You can try to blow up a plane but you can't play PP USA

I meant that as a joke. And, please put the "had" in it. I did not mean it to be that she actually agreed to do that. lol. But, if she or you actually did that, VP woulc have ended up on Kimmel and Letterman. lmao.

I know it was just funny, by the way. In fact it was discussed at luch one day after the first time VP was denied entry.
 
That they were tourists. They came on a tourist visa, and someone said "playing a gig" or thereabouts. Big mistake.

*facepalm*

Nothing against those guys, but they deserved it :lol:. That's like a drug smuggler being asked if he has anything to declare at customs and says, "Yeah, about 3 kilos of cocaine."
 
*facepalm*

Nothing against those guys, but they deserved it :lol:. That's like a drug smuggler being asked if he has anything to declare at customs and says, "Yeah, about 3 kilos of cocaine."

You know, as much as I like Vanden Plas, I kind of agree with you (IF this is really what happened). I understand that every now and then it's normal to let things "slip" out of your mouth, but that was a little silly.
 
I have a feeling that they weren't instructed properly or they were under the impression that it would be ok. Someone left them out to dry, imo, because no one would do such a silly thing as knowingly admit they were sneaking in.
 
I have a feeling that they weren't instructed properly or they were under the impression that it would be ok. Someone left them out to dry, imo, because no one would do such a silly thing as knowingly admit they were sneaking in.

Don't know the whole situation of what was said, but i do know that they were detained for almost 16 hours and questioned individually. Their flight was from Amsterdam to Detriot, then to Atlanta, and they were detained in Detriot. Primal Fear had the same problem as they went thru Detriot also that year but they were not sent packing, just questioned for a few hours. One thing about Detriot Airport, at that time it was being used as a training spot for future INS and Customs and TSA/FAA agents(not screeners they are trained at the individual airports they will work). I know this because a good friend of mine is the Master FAA security Trainer.
 
Don't know the whole situation of what was said, but i do know that they were detained for almost 16 hours and questioned individually. Their flight was from Amsterdam to Detriot, then to Atlanta, and they were detained in Detriot. Primal Fear had the same problem as they went thru Detriot also that year but they were not sent packing, just questioned for a few hours. One thing about Detriot Airport, at that time it was being used as a training spot for future INS and Customs and TSA/FAA agents(not screeners they are trained at the individual airports they will work). I know this because a good friend of mine is the Master FAA security Trainer.

Yipes, the same cities and route as the Nigerian would-be bomber used. (Yes, I realize that most of the tactical blame would fall on the screeners at Schiphol, and not Detroit.)
 
You mean the money (improperly labeled as "bailout" money, but no surprise that the media portrayed it that way) that the banks are repaying as fast as they can to avoid having an Obama Administration overseer...as opposed to, say, "lining their pockets" with it? :D

A better question should be asked about the $787 billion that Obama -- upon the advice of his Congressional leaders, who themselves got their spending priorities from the Apollo Alliance* -- has spent on....basically nothing?

Think what could have happened if that colossal amount of money had been allocated instead to immediate tax relief, as a moratorium on income, FICA and Medicare tax withholding, letting people take home all of their Federal withholding in their paychecks. (First proposed by Louis Gohmert, TX-1st District)

It's enough to make me cry. :cry:

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* “The recovery bill represents the focused work of labor, business, environmental and social justice organizations who developed a clear strategy about where the nation needed to go, and worked together to achieve it,” said Phil Angelides, former California treasurer and chairman of the Apollo Alliance.

As Senator Harry Reid, the Senate Majority Leader, noted in a statement. “We’ve talked about moving forward on these ideas for decades. The Apollo Alliance has been an important factor in helping us develop and execute a strategy that makes great progress on these goals and in motivating the public to support them.”
 
we should have just taken the bailout and money and given the same amount to every american!! yea!!

oh wait...thats like socialism right?

Actually, no. And that would have been a great idea, but only if we slashed wasteful government programs as a result, and lowered taxes for future years.
 
She lives in Minnesota and when she was in Texas she was a good 500 miles from the Mexican border, I live 5 minutes from the border in Texas, and know many places to get them across legally, well sort of legally.

I meant that as a joke. And, please put the "had" in it. I did not mean it to be that she actually agreed to do that. lol. But, if she or you actually did that, VP woulc have ended up on Kimmel and Letterman. lmao.

It's funny to find myself mentioned in this thread. For VP, I just might have agreed to that! :lol:
 
If only we could force all potential terrorists to apply for artist's visas instead of tourist and student visas, we'd be all set. (Well, except for the Nichols/McVeigh crowd...)