Thread: In gitmo for a battery charger

Originally Posted by Six

As an American I have always known better than to piss off Custom officials or American airport security personel. Im not saying it's right but It's just a matter of time before you come across somone on a power trip or who's having a miserable day. I used to travel as a service technician for a American aircraft ground suppport company and got held over and harrased plenty of times and this was way before 9/11.

LOL! You are right. I know better now. If I ever go back to the USA (and I hope I do) it will be all "Yes, sir, no sir, three bags full, sir!" I don't mind admitting I was scared shitless they were going to send me to Guantanamo.

Originally Posted by Magpie

The Independent pretty much runs the same story but adds the following:

He suffers from severe diabetes, but his lawyers say he has not been offered medication and has been denied the food he needs. His eyesight is now failing.

Not credible. Too easy to treat, too easy to detect on autopsy, too easy a target for a hostile press. If they were going to abuse him, it won't be by any means as obvious as that. Bright lights, mild electroshock, and the occasional dose of soapy water are all indetectable and can make a man's life totally miserable.

Then again, does this man have any information that may pertain to any investigation of President Clinton and Whitewater? People have died in jail mysteriously for that.

Leo, what idiot thing did you say to the minimum wage worker pretending to be an effective bulwark against international terrorism at our nations airports?

Originally Posted by Freedom for All

Not credible. Too easy to treat, too easy to detect on autopsy, too easy a target for a hostile press.

Good point and possibly why it is only the Indy thats run with that part of the story FFA.

Originally Posted by Freedom for All

Leo, what idiot thing did you say to the minimum wage worker pretending to be an effective bulwark against international terrorism at our nations airports?

I can't remember the exact words (like it was two years ago) but I drew her attention to my passport which says something like "Her Britannic Majesty requests and requires the bearer be allowed to pass freely without let or hindrance, and be afforded such assistance and protection as may be necessary." And I suggested she stop asking me dopey questions, and stamp my passport.

I think I may have also mentioned something about coming from a society which had a higher standard of living than hers, so I was not going to hang about in the USA any longer than absolutely necessary.

It was, upon reflection, perhaps not a wise choice of words, but she had such a strong Spanish-American accent I could hardly understand her, and I was getting very irritated. It was like 10pm, I had spent eight hours on an aircraft, and I was carrying a heavy backpack.

Originally Posted by Leo

I can't remember the exact words (like it was two years ago) but I drew her attention to my passport which says something like "Her Britannic Majesty requests and requires the bearer be allowed to pass freely without let or hindrance, and be afforded such assistance and protection as may be necessary." And I suggested she stop asking me dopey questions, and stamp my passport.

I think I may have also mentioned something about coming from a society which had a higher standard of living than hers, so I was not going to hang about in the USA any longer than absolutely necessary.

LMAO!!! Well, that's for being an arrogant little twit! If I were her, I'd also put you over my knee!

Thats terrible. The American government is barbaric.