Obama is interested in pilot uniforms!

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Obama concerned over easy availability of pilot uniforms

January 29, 2005 (CHICAGO) — Illinois Senator Barack Obama today joined Senator Dick Durbin in asking the Department of Homeland Security and Transportation Security Administration to look into the easy availability of commercial pilot uniforms.


The two senators are making their concerns known in the wake of an investigation by Chicago television station CLTV. The station says there are multiple locations on the Internet that sell uniforms to airlines. But the sites do not require consumers to prove they work for an airline.

Obama says the ability of people to buy commercial pilot uniforms freely is a national security issue that must be addressed immediately. Blagojevich Governor Rod Blagojevich has said he wants to draft legislation that would make it a crime to impersonate a pilot.

 

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Obama says the ability of people to buy commercial pilot uniforms freely is a national security issue that must be addressed immediately. Blagojevich Governor Rod Blagojevich has said he wants to draft legislation that would make it a crime to impersonate a pilot.

How does that old styx tune go?

Obama, I'm in fear for my life
From the long arm of the law
Lawman has put an end to my running
And I'm so far from my home

The jig is up, the news is out, they've finally found me
The renegade who had it made, retrieved for a bounty
Never more to go astray

 

[Monkeyfist]

10,000 CFI's could be arrested this week (impersonating a pilot)

My TSA training certificate is proof enough, right?

 

[sqwkvfr]

Obama concerned over easy availability of pilot uniforms

January 29, 2005 (CHICAGO) — Illinois Senator Barack Obama today joined Senator Dick Durbin in asking the Department of Homeland Security and Transportation Security Administration to look into the easy availability of commercial pilot uniforms.

Definitely a Democrat...gotta have a law passed, committee hearings, or a special prosecutor everytime someone farts in an elevator.

Problem is that this disease seems to be spreading to certain Republicans, too.

The sad thing is that politicians are now proposing legislation based on these ridiculous "investigative reports" from local TV news stations without additional supporting evidence.

What's next, a ban on Singers and Pfaffs so no one can sew some epaulets on a shirt and make a pilot uniform? Or perhaps a ban on solid white dress shirts being sold to "just anyone."

 

[TDTURBO]

Gee, I feel safer already.

 

[NewBlue]

Blagojevich Governor Rod Blagojevich has said he wants to draft legislation that would make it a crime to impersonate a pilot.

I've been doing that for years.

 

[FL000]

I tried to sell some old wings on eBay recently and had the auction removed. Whoops.


The following items related to the commercial airline and public transportation industries may not be listed on eBay:

Any article of clothing or identification related to transportation security or employment with any transportation related industry, including but not limited to, articles of commercial airline pilot's uniforms, flight attendant's uniforms, baggage or airport service personnel uniforms, mass transit train or subway related uniforms. Vintage clothing related to commercial airlines, trains, or subways, such as ties, scarves, jackets and similar items, may be sold so long as the item description clearly states that the item is at least 10 years old, is no longer in use by the airline or other transit authority and does not resemble any piece of the current uniforms.

Manuals or other materials related to mass commercial public transportation, including safety manuals put out by commercial airlines, or entities operating subways, trains or buses. These too may only be listed if the description clearly states that the material is obsolete and no longer in use by the airline or other transit authority.

Any official internal, related, non-public documents.

 

[EagleRJ]

Shirts with epaulets are to be hereafter referred to as "assault shirts". Possession of a pre-ban assault shirt, or the manufacture of an assault shirt, shall be punishable by up to 10 years in prison under the Patriot Act.

Osama.....Osam....Obam....Obama, you cannot solve every problem in the world today by passing a quick law! Please sit back down and let Uncle Teddy continue embarassing your party! Thank you.

 

[mattpilot]

Shirts with epaulets are to be hereafter referred to as "assault shirts".

I don't know why, but that made me laugh out loud

 

[FN FAL]

I don't know why, but that made me laugh out loud

Actually, pre-ban will be grandfathered in. Those items made after the law takes effect will be compliance items...otherwise known as post ban. There will still be pilot shirts and such, but they will not be allowed to possess the evil features which the ban will prohibit.

I always thought I would make big bucks off of that mesaba hat I got laying on the book case!

 

[Frank Bama]

Meigs Field....Democrats at work, need I say more?

 

[VFR on Top]

Definitely a Democrat...gotta have a law passed, committee hearings, or a special prosecutor everytime someone farts in an elevator.

Problem is that this disease seems to be spreading to certain Republicans, too.

Yeah, like the president maybe? You're quick to forget that America's mass forfeiture of our civil liberties through the Patriot Act came at the hands of the Republicans. And I'm sure you're aware what party ol' Johnny Ashcroft belongs to.

 

[shamrock]

Osama.....Osam....Obam....Obama, you cannot solve every problem in the world today by passing a quick law! Please sit back down and let Uncle Teddy continue embarassing your party! Thank you.

I laughed my @ss off hearing that sound byte. Osama Obama. Considering Mr. Obama is the latest new hope/golden child of the party, you would think Teddy could at least get the name right. I would think even the Democrats would be getting tired of hearing (and embarrassed by) Teddy's regular bouts of verbal diarrhrea. Do they make a pill for that?

 

[Flash]

Yeah, like the president maybe? You're quick to forget that America's mass forfeiture of our civil liberties through the Patriot Act came at the hands of the Republicans. And I'm sure you're aware what party ol' Johnny Ashcroft belongs to.

Yeah, average Joe's like you and me are really affected by the "forfeiture" of our civil liberties.

Obama should have changed his name before arriving on the national scene. It's like some guy named Mitler coming on the scene in the early 40's

 

[doh]

Flash,

That made me laugh out loud!

 

[FurloughedAgain]

Great. I have a whole closet full of uniforms from old employers.

When I was laid off by US Airways we were asked to return our hat-badge and wings (the union later got them returned).

I can see something similar coming out of this. Stripped of your dignity and your clothes on the last day of work. This is disgusting.

 

[DX Rick]

Then I say we shouldn't have to wear uniforms at all. Or would that throw TSA off on who's breath to smell for booze?

 

[JediNein]

Blagojevich Governor Rod Blagojevich has said he wants to draft legislation that would make it a crime to impersonate a pilot.

Great..... I'm in trouble now. I don't claim to be a pilot, but I do fly airplanes. They'd have to arrest every mechanic, every drunk homeless person living on the street, and most of the folks in the foodstamp lines.

Fly SAFE!
Jedi Nein

 

[inline]

I'm concerned that people like Barbara Boxer and Ted kennedy are impersonating U.S. senators.

 

[flyifrvfr]

First it is the regulation of pilot uniforms. Next it is mechanics wrenches. A wrench can easily be bought from any store and we all know that if you have a wrench you must be a mechanic. If we regulate who can buy these wrenches, we will eliminate those who pose as mechanics.

The TSA and lawmakers need to be aware that our freedoms are dwindling away with each law passed. Soon we will require tattoos on our wrist to identify that we are citizens. I should be quiet, I am giving them ideas. The sad part of all of this is that it was our government who failed to protect us in the first place. INS knew the terrorist were here because they gave them VISA's. Granted we know now that they were terrorist, but the visa's did expire and nobody did anything about it.

The INS should when it becomes known that visa's are expired, send agents to the addresses given and arrest the people and deport them.

 

[flyifrvfr]

All the above is of course in a perfect world.

 

[mattpilot]

The INS should when it becomes known that visa's are expired, send agents to the addresses given and arrest the people and deport them.

Funny thing is, a buddy of mine who is a white christian from austria, came to the US to instruct in a bible school. His visa reflected that. Unfortunately he overstayed his visa by a few weeks and got kicked out of the country for 5 years.




I guess what i'm saying is that the Gov't shall not use Racial profiling?

 

[flyifrvfr]

If your buddy was deported for failing to renew his visa, than I congradulate the INS for doing what it should have been doing prior to Sept 11. I am sorry your friend forgot to renew the visa but I would hope that if your friend was an Iraqi and the visa expired that the INS would recognize this and deport him.

 

[DX Rick]

The night Obama won the election, his wife introduced him to the public as "My babies daddy".......

I wish I could be kidding.

 

[FN FAL]

Funny thing is, a buddy of mine who is a white christian from austria, came to the US to instruct in a bible school. His visa reflected that. Unfortunately he overstayed his visa by a few weeks and got kicked out of the country for 5 years.




I guess what i'm saying is that the Gov't shall not use Racial profiling?

I suppose he is back in Austria, putting "another shrimp on the barbie"?

 

[mattpilot]

I suppose he is back in Austria, putting "another shrimp on the barbie"?

ya got me..... care to elaborate?

 

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ya got me..... care to elaborate?

Sorry...

It's from the 1994 Jim Carrey movie, "Dumb and Dumber".

Lloyd Christmas: That's a lovely accent... New Jersey?
Lady at bus stop: It's Austrian.
Lloyd Christmas: Austria! Well, then. G'day mate! Let's put another shrimp on the barbie!
Lady at bus stop: Let's not.

 

[mattpilot]

Sorry...

It's from the 1994 Jim Carrey movie, "Dumb and Dumber".

Ah.. ic I get that a lot actually. For some reason people think i added -alia after i said i'm from austria.

 

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Ah.. ic I get that a lot actually. For some reason people think i added -alia after i said i'm from austria.

Hahaha...while I was gone, I was looking up what the Jim Carrey pun was related to.

I seemed to rember Paul Hogan from the old "Crocodile Dundee" films, but it wasn't in his movies that he said that "slip another shrimp on the barbie" it was the Austrailian advertisements to promote tourism.

Starring a koala and Paul "Crocodile Dundee" Hogan, it reprises an advert made 15 years ago when Hogan urged potential visitors to "throw a shrimp on the barbie".

Also, looking to IMDB, it appears that Jim Carrey is going to busy this year...3 films, including the role of "6 Million Dollar Man".

Actor - filmography
(In Production) (2000s) (1990s) (1980s)

1. The Six Million Dollar Man (2005) (in production) .... Col. Steve Austin
2. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2005) (announced) .... Walter Mitty
3. Fun with Dick and Jane (2005) (filming) .... Dick Harper

 

[WMUSIGPI]

That's fine with me but then we might have a riot from all the skycaps and shuttle bus drivers and everyone else around the airport playing dressup too. Who knows if we can change to dressing like office managers maybe they will start paying us like them too.