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| Malkin: Air Marshalls in life-or-death struggle against Suit Nazis.... |
| 2004-12-24 |
| Actual title: AIR RAGE, PART II (but I am not as nice as Mrs Malkin.....). I'm placing this on Pg 1 since it is terror related :). Some federal air marshals are playing a high-tech game of hide-and-seek to dodge supervisors from inspecting their attire and ensuring compliance with a mandatory dress code. "The 'suit Nazis' are out there, so the guys are hiding," said one senior official with the Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS)."It's sort of an underground operation." The official said air marshals are turning off their government-issued cell phones so supervisors can't find them for wardrobe inspections, and instead are using personal phones and beepers to send warnings when supervisors approach. "It's crazy, and it sounds funny, but it's scary what the guys are having to do to dodge the suit Nazis," the official said. "There is such a rift between the management and employees. They view us as the enemy, rather than al Qaeda." ...National Directive FLT 6002, which establishes "standards of dress required of federal air marshals," was issued by Mr. Quinn on May 9, 2002, and says marshals must wear "a business suit or sport coat with dress What? No large 'target' over their chest? They don't have to carry a 4'x6' "Kill me First and take my gun" sign? I'm shocked! Michelle Malkin has a lot more (including David Adams's (Federal Air Marshall spokesman) flat-out LIE that they do not have any such dress code. |
| Posted by:CrazyFool |
| #13 If the suits don't give them away the diapers will. Hell, given that the marshalls can't take a leak without leaving their guns behind, maybe diapers aren't such a bad idea. |
| Posted by: Mr. Oni 2004-12-25 6:40:56 AM |
| #12 Have they made up their minds yet whether they're being armed with guns or red Streamline staplers? |
| Posted by: Phil Fraering 2004-12-24 11:44:51 PM |
| #11 "How's my marshaling? Call 1-800-RAT-FINK." |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2004-12-24 11:28:20 PM |
| #10 Still working on the regs for the name tag? XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Federal Air Marshal |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-12-24 10:37:33 PM |
| #9 they're also on everone's case to use ocver sheets on those TPS reports.... |
| Posted by: molokai_man 2004-12-24 7:28:52 PM |
| #8 It's quite obvious that Mr. For f&*k's sake, these individuals are operating undercover. Their apparel should have little, if anything, to do with their job. So long as what they wear conceals their carry and back-up, who gives a rip what they look like? My only regret is that we aren't allowed to ship in actual terrorists for them to cap during the training mock-up runs that use live ammunition. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-12-24 7:20:14 PM |
| #7 this is dilbert cartoon if I ever one. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2004-12-24 4:51:14 PM |
| #6 guys like that thrive without the sunshine. Maybe Fox, MM, and RB? Can help spread the embarrassment high enuf to getthis pencil-pusher fired and policies revised to common sense? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-12-24 4:08:13 PM |
| #5 I'm reminded of an old Gahan Wilson comic of some wiseguys talking to a hippie, telling him that if he wanted to be a drug dealer for the syndicate, he had to get a haircut and wear a suit and tie. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2004-12-24 4:04:35 PM |
| #4 Sounds to me that some Paging Donald Trump..... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-12-24 3:48:23 PM |
| #3 I saw this asshat on Fox. He is a bastard. This is some Frank Burns type pencil pushers wet dream. Bush needs to pick up the phone and tell this shitball to get his ass in line. This whole operation so far has appeard to be a management cluster (cant use that full word sequence), time to kick some butts George. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-12-24 3:41:26 PM |
| #2 No suit for you! Next! |
| Posted by: Suit Nazi 2004-12-24 3:40:46 PM |
| #1 Still working on the regs for the name tag? |
| Posted by: VAMark 2004-12-24 3:39:24 PM |