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She has to use a pony cuz dogs are unclean.  Most of you know that I volunteer at an animal rescue organization.  This email was sent to me by the President of the organization.

Another WTF moment brought to you by Islam.

The psychology student used three years of savings from her job at a Braille proofreading company to pay for a horse to be trained to act as her guide.

Blind woman buys guide HORSE as strict Muslim parents consider dogs unclean.

Well, the National Federation for the Blind is opposed to using mini horses for guide work.

Janet says we are all safe.

Retired immigration agent Michael Cutler says the actual threat is being covered up. “Incredibly the government is attempting to keep the citizens like a bunch of mushrooms. Keep us in the dark and feed us a bunch of manure.”

A 2009 Government Accounting Office report confirmed agents have picked up three known terrorists who crossed the southwestern border of the United States. No other information was released.

“There is (intelligence) we have that is very troubling”, said Sheriff Paul Babeu of Pinal County, Ariz. “Things are not getting better, they are getting worse.”

via Channel 2 Uncovers Proof Terrorists Crossed Mexican Border.  I dunno, maybe oogling TSA bod scans is more her cup of tea than securing the border?

Pres. Obama in Your Home After Thanksgiving – President Obama.

No thank you.  I want my dinner to stay down.

One Hundred Naked Citizens: One Hundred Leaked Body Scans.

A Gizmodo investigation has revealed 100 of the photographs saved by the Gen 2 millimeter wave scanner from Brijot Imaging Systems, Inc., obtained by a FOIA request after it was recently revealed that U.S. Marshals operating the machine in the Orlando, Florida courthouse had improperly-perhaps illegally-saved images of the scans of public servants and private citizens.

Yet the leaking of these photographs demonstrates the security limitations of not just this particular machine, but millimeter wave and x-ray backscatter body scanners operated by federal employees in our courthouses and by TSA officers in airports across the country. That we can see these images today almost guarantees that others will be seeing similar images in the future. If you’re lucky, it might even be a picture of you or your family.

Janet, you assclown…you said that the images would never be saved.

NOTE:  We can have our airport opt out in favor of a private company.

With all the controversy surrounding the TSA screening methods and general ineffectiveness, it’s probably time to remind folks that the 2001 law creating the TSA also included a provision whereby Airports can opt out of using TSA for screening in favor of private companies after 2 years:

‘‘§ 44920. Security screening opt-out program ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—On or after the last day of the 2-year period beginning on the date on which the Under Secretary transmits to Congress the certification required by section 110(c) of the Aviation and Transportation Security Act, an operator of an airport may submit to the Under Secretary an application to have the screening of passengers and property at the airport under section 44901 to be carried out by the screening personnel of a qualified private screening company under a contract entered into with the Under Secretary.

Contact your airport today and let them know you want them to opt out.

Wah!

A House ethics subcommittee found Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-New York, guilty Tuesday on multiple violations of House rules after executive session deliberations.

Anyone here think anything is going to happen to ole Charlie?