John Oliver: One failed attempt at a shoe bomb and we all take our shoes off

[neverforget]

[daleanime]

1. K&R....

[BrotherIvan]

2. Insanity

[Egnever]

3. Wow well done

reality is it was done by the bush admin to keep you scared so they could rob our country of billioms of dollars.

[neverforget]

14. yeah pretty much

[billhicks76]

4. Except

The show bomber got on board without a passport. His banker father warned the US embassy his son was radicalizing and they followed him. An attorney from Detroit on the plane said a man in a suit got the guy on board after he was denied. They also said the guy was watched the whole time and even filmed at one point. It may sound like conspiracy to some but because this happened on Christmas we were all forced to accept body scanners looking for drugs and money after that...all contracted by none other than Ex-Homeland Security Director, Michael Chertoff. The Chertoff Group made billions off this development. I personally think we are all being played and they look at us as gullible chumps to be exploited.

[billhicks76]

5. Oliver

This doesn't take away from John Oliver's point. He is quite astute.

[T Roosevelt]

10. Do you have the links for this?

I've never heard it, and am curious.

[billhicks76]

19. I Blew It

I meant the underwear bomber. Reid the shoe bomber was a different incident. As far as links, I actually watched the interview with the Detroit attorney on CNN and he also did a follow up interview. He was livid be abuse he watched the guy get placed on the plane without a passport and security procedures get overridden. The Detroit News/DetroitFreePress did follow up stories too.

[Spider Jerusalem]

11. No, he had a passport, and his father wasn't a banker.

FBI officials today said the suspect, identified by his British passport as Richard Reid, had a functional bomb tucked in his black high-top sneakers aboard American Airlines Flight 63 from Paris to Miami. The plane was rerouted to Boston's Logan International Airport.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=92054

Born to a father who was a career criminal, Reid converted to Islam as a young man in prison after years as a petty criminal himself.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Reid

[billhicks76]

17. You are totally right

Sorry. I feel like an idiot. I usually don't mix facts up. I was referring to the underwear bomber.

[Javaman]

13. ugh...

[billhicks76]

18. Sorry

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I was thinking of the underwear bomber.

[L0oniX]

24. Oh noes ...your post count is 666!

[billhicks76]

27. Lol

Fitting to be talking about Chertoff and have it be 666. That guy looks demonic with those dark eyes.

[Leme]

6. 12 ounces of liquid in a bottle max? for safety?

20 people could take in 20 times that. leave and go through again = 40x

[Rex]

7. Yeah that is pretty much it.

Clearly we need to regulate shoes. I see it now.

[SunSeeker]

8. Guns have way better lobbyists than shoes do.

[neverforget]

9. The arms industry is doing quite well thanks to the fear

and paranoia peddled by the NRA and politicians. Fuck'em.

[SunSeeker]

29. Yup. And it's literally killing us. nt

[TBF]

12. He's got an excellent point. nt

[Bonx]

15. Plenty of changes in school security

Heck, kids get suspended for chicken nugget & finger guns.

[neverforget]

16. and wanting to arm teachers

[tblue37]

28. So do kindergarteners who bite pop tarts into the shape of a gun! nt

[tomm2thumbs]

20. truth wins

if only it could win in the political arena like it does in the logic arena

[neverforget]

22. It seems politics and logic don't mix

[blkmusclmachine]

21. Iz we edukated yeht

[L0oniX]

23. One failed attempt at an underwear bomb and we all ...ahem ...you know.

[mopinko]

25. this is just one of my biggest, biggest pet peeves.

i saw a guy on oprah that said if you want to survive a plane crash, wear good shoes.
i usually want my good boots with me on trips.
and i'm not stupid, i have adapted.

but really, the thing was basically a hoax.
same with the liquid ban.
just hysteria.

if someone called a national day of action against this stuff, and we all refused, believe me, they would wave your ass onto the plane.

[tclambert]

26. According to the National Shoe Association what we need is more good guys with shoes.

Sadly, the National Shoe Association isn't as well-heeled as the NRA.