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

[Joe Campbell]

I read this story on Facebook this morning and several people thought it
was real, so I just wanted to let others know that it wasn't. I wasn't
making any assumptions about your knowledge or intent. I wish it were true!

On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 7:15 AM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:

> Duh . . .
>
> I kinda knew that, Joe.
>
> Where do you think I initially discovered this satire?
> (Hint:  It wasn't the Washington Post)
>
> Jeesh.
>
> Seeya round town, Moscow, because . . .
>
> "Moscow Cares"
> http://www.MoscowCares.com
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
> "There's room at the top they are telling you still
> But first you must learn how to smile as you kill
> If you want to be like the folks on the hill."
>
> - John Lennon
>
>
> On Jan 30, 2013, at 6:59 AM, Joe Campbell <philosopher.joe at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> 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. "
>> -------------------------------------
>>
>> Seeya round town, Moscow, because . . .
>>
>> "Moscow Cares"
>> http://www.MoscowCares.com
>>
>> Tom Hansen
>> Moscow, Idaho
>>
>> "There's room at the top they are telling you still
>> But first you must learn how to smile as you kill
>> If you want to be like the folks on the hill."
>>
>> - John Lennon
>>
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