Couple of things
- Interesting study from the Pew Hispanic Center finds that immigration, both legal and illegal, has not damaged the employment prospects for American workers, which goes against many of the preconceived notions made by those who support harsher policies to curb illegal immigration.
- Seeing how the Red Sox are tremendously struggling, this could be a good thing for their wild card chances ... though I think they'll challenge the Yankees for the American League East title and the right to get blasted be the Tigers in the American League Championship Series.
- Mark Bell asks a good question.
- I don't know if charges should be filed or not, but it's pretty apparent that the cameraman didn't throw his camera at Cynthia McKinney's bodyguard ... I mean, the video footage kinda proves that. And, not to mention, common sense ... why would the cameraman risk his job by hurling an expensive piece of the company's equipment at a trained martial arts expert?
- I like Matt Yglesias, but this argument is ridiculous. Why not temporarily ban bringing fluids onto airplanes when you have evidence suggesting terrorists may use liquid chemicals to blow up planes? It's an inconvenience, sure ... but less of one than, say, exploding in mid-flight.
- Seeing how the Red Sox are tremendously struggling, this could be a good thing for their wild card chances ... though I think they'll challenge the Yankees for the American League East title and the right to get blasted be the Tigers in the American League Championship Series.
- Mark Bell asks a good question.
- I don't know if charges should be filed or not, but it's pretty apparent that the cameraman didn't throw his camera at Cynthia McKinney's bodyguard ... I mean, the video footage kinda proves that. And, not to mention, common sense ... why would the cameraman risk his job by hurling an expensive piece of the company's equipment at a trained martial arts expert?
- I like Matt Yglesias, but this argument is ridiculous. Why not temporarily ban bringing fluids onto airplanes when you have evidence suggesting terrorists may use liquid chemicals to blow up planes? It's an inconvenience, sure ... but less of one than, say, exploding in mid-flight.
posted by Jmac at 6:57 AM
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I don't see the big deal about the liquid ban except that people don't like to be told what they can and can't do. It's not like your rights are getting stomped on. You can still check a bag that has liquid containers in it. So, that duty free liquor you bought can still get home. You just don't get to have your own drinks or liquids on the plane, but...
You get liquids on the plane anyway, from the plane people!
(I like the idea of calling people by where they work; plane people, museum people, hospital people, McDonald's people -- it's like little factions or mini-countries)
Well, given that the majority of people at the Daily Kos (not exactly the same as those that buy into Yglesias' site, I realize) believe that this whole recent terror plot is just a fabrication by the Bush-Blair propaganda machine meant to keep us in a state of fear so we can be more easily manipulated, it's not a much further step to be ticked about further airport inconvenience. Afterall, this whole liquid explosives "threat" is just a cynical hoax anyway, perpetrated by our leaders. So there's really no reason for me to wait longer at the airport.
Signing of from Utah (where I will actually be boarding a plane tomorrow, so this is quite the issue on my mind)
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