Comments on: bad police work is worse than none at all http://providencedailydose.com/2008/07/15/bad-police-work-is-worse-than-none-at-all/ News/Arts/Culture/Nightlife/Nonsense/Obscurities Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:03:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: who needs cox* | Providence Daily Dose http://providencedailydose.com/2008/07/15/bad-police-work-is-worse-than-none-at-all/#comment-6989 who needs cox* | Providence Daily Dose Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:32:41 +0000 http://providencedailydose.com/2008/07/15/bad-police-work-is-worse-than-none-at-all/#comment-6989 [...] It does not get any better than that folks — what was it, ‘adorable’ night? (At least RB got past immigration this time.) But for about the first 12 minutes of the show the signal was kaput! Cox customers saw [...] [...] It does not get any better than that folks — what was it, ‘adorable’ night? (At least RB got past immigration this time.) But for about the first 12 minutes of the show the signal was kaput! Cox customers saw [...]

]]> By: JOE BERNSTEIN http://providencedailydose.com/2008/07/15/bad-police-work-is-worse-than-none-at-all/#comment-6925 JOE BERNSTEIN Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:53:41 +0000 http://providencedailydose.com/2008/07/15/bad-police-work-is-worse-than-none-at-all/#comment-6925 It is probably good to have a highly unusual name if you haven't got any criminal tendencies and don't make enemies easily. It is probably good to have a highly unusual name if you haven’t got any criminal tendencies and don’t make enemies easily.

]]> By: Annie http://providencedailydose.com/2008/07/15/bad-police-work-is-worse-than-none-at-all/#comment-6905 Annie Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:26:31 +0000 http://providencedailydose.com/2008/07/15/bad-police-work-is-worse-than-none-at-all/#comment-6905 So they didn't learn anything after the whole Cat Stevens fiasco? I appreciate the attempt to keep us safe but agree it appears to go awry more often than not. A million names is a lot--and perhaps the lists' originators should take into account that (gasp) there might actually be two people with THE SAME NAME somewhere in the world. My 88-year-old grandmother was detained for questioning for having a not-uncommon Irish name that turned up on the no-fly list. Grams' bag of knitting and paperback novel sure must have looked threatening! So they didn’t learn anything after the whole Cat Stevens fiasco?

I appreciate the attempt to keep us safe but agree it appears to go awry more often than not. A million names is a lot–and perhaps the lists’ originators should take into account that (gasp) there might actually be two people with THE SAME NAME somewhere in the world. My 88-year-old grandmother was detained for questioning for having a not-uncommon Irish name that turned up on the no-fly list. Grams’ bag of knitting and paperback novel sure must have looked threatening!

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