Insult
by: Michelle Malkin – NY Post
DO YOU remember when immigration officials sent out flight-school visa-ap proval notices for two of the 9/11 hijackers ” six months after they had committed their suicide attacks on America?
President Bush proclaimed his outrage, four federal immigration officials were reassigned, and Washington vowed that such embarrassing bureaucratic snafus would never happen again. I’m sorry to report that it has, in fact, happened again.
On Jan. 15, immigration officials sent a notice to Eugueni Kniazev of Brooklyn. The letter informs Kniazev, a Siberian immigrant, that he is now “deemed to be a lawful permanent resident of the United States.” The notice directs Kniazev to obtain a new alien registration receipt card (a “green card”), and instructs him to appear at the immigration office at 26 Federal Plaza with his passport and three recent photos.
The letter warns Kniazev not to travel outside the United States without approval.
But Eugueni Kniazev won’t be appearing at Federal Plaza. He won’t be traveling anywhere. Kniazev, 47, was an employee of Windows on the World on the 107th floor of the North Tower. He was murdered in the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
Just how clueless are our paper-pushers?
People just get caught up in the system of paper in the office of beaurocrats. We can’t really expect them to cross-reference the names in the Citizenship and Immigration Services’ records with the names of those deceased on 9/11, can we? Or even the names of deceased, otherwise?
We couldn’t even expect them to cross-reference the names with those who are the list of known/suspected/dead terrorists . . what makes anyone think that they are going to reference anything of lesser importance?
Eugueni Kniazev’s family hopes his case will lead to reform ” and his case is only the tip of the incompetence iceberg:
* The nation’s various fingerprint databases still have not been integrated because of bickering among FBI, State Department and DHS officials. Most visitors entering the country still aren’t thoroughly screened for terrorist or criminal ties.
* There is still no system in place for notifying investigators about stolen passports, which led the DHS inspector general to conclude last month that foreigners using fraudulent documents have “little reason to fear being caught.”
* The long-delayed entry-exit tracking system for foreign visitors ” in the works for nearly a decade ” has still not been implemented fully.
* There is still no systematic tracking of illegal alien felons.
* And while millions of legal applicants deal with paperwork backlogs and mishaps that take years to resolve, the White House supports granting “temporary guest worker” status to upward of 20 million illegal aliens ” a move that rank-and-file officers say will lead to rampant fraud and even greater bureaucratic overload.
This could be profitable trip.
148 – mee too, i am a loving, but sometimes stupid drunk!
sasha – you are too good.
I wouldn’t be worth your effort Sasha! A poor little college student barely has enough money to keep himself inebriated! I mean, keep the rent paid!
Yeah, Lee, you’ve passed Sandyb, but you gotta keep her down.
151-Well, this Chicago trip is really starting to sound fun!
152 – I’ll be your suga momma.
153-I’m working on it
She’s choking on more and more of my dust as we speak! She might as well hang out back there with Zelda and the crack pipe!
I can’t stand sappy drunks.
Crying in their beer, “Mommmmmeeeee! I just wanted one more ride on the pony! Why did I have to eat turnips? Whhhhhyyyyyy!”
KaPOW!
I take yo money…
How far are you out of the city, Lee?
And I do love Lake Michigan. I go up there every year for the 4th of July at Summerfest in Milwaukee.
155 – oh hell yeah! I’ll keep Sasha away from your purse
158 – About 2 1/2 hour drive.
Now Sasha, does this sound like a couple of crying drunks??
Leave my quarters alone!! A man’s gotta park, dammit!
Anyone for a drinking game? I guess that would be better over instant messenger.
160 – where the hell are you? why did i think you are at urbana?
K, I like the way you think! I’ve never tried drinking games online. I can’t bury sandyb over IM though
In college, I had a couple of floormates/friends who were horny drunks. You have to be especially on guard with this species of drunk. You lose your concentration for an instant, the next thing you know they’re trying to love on ya. And they’d think it was the funniest thing the next day.
I AM in Urbana! Well, Champaign actually, but it’s the same difference! It’s about a 2 1/2 hour drive to Chicago from here straight up 57.
164 – Now that sounds more my style! But don’t worry Sasha, you’re not my type
159: You can’t do that. I have dibs on her lap.
So unless you wanna walk around Chi-Town carrying her purse…
163 – true, and i should go to sleep soon. zzzzzz. but the sugar in the wine is keeping me awake!
i always go by the 1.5 cycle rule – that’s supposed to be your full sleep cycle to get the best night’s rest – so you try to sleep in 1.5 hr, 3 hr, 4.5 hr, 6 hr, 7.5 hr, 9 hr cycles…I always shot for 9 hours but in NYC with all the drugs usually ended at 3 best. But seriously- 8 hrs is NOT the best – check out 7.5 or 9, if you can. It’s amazing.
Tonight, I am seriously going for 7.5.
167-Dammit! Foiled again! But you’ll have move eventually to pee or something, and then….
169 – Well, you ARE my suga momma!
I never heard that about the sleep cycles! It really works?
KaPOW! I take yo money!:twisted:
166-168 – i’ll walk in between you guys like schameel, schmazel..
WE’RE gonna DO IT!
172 – Joke’s on you! I don’t HAVE any! And you conveniently left me behind with the drunk girl
nyah nyah!
173 – Wrong city, Laverne; that’s Milwaukee!
171 – yep. i swear by it…
you go through REM (rapid eye movement) when you are in a deep sleep, and you need this for brain recovery. it happens in these cycles of app. 1.5 hrs. try it. don’t try sleeping past 9 hours on the weekends or your offdays and you feel great.
now, drinking fucks this up b/c you aren’t getting the DEEP sleep you need…
Well, the effects of the nap is wearing off. Time for this tired puppy to drag himself to bed.
On the morrow, folks!
hey boys, don’t turn on me…
176 – It’s rare that I sleep 9 hours, my body just doesn’t seem to like that! Too bad about the drinking, though; that might be why I’ve never noticed! I’ll have to give it a shot, but I think it’s already too late for tonight!
177 – And she’s alllllll mine!
Nite Sasha!
yeah, i should go too before lee tries to revert to phone sex.
Are you kidding K? Do you really think I’d go to sleep now??
LOL – I do need to crawl into my lonely king sized bed.
Have a great night. Don’t think of shiloh.
180 – Who me? Would I do that? Where’s an innocent angel face smiley when I need one?? Besides, I thought YOU were the one trying to take advantage of me
174: And what would there be to do? You’ll be drunk, knocked out, and will have peed your pants. That puts a block on any hope of action…unless you catch the eye of a less discerning street person who likes that in a man.
Hey, who am I to cast aspersions. One does what one must.:wink:
181 – what happened to that girlfriend?
Aw, now why’d you have to pull the shiloh on me? You coulda just splashed me with cold water! I have a king sized bed too
It’s also pretty lonely.
New tv show: Desperate Grad Students
185 –
Couldn’t you have just used shiloh again?
187 – Not desperate; just can’t let a good opportunity pass! hey, I thought you were sleeping! peeping tom
Alright you two, I AM going to crawl into my lonely bed and get some sleep, for 7.5 hrs, dreaming of Chicago!
And Lee, of course.
Good night, Loves…more tomorrow!!!
XXO
Mos Def. I’m out too.
190 – Nite K! I’m gonna stock up on red wine
K, I’ll dream of you too
192-3 – both sound good – remind me to send that pic tomorrow.
night!!!!
and.. dobre noche sashki.
I will
Sleep tight!
Sigh, half a drink left…
I’m all aloooone, there’s no one here beside meeee! I’m all aloooone, there’s no one to deride meeeee…
Shrek in case anyone’s wondering
194- Sure it is:roll:
huh peejz?
my interview went really well. i will hear more next week.
anyway, i’ll be crazed with work today, but will check in later.
gotta brush the red off my tongue.