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Keeping the free world safe from four-year-olds

By Anthony | January 6th, 2006 | 3:55 pm

Four-year-olds may often be terrors, but do we really need to be concerned that they may be terrorists?

Edward Allen’s reaction to being on the government’s “no-fly” list should have been the tip-off that he is no terrorist.
“I don’t want to be on the list. I want to fly and see my grandma,” the 4-year-old boy said, according to his mother.

Sijollie Allen and her son had trouble boarding planes last month because someone with the same name as Edward is on a government terrorist watch list.

Solid evidence that Bush and the TSA are keeping us safe. From boogers, or temper tantrums, or something.

She said a ticket agent told her: “You’re lucky that we’re letting you through instead of putting you through the other process.”

Indeed. I wonder how the little guy would have fared at Guantanamo?

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3 Responses to “Keeping the free world safe from four-year-olds”

  1. sean coon Says:
    January 7th, 2006 at 1:14 am

    you know, these government mishaps are beginning to add up. apparently, the guy that wrote “Bush’s Brain” has been on the No Fly Watchlist for the last year.

  2. PotatoStew Says:
    January 7th, 2006 at 9:33 pm

    Yeah, I heard that. Innocent mix up, or something more sketchy? Who knows.

  3. sean coon Says:
    January 8th, 2006 at 5:03 am

    i’m leaning in the direction of sketchy.