Posted on 08/15/2007 7:39:06 AM PDT by Dan Evans
Yah, since we all know that terrorists would never use children or babies to hide explosives. They’ve never done that, have they? We should only check middle eastern males. They’ll never catch on. Brilliant! :-)
Dang I didn’t realize it was so easy. This is really going to save a lot of time.
Your gobmint at work (no pun intended)...
Seems to me if they want to be LESS intrusive ..and MORE effective they should have MUCH MORE training.
An ACLU lawsuit may happen, just because they admit that this is a form of profiling. The ACLU prefers to search everyone so that we can prove to the terrorists that we aren’t profiling people.
Now the evil doers will be looking all around trying to guess who is observing their behavior.
Why not have "fake" passengers who can mingle in and wait in line next to suspects...?
First off, your reading skills need some improvement. I do not believe I mentioned children anywhere. I did mention babies in strollers and if you have any proof of babies in strollers being used by terrorists, let us all know. Maybe I was not specific enough.
But, since you wish to talk children lets do so. I have personally witnessed the TSA pulling children out of line for additional security. Oriental children, white children in the age range of 5-10 years old. Again political correctness at its worst and something that will not enhance our security. But then again, maybe I am wrong. Please let us all know all the times an oriental or white child was used in a bombing and I will be happy to admit my mistake.
I also see that you did nothing to dispute my contention that focusing on grandmothers, priests, old white men, etc. is a waste of time and resources, all in the name of political correctness.
The TSA has hired too many low life scum and given them enormous power over us, all in the name of security. But even if they were all Mensa members, the TSA does not have them focus on (profile) those types of people that history has shown are the most likely to carry out a terrorist act. That does not enhance our security whatsoever but actually diminishes it by stretching resources out.
You don't happen to work for the TSA or know people that do?
Nope.
Those high school dropouts couldn’t tell if someone was farting much less was on a terrorist mission.
What if the ‘trainer’ is a bit wacko?
"I did not have sexual relations with that woman, (flinch) .....Mis Lewinsky, (flinch) and I never told anyone to lie, (flinch) not a once, (flinch) never. (flinch) These allegations are false, (flinch) and I need to go back to work for the American people."
Oh great, I always have a scowl on my face as I go through all the hassles of flying. They’ll stop me every time.
I believe there is truth to this method if it is properly implemented. To be really effective, the idea of Muslim profiling will have to be added.
Between the astounding stupidity of the workers and the nightmare that is airport parking, I might as well never plan a flight again.
You know, I agree with much of what else you had to say, but I do get tired of cheap shots like this. I understand that it's fun to feel superior to people that are in a lower caste in life. Yay for us "smart" people.
But I think shots like that are unfair and needlessly demeaning. Security staff like TSA agents have a difficult job to do, every day. All day they deal with nothing but smug, rude and obnoxious jerks that all know how to do the job better and who take out their hatred of flying on the "help".
No, I don't work for the TSA or anything like it. I'm just somebody that does travel a lot and I see a lot of screeners at airports. I've never been treated rudely by anyone other than obnoxious passengers. I happen to have some sympathy for the screeners because the only thing that'll get their name in the paper is to fail once, and they put up with a whole lot of really REALLY stupid passengers without losing their cool. I'm not sure I could.
Like the lady in line ahead of me a while back that must have, I kid you not, been wearing every piece of freaking metal jewelry she owned, a studded belt and collar, studded shirt, and thigh-high lace-up boots with metal studs all over them... she was a freak show. Did she not know she was getting on a plane when she got dressed? And then... SHE has the nerve to get all bent out of shape and whine and bitch about the "hassle" she was getting just trying to get through the metal detector. You wanna talk low IQ's? There's one, and there's a line of people like her that hit that checkpoint day after day.
So yeah, I cut 'em a little slack.
I’m always surprised when they manage to put their shoes on the correct feet and line up the buttons on their shirts properly. They always seem to pick me to take off my shoes.
How many terrorists look like tired middle aged bald white men?
You are aware of the Terrorist plan to smuggle liquid explosives onto aircraft?
How would you prevent this? Test every bottle of water as part of the screening process?
This makes me laugh.
Two weeks ago on the 1st, I was in the Philadelphia Airport. My family was flying standby, and we did quite a few hours of sitting and waiting.
At one point, three TSA agents walked past us and began “setting up shop” in front of a gate awaiting an arriving aircraft. Two of the TSA folks were heavy-set gentlemen in their late 20s/early 30s and one was a very thin mid to late 50s female. All three set up a table and opened up three folding chairs in which they placed their rear ends for about 20 minutes. Two of them chewed gum like it was cud. One sat and played with a cell phone for a bit, then took out a magazine. One continued reading a paperback book.
I begged my husband to unzip his back which housed our digital camera, but he declined. We just sat there, shaking our heads watching the “safety” personnel before us. They never looked around or looked up from what they were reading or doing. Not once.
So what are you saying, not exactly El-Al material?
Yes, you're right. Just because someone is stupid doesn't mean he is a bad person. But the point is: if we want to catch terrorists shouldn't we hire people in a little bit higher "caste" in life? I mean after 9-11 we had thousands of ex-military, ex-cops and other professionals who volunteered to do the job for free. They were turned down in favor of the usual affirmative-action, political patronage hires.
That's why I say we should get the government out of it.
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