ACLU sues Jeppesen for Flights

"Kloudy via AviationKB.com" u33403@uwe wrote in message
news:734126e6bb945@uwe...

Which is emblematic of their origins, and their original (and even today)
purpose.

I suspect you DO know what they were, don't you?

Oh jesus, you're not going to start spouting "Red Scare" crap are you?
Spare us. Communism (on a large scale) is dead.

Crap?

You mean the stuff the dug out of the Soviet archives?

That crap?

Gig 601XL Builder writes:

My problem with the ACLU is they promote themselves as defenders of the Bill
of Rights. Yet they are very selective of what rights they defend.

Actually, the ACLU has an extremely consistent record of unconditionally
defending civil liberties, without respect to race, creed, color ... or
popularity.

Mxsmanic wrote:
Gig 601XL Builder writes:

My problem with the ACLU is they promote themselves as defenders of
the Bill of Rights. Yet they are very selective of what rights they
defend.

Actually, the ACLU has an extremely consistent record of
unconditionally defending civil liberties, without respect to race,
creed, color ... or popularity.

From the ACLU web site:

"Majority power is limited by the Constitution's Bill of Rights, which
consists of the original ten amendments ratified in 1791, plus the three
post-Civil War amendments (the 13th, 14th and 15th) and the 19th Amendment
(women's suffrage), adopted in 1920."


Yet never once have they defended the 2nd amendment.

On Jun 5, 9:06 am, "Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net
wrote:
Mxsmanic wrote:
Gig 601XL Builder writes:

My problem with the ACLU is they promote themselves as defenders of
the Bill of Rights. Yet they are very selective of what rights they
defend.

Actually, the ACLU has an extremely consistent record of
unconditionally defending civil liberties, without respect to race,
creed, color ... or popularity.

From the ACLU web site:

"Majority power is limited by the Constitution's Bill of Rights, which
consists of the original ten amendments ratified in 1791, plus the three
post-Civil War amendments (the 13th, 14th and 15th) and the 19th Amendment
(women's suffrage), adopted in 1920."

Yet never once have they defended the 2nd amendment.

Of course not, they are the American Complete Liberals Union after
all...

Gig 601XL Builder writes:

Yet never once have they defended the 2nd amendment.

Against what?

"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote in message
...

"Majority power is limited by the Constitution's Bill of Rights, which
consists of the original ten amendments ratified in 1791, plus the three
post-Civil War amendments (the 13th, 14th and 15th) and the 19th Amendment
(women's suffrage), adopted in 1920."
Yet never once have they defended the 2nd amendment.

That's interesting.

On the other hand, they had a part in Brown v. Board of Education and bans
on interracial marriage. I don't know about you, but most of the people I
know including myself own all the guns they want; one friend owns a licensed
BAR, another owns a Sten and an MP-40. Another guy, who owns Fairly Honest
Don's Machine Gun Parlor, has an M-60 mounted on the back of an old surplus
jeep.

I prefer not to talk about my gun collection, but let's just say I haven't
needed the ACLU and I've thrown a whole hell of a lot of 7.62x39 downrange
on many occasions including those where law enforcement was also present.

-c

"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote in message
...
Mxsmanic wrote:
Gig 601XL Builder writes:

My problem with the ACLU is they promote themselves as defenders of
the Bill of Rights. Yet they are very selective of what rights they
defend.

Actually, the ACLU has an extremely consistent record of
unconditionally defending civil liberties, without respect to race,
creed, color ... or popularity.

From the ACLU web site:

"Majority power is limited by the Constitution's Bill of Rights, which
consists of the original ten amendments ratified in 1791, plus the three
post-Civil War amendments (the 13th, 14th and 15th) and the 19th Amendment
(women's suffrage), adopted in 1920."


Yet never once have they defended the 2nd amendment.
Or the 9th, 10th...

Their take on the others is anything but consistent.

See how often they've intervened when a conservative or libertarian, such as
Walter Williams, Thomas Sowell, Ward Connerly, etc., have been shut down,
intimidated....

Jim Maher opined

Why not sue the company that made the diodes in the VOR beacons that the
flights may have used, or the headset manufacturer too? What a pity
that valuable court resources are consumed by the ACLU's bilge.

Don't give them any ideas.






-ash
Cthulhu in 2007!
Why wait for nature?

"Ash Wyllie" wrote in message
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Jim Maher opined

Why not sue the company that made the diodes in the VOR beacons that the
flights may have used, or the headset manufacturer too? What a pity
that valuable court resources are consumed by the ACLU's bilge.

Don't give them any ideas.

They're already working overtime to come up with such daffyness.

Jim Maher wrote:
This is rich. The [Anti] American Civil Liberties Union, also known for
its staunch support of the North American Man-Boy Lovers Association
(NAMBLA), just filed a suit of Boeing's Jeppesen subsidiary. The
reason? The ACLU is accusing Jeppesen for providing flight services to
the CIA, which Boeing "knew or should have known," was using for the
purpose of "torturing" terrorists.

Even assuming for the purpose of the argument that the CIA was actually
torturing terrorists, why would Jeppesen be at fault? They merely
provide navigation support and handling for air traffic control, fuel
requirements, formalities, etc. for airplanes. Somehow ACLU wants to
hold Jeppesen responsible for running a torture chamber too.

Why not sue the company that made the diodes in the VOR beacons that the
flights may have used, or the headset manufacturer too? What a pity
that valuable court resources are consumed by the ACLU's bilge.

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