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Leftwing Nut Arrested on Flight, Media Ignores the Story

Yesterday, a flight from London to Washington, D.C., was diverted to Boston Logan Airport after an obviously sick woman made a scene and the crew felt threatened enough to land the plane as soon as they could. The MSM reported the story, fudged some details (she did not claim that she was al-Qaeda), and then ignored the true facts so they could concentrate on who killed Jonbenet Ramsay.

If you dig, however, you find out who this nut is: her name is Catherine Mayo, and she is allegedly a reporter who spent a lot of time in Pakistan of all places.

Security scare ends at Logan; Jet diverted to Boston as Vt. woman sparks fears

A 59-year-old Vermont woman's behavior aboard a trans-Atlantic flight triggered a massive security response yesterday, with Air Force F-15 jets escorting the plane to Logan Airport, where federal agents seized the woman, authorities interrogated passengers, and police dogs sniffed through luggage for explosives.

The woman was found not to be a terrorist threat. But the day's unnerving events, the first serious scare since an alleged terrorist plot was foiled last week in London, underscored the newly heightened tensions surrounding air travel.

The woman, identified by two local security officials as Catherine C. Mayo, will probably be charged today with interfering with a flight crew, authorities said. Mayo's former husband said she had ``emotional issues" and had been on her way home from vacationing in Pakistan.

Fortunately, the Wall Street Journal tracked down some of this psycho's writings online, and is she a beaut:

AN AMERICAN IN PAKISTAN: State of the Union, 2003

Watching President George Bush’s State of the Union address for 2003 made me very queasy. I tried to remember other State of the Union addresses I have watched over the years. I remembered the faces — Reagan, Ford, Clinton — but I couldn’t remember what they had said. I think they talked mostly about the US economy, and how they were going to make it better in the coming year. I don’t remember them announcing that they were speaking for God.

I think the US people have forgotten that President Bush didn’t win the election. He only got the job because they couldn’t decide what to do with pregnant chads in Florida. He was put in the White House because someone had to be there when Clinton left. He didn’t have an electoral mandate. The US was in a stagnant place, not really wanting to think about its politicians anymore. The people were very embarrassed by Clinton. They hadn’t liked any of their presidents since Reagan. There had to be a body in Air Force One, and George W Bush was good enough.

Then came the horror of September 11, 2001. It could have been a wake-up call to Americans lost in a sea of church scandals and daily reports of kidnapped children. But by September 11, 2002, Americans were still fighting with each other over the virtues of Martha Stewart and Enron. No one had noticed that the world had changed.

The Muslim world is a mystery to ordinary US citizens, especially in the state of Vermont where there are no Muslims. They think of it as a religion like one of the Christian religions. When you are an Episcopalian, you go to your church on Sunday and then keep your religious practices a secret for the rest of the week. The concept of prayers being announced over loudspeakers all over the country at various times of the day is something they cannot fathom.

So when President Bush announced that God was telling him to bomb Iraq, my stomach turned over. He has no right to include God in his State of the Union address. It is forbidden by law; the church and state are completely separate in the United States. No politically elected person can use religion for his own ends.

The government of the US has changed in the last few months, and the citizens of the country haven’t noticed yet. It has become an oligarchy. Its leaders rule with a wave of their hands, laughing into their sleeves. They can create any truth they want, and then create proof that it is real. They are accountable to no one.

I used to be proud of my heritage, the wondrous Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Somehow my forefathers had happened upon an amazing invention, that of rule by the common people. It was such a pure idea that it worked. The people who came to American knew a kind of freedom that was only imagined by humanity before July 4, 1776. An individual could decide what he wanted to do, and then through hard work he could do it.

But now my country is ruled by fear. Fear of the influence of immigrants, fear of the criminals on the streets, fear of its police force, fear of its local zoning administrators. My neighbours in Vermont hunker down in the cold winters, watching TV and arguing with the road commissioner about when the snow is going to be ploughed off Road Number 14 so they can get to work on time.

The people of the US don’t have power anymore. That’s what the Muslim world needs to understand. When President Bush says that he is God, the ordinary people go out and shovel the snow out of their driveways. There is nothing else they can do.

And this is one of her more lucid columns.

A Boston television station reports:

'Disruptive' Air Passenger To Appear In Court

A Vermont woman whose disruptive behavior prompted a London-to-Washington D.C., airplane to be diverted to Boston will be in court Thursday morning facing federal charges.

NewsCenter 5's Gail Huff reported that the woman, being held at the Brookline police station may have ties to Pakistan.

Passengers on United Airlines flight 923 out of Heathrow Airport said the woman was muttering incoherently on the flight and was carrying a very large bag which contained several banned items, including a screwdriver and some lotion. She also allegedly told a fellow passenger that she was a reporter.

"She showed a lighter and was like, 'They let me bring this on the plane. I'm a journalist, and I'm going to try to sneak stuff on the plane,'" passenger Matthew Bolton said.

The court should send this woman for some psychiatric care. A good 10-20 years in an asylum would be a good place to stick her until she is either dead or unable to do any more damage to this country.