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Home Front: WoT
The John Doe Manifesto
2007-03-28
By Michelle Malkin

Note: Earlier this month, six publicity-seeking imams filed a federal lawsuit against US Airways and the Metropolitan Airports Commission in Minneapolis/St. Paul. The Muslim clerics were removed from their flight last November and questioned for several hours after their suspicious behavior alarmed both passengers and crew members. Minneapolis Star Tribune columnist Katherine Kersten reported last week that the imams, advised by the grievance-mongers at the Council on American-Islamic Relations, also plan to sue "John Does" — innocent bystanders who alerted the authorities about their security concerns. Rep. Steve Pearce, R-N.M., has introduced legislation to protect John Does who report suspicious behavior from legal liability. The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty; talk show host Michael Reagan; Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, who heads the American Islamic Forum for Democracy; and Minnesota lawyer Gerry Nolting have all stepped forward to offer free representation to the imams' targets.

Dear Muslim Terrorist Plotter/Planner/Funder/Enabler/Apologist,

You do not know me. But I am on the lookout for you. You are my enemy. And I am yours.

I am John Doe.

I am traveling on your plane. I am riding on your train. I am at your bus stop. I am on your street. I am in your subway car. I am on your lift.

I am your neighbor. I am your customer. I am your classmate. I am your boss.

I am John Doe.

I will never forget the example of the passengers of United Airlines Flight 93 who refused to sit back on 9/11 and let themselves be murdered in the name of Islam without a fight.

I will never forget the passengers and crew members who tackled al Qaeda shoe-bomber Richard Reid on American Airlines Flight 63 before he had a chance to blow up the plane over the Atlantic Ocean.

I will never forget the alertness of actor James Woods, who notified a stewardess that several Arab men sitting in his first-class cabin on an August 2001 flight were behaving strangely. The men turned out to be 9/11 hijackers on a test run.

I will act when homeland security officials ask me to "report suspicious activity."

I will embrace my local police department's admonition: "If you see something, say something."

I am John Doe.

I will protest your Jew-hating, America-bashing "scholars."

I will petition against your hate-mongering mosque leaders.

I will raise my voice against your subjugation of women and religious minorities.

I will challenge your attempts to indoctrinate my children in our schools.

I will combat your violent propaganda on the Internet.

I am John Doe.

I will support law enforcement initiatives to spy on your operatives, cut off your funding and disrupt your murderous conspiracies.

I will oppose all attempts to undermine our borders and immigration laws.

I will resist the imposition of sharia principles and sharia law in my taxi cab, my restaurant, my community pool, the halls of Congress, our national monuments, the radio and television airwaves, and all public spaces.

I will not be censored in the name of tolerance.

I will not be cowed by your Beltway lobbying groups in moderates' clothing. I will not cringe when you shriek about "profiling" or "Islamophobia."

I will put my family's safety above sensitivity. I will put my country above multiculturalism.

I will not submit to your will. I will not be intimidated.

I am John Doe.
Posted by:Steve

#9  Greg - RJ is generally a clear-thinking and talking dude - I bet he meant something different than your take on it - cut him some slack. I tend to be "unclear" at times too.
Posted by: Frank G   2007-03-28 19:55  

#8  oops. doesn't But just for the record, any John Doe that says he "don't just own a gun" is probably a really good shot.
Posted by: Fester Jomons8988   2007-03-28 18:32  

#7  Gromgoru - lol! John Doe don't just own a gun (or guns) - he knows how to use it. And don't forget Jane - she weilds a mean high heel, killer ballpoint pen and mace on her keychain. And there is a good chance that she knows how to use that gun too.
Posted by: Fester Jomons8988   2007-03-28 18:27  

#6  In fact, you commented,

It is just a matter of time before the bad guys start making complaints about someone else on an airline to clog the system with false complaints.

If their identities are protected there is nothing stopping them from costing tons of money and delays.

I hope the airlines see it coming and give their pilots and stewardesses some backup when shriners are bing reported for wearing funny hats and acting different on their way to a convention.


Every line of which, while not specifically stating, insinuates that the legislation will be used to subvert, not substantiate "whistle-blowing" by the public.

I merely point out that you need to step up and do what you believe to be right instead of whining about how something will be used wrongly.

There are always "wrong" ways to defend our liberty.

Defend your statement if you will.

Posted by: FOTSGreg   2007-03-28 17:37  

#5  Give it a rest? Give me a break. I never said it was a move in the wrong direction or that it's the wrong move, I said it's likely to be abused, something you agree with so perhaps you should rest up a little yourself..
Posted by: rjschwarz   2007-03-28 17:16  

#4  How about "I'm John Doe, and I own a gun."?
Posted by: gromgoru   2007-03-28 17:10  

#3  rj, give it a rest...

This is a step in the right direction. If it can be abused, it will be, but that does not make it wrong and does not prevent anyone from following along these relatively simple rules of conduct.

Do what's RIGHT!

How the hell hard is that?

Posted by: FOTSGreg   2007-03-28 16:50  

#2  It is just a matter of time before the bad guys start making complaints about someone else on an airline to clog the system with false complaints.

If their identities are protected there is nothing stopping them from costing tons of money and delays.

I hope the airlines see it coming and give their pilots and stewardesses some backup when shriners are bing reported for wearing funny hats and acting different on their way to a convention.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2007-03-28 12:09  

#1  House GOP seeks to shield 'John Doe'

By Audrey Hudson
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
March 28, 2007

House Republicans yesterday surprised Democrats with a procedural vote to protect public-transportation passengers from being sued if they report suspicious activity -- the first step by lawmakers to protect "John Doe" airline travelers already targeted in such a lawsuit.
After a heated debate and calls for order, the motion to recommit the Democrats' Rail and Public Transportation Security Act of 2007 back to committee with instructions to add the protective language passed on a vote of 304-121.
All 121 of the "no" votes were cast by Democrats, while 199 Republicans and 105 Democrats voted in favor.
Posted by: SwissTex   2007-03-28 11:59  

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