TAXI!

Don't call for a taxi at the Minneapolis airport if you are carrying alcohol or you could find yourself walking home.

"Cabdriver Muhamed Mursal doesn't wear his Muslim beliefs on his sleeve, but he soon may broadcast them via a light on top of his cab.
Mursal and hundreds of other Muslim cabdrivers at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport refuse to take travelers they know are carrying alcohol. No one is searching bags, but a Napa Valley wine box or a see-through bag from the duty-free store can be enough to leave a fare waiting for the next cab. Airport officials estimate that happens at least three times a day."

The editorial board at the Prairie Pravda think that is wrong. Now before you go get the wrong idea (like maybe they got in touch with their "inner capitalist") let me reassure you that they have a true "progressive" reason...there are not enough hispanic drivers...not enough diversity in the drivers ranks

More importantly was this take on Fox 9 News this morning (video clip) . According to the clip, the Muslim drivers routinely refuse to give riders to people carrying alcohol, gays and blacks! Now I do not recall hearing the NAACP or any of the gay rights groups screaming about that, do you?

The last I looked, discrimination based on skin color or sexual orientation was illegal in this state. Will we hear any breathless editorials from the Pravda denouncing the Somali driver's very overt discrimination? Don't hold your breath waiting for it.