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And, yes, I DO take it personally: Radical ethnic and religious profiling
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Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Radical ethnic and religious profiling

think progress takes a look at the rising calls for profiling, featuring one of our favorite pundits...
Bill O’Reilly, 8/16/06:

Folks who have traveled to Muslim countries, people with criminal records, passengers who are Muslims age 16 to 45 all should be spoken with.

i have a visa in my passport for the islamic republic of pakistan... i've never used it and i've only been questioned about it once... i guess bill would like that to change... maybe he'd like to hang out with me at the airport while i negotiate the security questions, gimme some help, ya know...?

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