The TSA Body Scans Have to Stop

Rightspundit.com ^ | November 9, 2010 | Bryan McAffee

[Citizen X_Area 51]

SNIP...like most government scandals, FOLLOW THE MONEY [my emphasis]. Guess which company owns a large manufacturer of backscatter x-ray devices? Give up? The Chertoff Group which is a security consulting agency run by former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff. That’s right, in the wake of the Christmas Day bomber Chertoff has been pushing for more and more of these full body image scanners and it’s no wonder considering that this is going to put a large chunk of money in his pocket. Go figure!

[Citizen X_Area 51]

Talk about hoodwinking the public! TSA led us to believe the porn-o-scanners would be used as 'secondary' if a person set off the metal detector. But that has morphed into 'primary' for the sheeple with little said one can opt-out and go through the pat-down.

What a waste of time and money for so-called 'security.' These contraptions don't detect explosives that could be and have been hidden in body cavities.

The Flyer Talk forum is a good source about the horror stories posted about the scanners and 'pat-downs' from the public and flight crews and the growing anger against Big Brother.

Movement underway during heavy air travel November 24 as National Opt-Out Day as form of civil disobidience.

[1000 silverlings]

the whole point is humiliation, breaking America’s spirit, turning people into sheep. Th only answer is to refuse to fly, just stay home, then the airlines will have to do something to change it.

[Truth29]

"the whole point is humiliation, breaking America?s spirit, turning people into sheep. Th only answer is to refuse to fly, just stay home, then the airlines will have to do something to change it."

Actually, I suspect that the cure will be even worse. The airlines will lose money and the Obama administration will provide them subsidies with taxpayer dollars and public debt making us fight against ourselves. We need to sweep the anti-American leftists out of our government for a real solution.

[beethovenfan]

I never did like Michael Jerkoff.

[laxcoach]

Someone brought this idea up on another thread. If enough people act like they inappropriately like the pat downs, the TSA employees will demand a stop to them.

I think it is a hilarious idea. I can just see the Atlanta security area filled with people moaning and asking for more.

In that line of bad taste, I wish I could do cartoons:

[Luke21]

“the whole point is humiliation”

Hard to believe this is America, where our police state fascists laugh, joke, and humiliate us.

[Zuben Elgenubi]

Chertoff? That SOB. I've respected him since Clinton's Impeachment but Chertof shouldn't be making money off of Big Brother.

I'm going to mention this to Boehner's office come Monday. This should be investigated. If there's Whitewater-like smoke, then Chertoff's a goner. There are thousands of Demoncrats just salivating to get back at Chertoff because of his Clinton Impeachment management.

[muawiyah]

Hey, beating up on Americans, even leftist Americans, is not the solution.

First let's evacuate all the Jews and Christians from otherwise Moslem dominated countries. Ship them all the Moslems we have on hand.

Seal their borders.

We go back to flying what and where we want. They go back to camels and horsedrawn wagons.

If one of them shows up in the West for some reason he or she gets the full body scan as many times as it takes to convince them to NOT come back.

BTW, if you are not prepared to do that to your enemies why, then, does someone think we should do it to ourselves.

[Never on my watch]

I want to go back to the pre-9/11 passenger security screening (plus whatever baggage, carry-on screening technology has emerged since then).

There is no way anyone will hijack a plane with box-cutters again.

[usmom]

the whole point is humiliation, breaking America’s spirit, turning people into sheep.

YES!EXACTLY! Stand with hands over your head and legs spread while being irradiated (at unkown risk) or be intimately frisked like a felon entering prison. Why don’t they just shave everyone’s head and de-louse them, too! I find this whole situation utterly abhorrent and it has no place in civil society.

[1000 silverlings]

flash mobs, thousands show up, get body scanned and get back in line

[driftdiver]

“There is no way anyone will hijack a plane with box-cutters again.”

Absolutely. TSA security is intended to make people think flying is safe so they will buy tickets.

[Tolsti2]

Thank islam for it. This is the price people have to pay for allowing it to go on.

[Tolsti2]

You got that right, it’s not safe. It’s not safe or on the ground with islam around.

I say drive or destroy islam. This half-way garbage sucks. People need to just stop flying. Do you really HAVE to get somewhere you can’t drive to? Nope.

[1000 silverlings]

yes, discern the message: you are in our gulag now, you WILL do as you are told.

[Forgotten Amendments]

Remember the Budweiser Lizards? Chertoff always reminded me of the funny one.

Is there a single politician who is talking about this yet? If this and the light bulb ban aren’t task #1 for the new congress, you’ll know the election was a total waste.

[Osage Orange]

Do you really HAVE to get somewhere you can’t drive to? Nope.

You are joking, right?

[WestwardHo]

If you read the article on Drudge re: Big Sis, there are organizations to contact and voice complaints.

US Travel Assoc.
online group: NATIONAL OPT OUT DAY

EPIC: The Electronic Privacy Information Center

Website: WE WON’T FLY

All should be available on line. Sorry this post is kind of sloppy, but I was glad to see places to be heard!
I cancelled my flying plans, for sure!

[ex 98C MI Dude]

Thats the deliberately over-exposed for prime time television version. What the TSA agent actually sees leaves nothing to the imagination. That image cannot be posted here because it is actually pornographic.