Muslim women exempt from pat-down -- STOP the Madness!!!

[OPECJet]

Nothing new. Female Muslim dwarfs can ride the Ferris wheel even though they are not tall enough according to the sign out front. Been that way for years. The moose outside should have told you.

Funniest post ever!

 

[Smarta$$]

Fox news, is NOT news. It is a 24/7 commercial for the republican party with two fist-fulls of crazy thrown in.

 

[Hvy]

Fox news, is NOT news. It is a 24/7 commercial for the republican party with two fist-fulls of crazy thrown in.

Obviously, you don't watch Fox. I watch ALL the news channels available and I can tell you that they are the ONLY ones that have interviewees from BOTH sides of the issue. By the way, Glen Beck is not news....he even tells you so. It's opinion. You'd know that if you actually watched. Just like Nancy Grace on CNN.

 

[igneousy2]

Historically-news sources (newspapers) have been unappologitically partisan. On a national scale in modern times you have FOX vs MSNBC and the New York Times vs the Washington Post. This is actually nothing new. In the past, most major cities had two newspapers...one left and one right ie Chicago Tribune vs the Chicago Sun Times.

I think it is healthier to have multiple news sources advocating their diverse views then have some editor try to decide what a "balanced" report is...kind of like the court system where you have two sides advocating their sides to the extreme within ethical bounds (we hope).

 

[Smarta$$]

Obviously, you don't watch Fox. I watch ALL the news channels available and I can tell you that they are the ONLY ones that have interviewees from BOTH sides of the issue. By the way, Glen Beck is not news....he even tells you so. It's opinion. You'd know that if you actually watched. Just like Nancy Grace on CNN.

Yes, actually I do. I disagree with your statement about being the only news to interview both sides. Fox often has their right wing top guns, sometimes 2-3 of them on the same panel, with 1 intentionally chosen, halfway incompetent nobody to represent the opposite view. Hannity usually has 2 right wingers and 1 opposing halfwit. In addition, they tell you that they (fox news) is fair and balanced, or "we report, you decide", yet their hosts advocate over and over for right wing policy positions. You can't be fair and balanced if your hosts and the majority of your guests tell the audience that conservative is the only correct policy. MSNBC certainly has a view point, but they don't try to tell you that they are fair or balanced. In fact, Morning Joe is a Republican host on MSNBC and advocates for right wing policies. Which host on Fox news is allowed to advocate daily for left wing policies on Fox?

 

[IXLR8]

Umm..yeah...riiiight.....

Obviously, you don't watch Fox. I watch ALL the news channels available and I can tell you that they are the ONLY ones that have interviewees from BOTH sides of the issue. By the way, Glen Beck is not news....he even tells you so. It's opinion. You'd know that if you actually watched. Just like Nancy Grace on CNN.

BS..MSNBC has rightwingers on...you OBVIOUSLY do not watch them...the sad part about Beck, is that even though he is just an "opinion"...everyone watching him believes his every word...but hey, keep him going, he gives John Stewart great material...

 

[ImbracableCrunk]

Mua-ha-ha-ha . . .

http://www.thewrap.com/television/a...ricial-onion-obama-story-amid-real-news-22840

 

[DrewBlows]

Ben Johnson seems to struggle with reading comprehension. Below is the article he pulled his information from. It describes the rights of Muslims (and everyone else for that matter) when going through airport security. ALPA put out something similar.

CAIR Travel Advisory: New Airport Pat-Downs Called Invasive, Humiliating Posted 11/10/2010 4:03:00 PM

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/10/2010) -- CAIR today issued a travel advisory for airline passengers who may be subjected to new Transportation Security Administration (TSA) "enhanced pat-downs" that many of those who undergo the procedure describe as invasive and humiliating. The advisory comes after two of the nation's largest pilots' unions urged commercial pilots to avoid both full-body scanners and public pat-downs. Pilots have compared the new pat-downs to "sexual molestation." A union for flight attendants has expressed similar concerns.
SEE: Pilots Refusing to Use Full Body Scanners or Submit to Patdown
Flight Attendants Union Upset Over New Pat-Down Procedures
TSA Statement on New Pat-Down
ACLU: TSA Pat-Down Search Abuse

Travelers are being asked to educate themselves about the new policy and to know their rights if asked to undergo security pat-downs. CAIR's advisory is particularly important for Muslim travelers leaving for or returning from Hajj because of concerns that they will be singled out for secondary screening by security personnel.
CAIR offices have already received complaints, particularly from female travelers who wear hijab, about being subjected to the new pat-down procedure.
The enhanced pat-down involves a much more intrusive manual search of passengers' bodies by TSA officers. Passengers who have undergone the new pat-down procedure have reported feeling humiliated by a search they describe as invasive and that has involved TSA officers touching the face and hair, the groin area and buttocks, and in between and underneath breasts.
SEE: CNN Report on TSA Pat-Down
Pilot Refuses Full-Body Pat

One traveler wearing hijab, a 56-year-old Muslim flying out of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, told CAIR the TSA screener patted-down her entire upper body, including, head, neck, chest, and hips, with the backs of her hands. The Muslim woman said she had "no idea" how invasive the procedure would be and would otherwise have opted for a private room or demanded to know why she was selected for secondary screening.
[NOTE: The woman had been referred to secondary screening even though the metal detector did not go off, a phenomenon reported frequently to CAIR by female Muslim travelers.]
BACKGROUND: Beginning earlier this year, the TSA began using full-imaging scanners in airports. In February, CAIR supported a statement by a prominent group of Muslim scholars that the full-body scanners violate religious and privacy rights.
SEE: Airport Body Scanners Violate Islamic Law, Muslims Say

As of August 2010, passengers who opted out of the full-body scanners were subject to the enhanced pat-down.
In light of the growing concerns about the invasiveness of the new enhanced pat-down procedure, CAIR offers the following recommendations to Muslim travelers:

• If you opt out of the full-image body scanner, you have the right to request that the manual search be conducted in private.
• It is your right to be screened by an officer of the same gender. The TSA states in its Head-to-Toe Screening Policies: "It is TSA's policy that passengers should be screened by an officer of the same gender in a professional, respectful manner."
• If you experience any disturbing incidents with the new pat down procedure, particularly if you feel you have been subjected to religious or racial profiling, harassment or unfair treatment, immediately file a complaint with the TSA and report the incident to your local CAIR chapter.

Special recommendations for Muslim women who wear hijab:

• If you are selected for secondary screening after you go through the metal detector and it does not go off, and "sss" is not written on your boarding pass, ask the TSA officer if the reason you are being selected is because of your head scarf.
• In this situation, you may be asked to submit to a pat-down or to go through a full body scanner. If you are selected for the scanner, you may ask to go through a pat-down instead.
• Before you are patted down, you should remind the TSA officer that they are only supposed to pat down the area in question, in this scenario, your head and neck. They SHOULD NOT subject you to a full-body or partial-body pat-down.
• You may ask to be taken to a private room for the pat-down procedure.
• Instead of the pat-down, you can always request to pat down your own scarf, including head and neck area, and have the officers perform a chemical swipe of your hands.
• If you encounter any issues, ask to speak to a supervisor immediately. They are there to assist you.

 

[Tweaker]

Historically-news sources (newspapers) have been unappologitically partisan. On a national scale in modern times you have FOX vs MSNBC and the New York Times vs the Washington Post. This is actually nothing new. In the past, most major cities had two newspapers...one left and one right ie Chicago Tribune vs the Chicago Sun Times.

I think it is healthier to have multiple news sources advocating their diverse views then have some editor try to decide what a "balanced" report is...kind of like the court system where you have two sides advocating their sides to the extreme within ethical bounds (we hope).

Uhh...you think the NY Times or the Wash. Compost represent opposite sides of teh political spectrum? Say again? Washington Times, certainly.

 

[b707guy]

...Special recommendations for Muslim women who wear hijab:

• If you are selected for secondary screening after you go through the metal detector and it does not go off, and "sss" is not written on your boarding pass, ask the TSA officer if the reason you are being selected is because of your head scarf.
• In this situation, you may be asked to submit to a pat-down or to go through a full body scanner. If you are selected for the scanner, you may ask to go through a pat-down instead.
• Before you are patted down, you should remind the TSA officer that they are only supposed to pat down the area in question, in this scenario, your head and neck. They SHOULD NOT subject you to a full-body or partial-body pat-down....

Those conditions are essentially exemptions. I have to remove my baseball cap, even though doing so subjects the traveling public to the horrors of my 'hat head' hair. Apply the rules equally!