Npr Fired Juan Williams For This? My Plane Danger List.

Commentator Juan Williams was fired by NPR after his comments that when he gets on the plane and sees people who are

Setting aside the question of whether this is appropriate, I want to make certain it doesn't happen to me.

For the record, here's who I'm terrified of seeing when I get on the plane. If I ever go on Bill O'Reilly (hint: in person, I look far less like a yak with Dutch Elm) I will admit to all of these.

* People who
* People who identify first and foremost as babies.
* People who identify first and foremost as
* People whose crates emit mysterious noises that suggest they have recently performed an exorcism and are bringing the demon with them to release it back into Miami.
* People who identify first and foremost as obviously preferring one of their children to the other, allowing one of them to hog two seats and placing the other one in the overhead compartment
* People who identify first and foremost as working in marketing and want to tell you about their exciting plans for a start-up that is
* People who refuse to help me finish my crossword puzzle! C'mon, guys! Four letters, Elvis's middle name!
* This girl I sat next to once on an airplane who kept looking over at me, shaking her head, and then making entries in her for the entirety of our two-hour flight to Orlando.
* People who begin the flight by asking,
* People who identify first and foremost as stand-up comedians telling you used airplane jokes.
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By Alexandra Petri | October 21, 2010; 1:21 PM ET Tags: Alexandra Petri Save McCain vs. McCain; Ritzy Harry Reid

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