in Arkansas makes you a true American?
