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TSA Agent wearing a burka.
Survival Monkey ^

Posted on 12/20/2010 7:47:08 AM PST by FromLori

I fly fairly frequently for work.

I recently had the pleasure of not being scanned or pulled aside for a friendlier session in two major cities. Others around me were not so lucky. Blonde females between 18 and 22 seemed to be the likely candidates for further scrutiny - and a few elderly, Caucasian grandmothers.

If the US is stilll on the "Arabs/Muslims are TeRrOrIsTs" kick, why are they searching non-arabs/non-Muslims: attractive young female college students, middle age white guys with pot bellies and grannies?

The other thing that bothers me is the broken English of many of the TSA workers. There were a few Arabs working my line and I wondered how long they had had their green card and what exactly their qualifications were for searching me, a US born citizen. Who can feel safer when guys named Mohamed are the ones checking their bags? It's like they hired a bunch of NYC Cabbies to guard us from shampoo explosives.

I made it through, had a surprisingly tasty omelette to order and then saw this: Yes, that's a burka, yes that's a real TSA agent, (I saw her badge when I passed her and made a U-turn to snap a pic)

They're not just stripping us of our freedoms, they're rubbing our noses in it along the way.



TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: dhs; tsa; tsapervs
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1 posted on 12/20/2010 7:47:15 AM PST by FromLori
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To: FromLori

What a world; wake up, America!


2 posted on 12/20/2010 7:50:20 AM PST by austingirl
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To: FromLori

Yep, I have seen such craziness myself..aw Jeeeeeeez


3 posted on 12/20/2010 7:55:08 AM PST by aces
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To: aces

saw one in DFW by baggage claim myself a few weeks back.....just had to laugh.


4 posted on 12/20/2010 7:57:24 AM PST by superfries
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To: superfries

Betcha that burka filth wouldn’t try to stop a muslim terrorist.


5 posted on 12/20/2010 8:05:26 AM PST by manonCANAL
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To: FromLori

Nothing like having the coyotes minding the henhouse.


6 posted on 12/20/2010 8:06:17 AM PST by greatplains
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To: FromLori

Is she allowed to “touch junk”?


7 posted on 12/20/2010 8:09:27 AM PST by verity
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To: FromLori

What airport?


8 posted on 12/20/2010 8:12:03 AM PST by Oorang (Tyranny thrives where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people - Alex Kozinski)
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To: FromLori

Shortly after 9/11, my mother, 88 years old, and I were about to board our connecting flight at Washington’s Dulles airport. At the gate, she was selected to undergo a further pat down and was forced to remove her shoes so the TSA agent could inspect them. (We never left the “secure” areas from our last flight!)

It was obvious he was from the Middle East. I asked him. In his strong accent, he smiled and said, “I’m from Pakistan.”

Poor mom had a difficult time putting her shoes back on...they were swollen from our previous flight.

Ridiculous rules we have!


9 posted on 12/20/2010 8:24:24 AM PST by toldyou (Even if the voices aren't real they have some pretty good ideas.)
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To: manonCANAL; mylife; Titan Magroyne
Betcha that burka filth wouldn’t try to stop a muslim terrorist.

DANGER Will Robinson:

10 posted on 12/20/2010 8:25:15 AM PST by Drumbo ("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw [Robert A. Heinlein])
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To: FromLori

If having her there in her burka means they can search Muslim women without getting sued, then I say good!


11 posted on 12/20/2010 8:27:29 AM PST by Domalais
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To: Domalais

Oh, I want to see her search a muzzie male! Now that will be a kodak moment.


12 posted on 12/20/2010 8:29:33 AM PST by SgtHooper
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To: FromLori
Yep, I saw a burqa'd TSA agent at Dulles Airport in DC on December 5.

In fact, I observed that very few Americans seem to work at Dulles at all. They're all either Asian or Arab...at the restaurants, newsstands, shops...you name it.

And politeness certainly does not seem to be a requirement to work at that airport.

13 posted on 12/20/2010 8:29:51 AM PST by Allegra (I painted fuchsia stripes on my elbows.)
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To: Drumbo

Dig the American flag in the background.


14 posted on 12/20/2010 8:30:58 AM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: All

We need to all stop flying if at all possible. Shut down the damned airlines.


15 posted on 12/20/2010 8:39:58 AM PST by Terry Mross ( Reagan made one mistake: He chose Bush as his veep. We've been paying for it ever since.)
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To: Terry Mross

As the British admiral said after watching two of his battleships collide while executing a fleet maneuver: “Good . . . God!”


16 posted on 12/20/2010 8:50:24 AM PST by MasterGunner01 (To err is human; to forgive is not our policy. -- SEAL Team SIX)
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To: FromLori
If the US is stilll on the "Arabs/Muslims are TeRrOrIsTs" kick, why are they searching non-arabs/non-Muslims: attractive young female college students, middle age white guys with pot bellies and grannies?

After this statement, I could not take anything else the author said even remotely seriously.

17 posted on 12/20/2010 9:19:35 AM PST by VRWCmember
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To: verity
Is she allowed to “touch junk”?

According to one muzzie cleric, I think she would have to nurse you first, and then it would be acceptable for her to touch your junk.

18 posted on 12/20/2010 9:20:55 AM PST by VRWCmember
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To: VRWCmember

She’d have to “temporarily marry” you. Then she could do all kinds of things to you.


19 posted on 12/20/2010 9:25:49 AM PST by PLMerite (Fix the FR clock. It's time.)
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To: FromLori

Old white ladies being searched for explosives by a terrorist...The asylum is being run by the inmates...


20 posted on 12/20/2010 9:36:52 AM PST by Iscool (I don't understand all that I know...)
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