[Bhoy]

I am posting this not because of the article but the discussion. Including the role of moderators on websites. What I find interesting is the comments about moderators on websites. And most of all I don't think any such frank assessments would be aired on any left sites. Only on a conservative site would one find an honest back-and-forth discussion about the moderator role on discussion forum. Maybe I just don't see enough of them though. Thanks if anyone else has seen anything like this on the Left. It would give me hope they could see the light.

[onona]

strapping zot helmet on now........

[martin_fierro]

A minor altercation can take place at Genghis Kahn International Airport in Ulan Bator, Mongolia,

[sit-rep]

sssssmmmmmmmmmooooooooocccccccchhhhhhhhh.....

layin the brown nosin on pretty thick this mornin aint ya???

[fortheDeclaration]

especially if the pater-downer is a cute little number on the order of, say, Sarah Palin.

The one 'patting you down' is the same gender as you.

[dr_who]

Last ET column I’ll ever read.

[Hardraade]

And in other news, rumor has it that Mr. Fwank was seen loitering around the TSA area wondering how to be examined 25 times instead of just one.

[backwoods-engineer]

The Ruling Class has spoken. You "soi-disant [self-described] libertarians" cannot possibly be coming down on the side of the Constitution. You are just objecting to the State touching your junk.

WELL, GET OVER IT, PROLES! (chides the Ruling Class representative Mr. Tyrrell.) The State has decided that the Fourth Amendment is no longer operative, and no amount of whining on Facebook, (quoth the Ruling-Class Emmett Tyrell, for that is what the R stands for) and no amount of gibbering on Drudge will change the status quo!

We must trust The Won, and let him lead us to victory over the terrorists. Never mind the Israeli methods! You are too stupid to understand that these won't work in America.

In the words of the Founders, Mr. Ruling Class Tyrell, "Don't Tread on Me."

In the words of my generation, "Don't Touch My Junk."

[Mr. Mojo]

How many more Americans would welcome a soothing pat-down midst the hurly-burly of travel at our nation's stress-filled airports I do not know, but count me in -- especially if the pater-downer is a cute little number on the order of, say, Sarah Palin.

"Soothing"?...."Sarah Palin?" ...lol, Mr. Tyrrell is engaged in some mighty wishful daydreaming.

Earth to Emmett: you'll most likely be patted down by a dude named Achmed. ...and I suspect the adjective you use to describe the experience won't be "soothing."

[liberateUS]

Wow, Emmett's doing satire now, right?

[ThePatriotsFlag]

Well I think it should be choice. If this guy feels safer by having himself scanned and probed, then by all means he should do it. Anything you need to feel safer flying. But I choose not to be scanned and probed ... therefore I should be able to walk past it. (Sort of like I do at the recycling area at our local dump). If those folks want to play “save the planet” ... let ‘em. I’d rather dump the bags and move on with my life.

[thatjoeguy]

“The other day a CBS News Poll found....”

Need I say more?

[Condor51]

I don't fly much, as in almost never. However, given the option of an X-Ray Scan or 'Pat Down' by some gubmint pervert, I'll take the X-Ray Scan, thank you very much.

Reason: I've had so many X-Rays taken in my adult life, if they were all stacked on top of each other, they'd prolly be as thick as War & Peace - or the City of Chicago Building Code - whichever is thicker. And so far in my 62 years there's been no ill effect from all that radiation exposure.

In fact, that third arm that sprouted really comes in handy at times. But finding a good fitting coat has been a bit more difficult since then.

;-)

[varon]

How many more Americans would welcome a soothing pat-down midst the hurly-burly of travel at our nation's stress-filled airports I do not know, but count me in

WTF, is this nut job advocating the TSA provide a pat-down with a "happy ending"? Will it include licking of the ear for the nervous first timers?

Is this what is meant by "Pursuit of Happiness" in the Bill of Rights?

[Atlas Sneezed]

“Suffice to say, given the choice of a terrorist overhead with a bomb or loose on my airplane and a spot of radiation, I would choose the radiation.”

---

Sure, the one in a billion chance of dying in crash that could have been prevented by porno scans is better than the one in a billion chance of getting a cancer due to the increased cumulative radiation exposure.

[exPBRrat]

My objections to being pat down is that it’s an exercise in futility.

#1 tptb will not do it to Muslim women in traditional dress. So eventually someone in traditional dress will blow up a plane.

#2 The order came down to be harsh and intentionally intrusive so folks will want to be full body scanned.

#3 The full body scan accumulative scans are cancer causing and mess with chemo therapy treatments. Thanks to 0bama-care the medical community has been scared silent. Because with Government health care they are threatened with costly investigations for speaking out. Just remember Andrews Coumos threat to banks when he was HUD secretary.

Basically if I opt out of a full body scan just search me without being intentionally harsh.

So imo we own DRUDGE a debt of gratitude for exposing the TSA will be intentionally harsh and intrusive for opting out of a full body X-ray.

[Slings and Arrows]

Very disappointing.