[Vision2020] Ann Coulter Refuses to Board Airplane With Black Pilot

[Joe Campbell]

Joke. Daily Currant is like the Onion. Joe

On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 6:13 AM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:

> Courtesy of the Daily Currant at:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/b7lyyek
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> Ann Coulter Refuses to Board Airplane With Black Pilot
>
> Conservative commentator and author Ann Coulter refused to stay on board a
> Miami to New York commercial airline flight today after learning the pilot
> was a woman of African-American descent.
>
> According to witness reports Coulter was concerned the experienced,
> decorated pilot in question may have gained her position as a result of
> affirmative action and wasn't fully qualified to fly.
>
> The incident began when Coulter boarded the American Airlines flight and
> took up her first class seat. After a trip to the bathroom, she noticed the
> pilot was a black woman and became immediately distraught.
>
> According to passengers, at that point Coulter stood at the front of the
> cabin and began screaming her concerns to the entire flight as they
> finished boarding.
>
> "Aw come on people, a black woman flying a plane? You know she got that
> job through affirmative action. Am I the only one worried about this? I
> mean hello? Our lives are at stake here..."
>
> *Ann Of Mean Labels*
>
> The confused passengers weren't sure what to make of Coulter's outburst,
> and remained completely silent.
>
> "Really? So we're just gonna let this happen? We're gonna let political
> correctness determine our safety? Is this what we've come to in Obama's
> America? Letting just anyone fly a plane out of fear of being called a
> racist?"
>
> "Oh come on don't be coy. I know you're all thinking it! I just have the
> courage to say what everyone on this plane is thinking. Am I right?"
>
> "I mean what's next? Are we gonna let Mexicans become doctors now? Jesus
> Christ people!"
>
> Realizing her efforts to provoke a mutiny had come to naught, Coulter then
> took her carry-on bags and bolted back up the jetway towards the gate
> against the orders of the flight attendants.
>
> *Final Descent Into Madness*
>
> In reality the pilot of the plane was trained by the U.S. Air Force and
> was a decorated veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, where she
> flew aerial refueling missions for transport and reconnaissance aircraft.
>
> She has been flying for American Airlines for four years, and is one of
> that airline's most experienced 737 pilots.
>
> After the incident Coulter was taken in for questioning because violating
> the instructions of flight attendants is a federal offence. Law
> enforcement officials, however, say no charges will be filed.
>
> "Clearly this woman has some sort of mental illness," explains TSA
> spokesperson Dirk Diggler, "We recommended against pressing charges, and
> mandated a full psychiatric evaluation."
>
> Coulter, however, is unapologetic about her actions. In a statement
> released on her official Tumblr she defended her decision to stay off the
> plane.
>
> "I made the best decision I could with the information I had at the time.
> I'm not gonna risk my life for the sake of some liberal fantasy of
> equality. "
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> Tom Hansen
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