Sunday, February 09, 2003

Beam Him Up Alert!
The AP astounds with Turkey denies entry to leader of "human shields" headed for Iraq:
ISTANBUL, Turkey - Border police on Friday denied entry into Turkey to a former U.S. Marine who is leading a group of "human shields" headed for Iraq ahead of a possible U.S.-led attack, an official said.

Ken O'Keefe, the founder of the "Human Shield Mission" protest group who flew into Istanbul from Italy, was not let into the country when he presented a passport issued by the World Service Authority.

A spokesman of Istanbul airport, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that Turkey does not recognize this passport.

The spokesman said O'Keefe protested, shouting that he had traveled across the world with that passport and was a "citizen of the world."
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The U.S.-based World Service Authority issues passports on the basis of an article of the U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights that guarantees the right to travel freely. The authority says the passport is recognized by more than 150 countries.
Enquiring minds want to know! Click on the snazzy picture for the poopscoop on the World Services Authority "passport":

Wingnuts won't leave home without it!
Remember
The World Passport represents the inalienable human right of freedom of travel on planet Earth. Therefore it is premised on the fundamental oneness or unity of the human community.
Remind me not to visit the 5 countries that supposedly have de jure recognition of this piece of hapless wingnuttery. But then I never wanted to visit Mauritania anyway.

And while you're checking out the passport, don't forget the World Service Authority store where you can pick up their flag, stamps, and paper currency.

Why didn't I think of something like this? Send me your money now and I'll send you a passport as soon as I get some printed! I think I'll call mine the "Country Store Intergalactic Passport and Fishing License". Might as well cover UFO's and fishing too. Remember
The Country Store Intergalactic Passport and Fishing License represents the inalienable human right of freedom of travel throughout the Universe. And to fish. Therefore it is premised on the fundamental oneness or unity of the intergalactic community and the universality of the desire to catch big lunkers and drink potent liquors.