Wednesday, June 01, 2005

Watch Out For Those Disassembling Haligonians

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Remember where all those diverted flights landed on Sept 11th, 2001 when they closed all the airports in the States?

Yes, you got that right - Canada.

I know this because I had a friend flying from Boston to Los Angeles that day and she ended up in Winnipeg for 36 hours and it took me almost 2/3 of that time to find her.

But we Canuckistanis did not complain. In fact, as good neighbours we welcomed everybody with open arms.

Because we were filled with goodwill, as was the entire world a scant four years (and a million smart bombs) ago.

But now, apparently, Canadian folks flying from, say, Halifax to Montreal, may soon be forced to subject themselves to Twiggonomic Terror Watch Lists.

".....a new American proposal attempts to go one step further (with manifest surveillance) by demanding that any flight passing through U.S. airspace, even if it doesn't land, must first submit its passengers' names, citizenship, birthdays, and possibly their addresses and credit card details.

Many flights, for example Montreal to Halifax, or Toronto to Calgary, cross U.S. airspace to save time and fuel."


Isn't that great?

So, we can only wonder......how long will it be before some poor sod is rendered without even leaving Canada?

And that includes you too Ms. Mallick. Because crap like this, if we allow it to happen, just might make it possible for that the venomous Bill O'Reilly to get back at you after all.


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And just what would stop some irate Middle-Eastern Oilers Fan who grew up in Spruce Grove from from hijacking a plane flying from Vancouver to Edmonton and forcing it to make a sharp right turn over Kelowna so that he could buzz Bruce MacNall's prison cell in Lompoc California? What's that you say? McNall is out and rumour has it that he was last seen sipping mint juleps in Louisville at the Derby with Kennyboy Lay a few weeks ago? Sheesh. Are these people completely insane?

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