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2006-03-30 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Jackal 2006-03-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11133 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "Fighting for us" indeed

Posted by Captain America 2006-03-30 00:57|| 2006-03-30 00:57|| Front Page Top

#2 "Do I have to contact the police every time I change my hairstyle? How do we account for the fact that when I wore my braids every day for 11 years, I still faced this problem, primarily from certain white police officers," the statement says.

Stop hairstyle profiling now!

Posted by ryuge 2006-03-30 06:00|| 2006-03-30 06:00|| Front Page Top

#3 No cornrows, no peace!

Posted by Ulitch Chump2393 2006-03-30 07:01|| 2006-03-30 07:01|| Front Page Top

#4 From what I've read, she refuses to wear the badge that identifies her as a Congressthing. It has less to do with racism than with her own sense of superiority.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2006-03-30 07:45|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2006-03-30 07:45|| Front Page Top

#5 I don't agree with the punching part (and technically I don't agree with the "Congresscritters don't have to go thru the metal detector" part), but she has been her district's elected (and now re-elected) representative for many years, and the security staff ought to recognize her.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2006-03-30 07:49|| 2006-03-30 07:49|| Front Page Top

#6 Nonsense, Seafarious. New people get hired all the time. They can't be expected to know all the Royal Family immediately. It sounds like what the guard did was reasonable and what she did was unreasonable. If she doesn't like the security arragements she should change them or stay away. That's why I don't fly any more. Screw the TSA.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-03-30 07:57|| 2006-03-30 07:57|| Front Page Top

#7 and the security staff ought to recognize her.

I don't know about congressional security folks, but everyone outside of Fulton County Ga. damn sure recognizes the radical, leftest, giveaway bitch.

Posted by Besoeker 2006-03-30 07:57|| 2006-03-30 07:57|| Front Page Top

#8
HON. CYNTHIA A. McKINNEY
of georgia
in the house of representatives

Monday, September 30, 2002

Ms. McKINNEY. Mr. Speaker, as you know, I recently suffered a setback in my bid for reelection. I am beginning to get over the disappointment that I will no longer be able to serve the people of Georgia in the next Congress. I will miss serving. However, there were some alarming things about the campaign to defeat me that I think my colleagues of both parties should look out for. I am not talking about the Republicans who crossed over to vote for my opponent, but the heavy involvement of Indians in the primary. I am one of the Members of Congress who has tried to get out the truth about South Asia, and I am proud of that. Earlier this year, I was one of 42 Members of Congress who wrote to President Bush to urge the release of Sikh and other political prisoners in India. Apparently, this irritated the Indians because the newspaper article I am inserting in the Record along with this statement shows that they admitted that they invested heavily in the effort to defeat me. To my colleagues of both parties who have also been involved in the effort to expose India's brutal record, I say: Watch out; they are coming after you, too.

Posted by john 2006-03-30 08:49|| 2006-03-30 08:49|| Front Page Top

#9 Damn! I didn't even get time to put a stopwatch on when the "racism" charge would show up! She's even quicker then I thought...

Posted by tu3031 2006-03-30 08:50|| 2006-03-30 08:50|| Front Page Top

#10 I recall an anecdotal story about Admiral Rickover.

The Officer-of-the-Deck (OOD) of an in-port nuclear ship was standing watch when someone dressed in an Admirals uniform came aboard. The visitor saluted the flag and the officer of the deck (in accordance with custom) and proceeded to walk forward towards the Captains in-port cabin. The OOD said, Sir, please identify yourself. The visitor paused for a moment, looked at the OOD in disbelief, and resumed walking. The OOD said, Sir, please stop and identify yourself. The visitor did not stop. The OOD said to his fellow watch-stander, Petty Officer So-and-so, draw your weapon and chamber a round. To the departing visitor he said, Sir, you will stop and identify yourself.

The visitor was, of course, Admiral Rickover visiting one of his nuclear ships. The OOD received a letter of commendation from the Admiral, commending his performance of duties. The Commanding Officer received a picture of the Admiral, to keep on the Quarterdeck for all OODs to use for reference.

Moral: While the Admiral was in a clearly identifiable uniform, he recognized that the watch-standers were making no assumptions and were performing their duties properly.

Posted by Sailor_Man 2006-03-30 08:57|| 2006-03-30 08:57|| Front Page Top

#11 Captain's Quarters comment:

I just need to make sure we have this correct. The new Democratic effort on national security, therefore, is to defy identification procedures, ignore common-sense safeguards, pretend not to hear warnings, and then assault the people protecting us.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2006-03-30 09:42|| 2006-03-30 09:42|| Front Page Top

#12 I love the spokesman for Dennis Hastert's comment: "On a day when the Democrats unveil their national security agenda, it's probably not a good idea to allegedly strike a police officer."

Hat Tip: Gwinnett Daily Post (suburban County of Atlanta just north of McKinney's district). And, their story follows what RC said. That Congressmen/women get to bypass the metal detectors if they are wearing a certain pin on their lapel. She has refused from day one (according to this article) to wear it. I assume it must have the American flag on it, or something for her to be so disgusted by a lil' pin not to wear it. Sometimes, it's just better to not (politically) attack, and just sit back and watch the Demos dig their own ditches, lol!

Posted by BA 2006-03-30 11:21|| 2006-03-30 11:21|| Front Page Top

#13 This reminds me of when I was a consultant working at an NCR building. The security was oddly tight (maybe because of bomb threats from unbalanced former employees, maybe because one floor had a bunch of half-assembled ATMs for testing), and the guards would *NOT* let anyone past the lobby without either an ID or the signature of an employee.

I saw the same guards every day for a year and a half; they recognized me, I know they did, but they still wouldn't let me pass without an ID or an employee vouching for me.

McKinney's a bint, and blaming racism is just her the default state of her "mind".

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2006-03-30 12:17|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2006-03-30 12:17|| Front Page Top

#14 Seafarious: She doesn't have her cornrows anymore. She had a "BIG FLUFFY" hairstyle. Doesn't look much like her photo below with it.

Its a good argument for retinal scanners in Congress Land.

Posted by 3dc 2006-03-30 12:36|| 2006-03-30 12:36|| Front Page Top

#15 For some reason, she reminds me of Sadr. Holds her power through nothing but brazen chutzpah and for reasons unclear manages to hang on to it.

Posted by 2b 2006-03-30 12:49|| 2006-03-30 12:49|| Front Page Top

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