The 25 Random Thing About Me Blog/FB/Myspace Thing

Ok enough people have done this, so I will do it because I keep getting tagged. I am also a victim of peer pressure.

1) I am not a virgin.
2) I almost always tear up at the end of It’s A Wonderful Life
3) I watching Nightline more than Leno or Dave
4) I almost never remember dreams
5) I hate urban sprawl
6) I like 2 songs by the Spice Girls (2 Become One, and Wannabe)
7) I would like to learn how to do home restoration
I sometimes eat hot dogs 4-5 times a week
9) I like my coffee with 2 creams and 2 fake sugar packets
10) I am afraid of heights
11) I have been watching Cops for over 12 years
12) I will go to Target just to check out the clearance item on the endcaps
13) I have only bought American made cars (2 Chevys, 1 Ford)
14) When I worked in the donut shop, I did bad things to the donuts
15) My right ankle is really weak, I have twisted it a few times in the past year for no good reason
16) I prefer dark rum over light rum, and spiced rum over regular rum
17) I have 2 autographed VHS tapes, Chasing Amy (Kevin Smith) and Fletch (Chevy Chase)
18) I once met Junkyard Dog in the Baltimore Airport
19) I like grindhouse type movies, bad movies with no redeeming qualities
20) I have no musical ability at all
21) I will argue with anyone about anything
22) I love Dickies clothes
23) I wear jeans 365 days a year
24) I have been registered as a Democrat, Republican and Libertarian at one time or another. I have voted Democrat, Libertarian and Green Pary, but never Republican for president
25) I use both sides of the toilet paper

Seakittens

PETA, my favorite useless group in the world, has a new campaign. I like my Seakitten deep friend with cocktail sauce, unless it is really good Seakitten in which case raw with some Wasabi is nice.

Interesting First Ammendment thought

I read this article and it got me thinking.

So ACLU wins quarter million because a guy has to cover his shirt. Arabic writing on the shirt, in an airport, he is told to cover the shirt because it makes people uncomfortable. He does, boards the plane and gets to his destination, where I assume he uncovered his shirt and went about his way. I accept him being pissed off, I would be to.. but…

When voting, I cannot wear a shirt of someone running for office in the election I am voting for. If I went to vote in a McCain shirt and McCain is running, I would need to cover or change that shirt before entering the polling place. My right to free speech is being limited in this case. If I want to vote wearing my McCain shirt I have the option of mailing in my ballet.

If I go to Disney World wearing a shirt saying “Stop Killing Babies” with a picture of an aborted fetus, I would be denied entry. If I wore something else, and they got a complaint, I would be forced to change or cover it. Free Speech is again limited in this case. I do not have to go to Disney World, it is not a right.

Now back to the case at the airport. I am assuming that someone actually complained, which might just be a cover. Considering the blase attitude of a lot of TSA people, I accept people complained. Someone may have been able to read Arabic and knew the statement was a political one and felt uneasy about it.

JFK is run by the governments of New York and New Jersey. It however is not a tax payer supported facility to my knowledge, instead it survives via fees. Airtran is not a government run airline. These two things make me think that this guy had no right to be there, no right to be on the plane, and no right to expect he can do or wear what he wants. He was in Disney World.

Was this racial profiling? Probably. If I wore the same shirt no one probably would have noticed, but I tend to shave before flying (so I don’t have to shave while on vacation). If I wore the same shirt, had a tan and did not shave I might have gotten the same reaction. But you know what my goal at an airport is (besides drinking while waiting for a flight)? It is to get on a plane and fly to my destination. The last thing I am thinking about is any political statement on my shirt. If I got pissed I would write a letter.

This is not the case where the family was denied access to a plane after being cleared by the FBI. That case is more complicated. I will say that I saw those people, still in FL, making the media rounds atleast a day after the incident. They were offered flights that they did not take, but hung around to do media. They are whores that can go fuck themselves.

I like and respect the ACLU but this is just getting insane. I have millions of outlets for free speech at my disposal. This guy could write his message in the snow in Times Square with piss and I would support it, but getting a payday because he had to cover his shirt to fly on a private airline? Fight the real fights and quit wasting time on things like this.

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