6 Imams Kicked Off Plane Gave Crew Several Reasons to Be Suspicious

Saturday, December 02, 2006

By Cassie Carothers

Six imams were kicked off a US Airways flight last week in Minneapolis for committing several acts of suspicious behavior, not just because they said their evening prayers before boarding the plane, a police report shows, contradicting earlier media reports.

US Airways manager Robby Taylor Davis told police three of the six imams had one-way only tickets and only one passenger checked luggage. He also said in the police report that most of the six requested seat-belt extensions typically used by obese people despite being thin.

Also, a passenger on the plane who speaks Arabic heard the group mention Saddam Hussein and criticize the United States' involvement in Iraq. The passenger, whose named was redacted from the police report, said he saw two of the men take seats in the front of the plane, two take seats in the middle, and two more in the back...

Click here to read the full police report.

I'm sorry, but I don't give a big fat rats rear end if they were offended or not!!! I don't care if they feel discriminated against! I don't care if any muslim is offended or feels discriminated against! If I'm on a flight and I see suspicious behavior, I'm dang well going to say something. These men were trying to cause trouble, plain and simple. If they don't like it, then get the hell out of this country. I hope that we don't cave to these neanderthals. Too many people have forgotten that we, THIS COUNTRY, were attacked by these islamofacist types on Sept 11th. We have NOTHING to apologize for! They are the ones who need to apologize for pulling this provocative stunt and then they need to go back over to what ever cave they crawled out of! You know, on second thought, I'm not sorry at all for how I feel!!!

Striving To Be Elite

BuckeyeSports.com

December 1, 2006

by ADAM JARDY
STAFF WRITER


Matta reacts to a call during a game against North Carolina on Nov. 29.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Thad Matta might have borrowed a page from the North Carolina pep band’s band.

As the Tar Heels prepared to take the court in the hallowed Dean E. Smith Center prior to their game with Ohio State on Nov. 29, their band played “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” a Nirvana song with the lyrics: “Here we are now/Imitate us” – a perfect summation of what Matta and the Buckeyes are attempting to do.

Namely establish themselves as a perennial basketball powerhouse in the same vein as the North Carolinas, the Dukes and the Kentuckys of the college world. Doing so, according to Matta, starts where building a team itself starts: at the recruiting level...

I think they are well on their way to becoming an "elite" program. Coach Matta is doing an incredible job! Personally, I think that if Oden had been ready for the UNC game that we'd have won. If you look at what is coming to Ohio State I'd have to say that the future is pretty bright!