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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A long time ago, our niece married a young man from
Pakistan. Their son's name is Babu Quersi. In spite of both parents being small
in stature, Babu is a big fellow. Babu loves aviation and works in
administration and as a pilot. As a graduate of Ohio State University he is well
educated. I might add he is also a US Marine. His attitude about the excess
attention at the Airline security point is that he would like anyone with a name
like his or an appearance like him to be thoroughly screened. After all, he is
on the flight too!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am very proud of him!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>John Ferrell <BR><A
href="http://DixieNC.US">http://DixieNC.US</A><BR></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=aabdu@sbcglobal.net href="mailto:aabdu@sbcglobal.net">Anthony
Abdullah</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February 21, 2005 12:14
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Was Chemical Q, is now cherish
your freedom</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Avoiding all political debate!</DIV>
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<DIV>I have experienced similar profiling. I am African American and my
last name is Abdullah. I am the most patriotic person that many of you know,
even if you don't know it. Whenever I fly for work or leisure I have to
make sure that I get to the airport extra extra extra early because I always
have a hard time getting my ticket and boarding pass. The kiosk rejects my
registration and it states "special handling required". I handled it with good
humor the first eight or nine times, but now it is just getting sad. I can
accept the inconvenience, it is a small price to pay for the freedom that we
enjoy as Americans. What makes me sad is if that is the best effort of
the airlines and the "office of homeland security" to keep us safe, we are all
in trouble. It happens the same way every time, and I try to lighten the mood
with humor when the unsuspecting airline clerk gets that "check out this shady
character" message on her monitor. She tries to play it off per her training
by saying she has to check something out, and I always let her know that I
understand that she has to verify that I am not the Willie Anthony Abdullah
from Cleveland, Ohio that they expect to catch by accident using their
primitive name recognition software. A phone call or two and twenty minutes
and I am on my way. </DIV>
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<DIV>What the heck is my point you say? </DIV>
<DIV>I for one greatly appreciate being able to buy nitromethane, Hydrochloric
acid, or books on building my own jet engine. I will never forget the
people that fought and died for my rights to do so and will always be in
their debt. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Thanks for listening</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>W. Anthony Abdullah</DIV>
<DIV>Proud American <BR><BR><B><I>"Martin X. Moleski, SJ"
<moleski@canisius.edu></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
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Friday, February 18, 2005 3:08 PM -0500 Grow Pattern
<PATTERN4U@COMCAST.NET>wrote:<BR><BR>>I might add that you don't know how
fortunate you are<BR>>over here, to be able to just go to a hardware
store<BR>>and buy a gallon of, Denatured Alcohol or Acetone
or<BR>>whatever.. Much harder in other lands...<BR><BR>A Muslim nuclear
scientist from our club bought a few<BR>quarts of hydrochloric acid from an
auto parts store<BR>to do some home anodizing. The FBI was at his
door<BR>later that evening. He laughs about it now. He<BR>was wearing a
T-shirt with a nuclear symbol on it.<BR>The agents apparently enjoyed the
tour of his
hobby<BR>shop.<BR><BR>Marty<BR>=================================================<BR>To
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