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Scootaloo

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33. The problem is the use of hte no-fly list.

Tue Jul 12, 2016, 01:16 AM

Jul 2016

if you're on that list, you don't know it until you try to fly. You don't have to have committed a crime. You don't even have to be associated with anyone who has committed a crime. All you have to do is have a name that someone might think is similar to someone who might be associated with a potential terrorist. Your parents named you Mohammed? Good luck getting on that plane, Mo!

The No-Fly list has always been arbitrary and hugely based on profiling.Using that to take away someone's rights - even their dumb rights - is asinine. As has already been brought up to you, most of these mass murderers were not on that list.

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Ryan: No vote for Dems' 'no fly, no buy' gun legislation unless they can win the House [View all] KamaAina Jul 2016 OP

Wow, he always played the reluctant speaker--now it is obvious MADem Jul 2016 #1

I can't figure why Democrats are so in love with Bush's "no fly list"? pipoman Jul 2016 #5

It's a first step in securing public safety. MADem Jul 2016 #8

No it isn't...rights are not taken, then the due process occurs pipoman Jul 2016 #9

Good luck with that. nt MADem Jul 2016 #10

Pretending shit like this is liberal or democratic is why this party is torn apart. . pipoman Jul 2016 #11

Pretending it's no big deal when a maniac with a legally purchased WMD MADem Jul 2016 #12

Want...I want to win the lottery....I want to go to space....I want to own a summer home in Aspen... pipoman Jul 2016 #13

What you deem impossible is what most people call "common sense." MADem Jul 2016 #14

Not in your lifetime pipoman Jul 2016 #18

Oh, I plan on living for awhile. I will see the day when America grows up. MADem Jul 2016 #19

Well... pipoman Jul 2016 #21

Roe is not likely to be overturned. You got that right. nt MADem Jul 2016 #22

I got it all right...;) pipoman Jul 2016 #23

And that person was not on a list Duckhunter935 Jul 2016 #26

He was mentally ill and should have gotten a general discharge. MADem Jul 2016 #28

The problem is the use of hte no-fly list. Scootaloo Jul 2016 #33

They can adjust the manner in which the list is administered, if they would like. MADem Jul 2016 #34

You're completely - and I think intentionally - missing the point Scootaloo Jul 2016 #35

No--I'm expressing a view held by a majority of Americans. MADem Jul 2016 #36

Except using the no-fly list as a basis will stop nothing. Scootaloo Jul 2016 #37

It's a method of starting the conversation. MADem Jul 2016 #38

it IS about the no-fly list, because that thing is the core of the proposal Scootaloo Jul 2016 #39

If you want to believe that, go right ahead. nt MADem Jul 2016 #40

This should be part of a nationwide ad campain by the DNC Takket Jul 2016 #2

There isn't one single thing progressive or democratic about denying due process... nothing. pipoman Jul 2016 #6

An awful lot happened since Ryan said that. yallerdawg Jul 2016 #3

Not all Democrats are in favor of "no fly, no buy" davidn3600 Jul 2016 #4

Agreed. I can't believe the tyrannical Bush no fly list is now seen as a good thing by some. Statistical Jul 2016 #7

Yep, I fail to see how Duckhunter935 Jul 2016 #27

The Republican agenda is clear gratuitous Jul 2016 #15

Challenge accepted. sofa king Jul 2016 #16

Well Proud Liberal Dem Jul 2016 #17

This is what you want to say to me? I want to spit in corrupt face. CTyankee Jul 2016 #20

Worst. Speaker. Ever!!!! Initech Jul 2016 #24

Worse than Newt?! KamaAina Jul 2016 #25

Ooh... tough call! Initech Jul 2016 #30

I am convinced that Ryan is SCREAMING for the Left to unify and sink the gop ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 #29

A challenge!!! A challenge!!! longship Jul 2016 #31

The proposed law is unconstitutional TeddyR Jul 2016 #32