I was just about to say that they seem to equate not being American with not being fully human, but that's wrong. It should be: not rich and American equates with not being fully human. Sadly, i don't think that poor man is the only one; I've seen similar stories before about people being frogmarched out of planes that were stopping to refuel or something.

Have you seen this? (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v620/4ntares/bushdisaster9kr.jpg) I saw it on the dailykos.com a while ago.