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!<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 7:15 AM, Tom Hansen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank">thansen@moscow.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="auto"><div>Duh . . .</div><div><br></div><div>I kinda knew that, Joe.</div><div><br></div><div>Where do you think I initially discovered this satire? </div><div>(Hint: It wasn't the Washington Post)</div><div>
<br></div><div>Jeesh.<br><br><div>Seeya round town, Moscow, because . . .</div><div><br></div><div>"Moscow Cares"</div><div><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com" target="_blank">http://www.MoscowCares.com</a></div>
<div> </div><div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Moscow, Idaho</div><div><br></div><div>"<span style="font-size:medium">There's room at the top they are telling you still</span><span style="font-size:medium"> </span></div>
<span style="font-size:medium">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill </span><br style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-size:medium">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><font size="3"><span><br>
</span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span>- John Lennon<br></span></font><div> </div></div></div><div><br>On Jan 30, 2013, at 6:59 AM, Joe Campbell <<a href="mailto:philosopher.joe@gmail.com" target="_blank">philosopher.joe@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>Joke. Daily Currant is like the Onion. Joe<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 6:13 AM, Tom Hansen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank">thansen@moscow.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><div>Courtesy of the Daily Currant at:</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:18px;white-space:nowrap"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/b7lyyek" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/b7lyyek</a></span></div>
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</p><h2 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Ann Coulter Refuses to Board Airplane With Black Pilot</span></h2><p></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">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.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">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.<span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">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.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">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.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"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..."</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><b style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Ann Of Mean Labels</b></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">The confused passengers weren't sure what to make of Coulter's outburst, and remained completely silent.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"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?"</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"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?"</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"I mean what's next? Are we gonna let Mexicans become doctors now? Jesus Christ people!"</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">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.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><b style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Final Descent Into Madness</b></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">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.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">She has been flying for American Airlines for four years, and is one of that airline's most experienced 737 pilots.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">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.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"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."</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Coulter, however, is unapologetic about her actions. In a statement released on her official Tumblr she defended her decision to stay off the plane.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"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. "</span></p>
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<div> </div><div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Moscow, Idaho</div><div><br></div><div>"<span style="font-size:medium">There's room at the top they are telling you still</span><span style="font-size:medium"> </span></div>
<span style="font-size:medium">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill </span><br style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-size:medium">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><font size="3"><span><br>
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