[Daveinyork]

Did the guardsmen have bayonets?

[thile44]

Now I know how Alice felt when she fell down the rabbit hole.

[The Sons of Liberty]

"And I can take over the plane with nail clippers?"

Hey, he could threaten to ruin the pilot's manicure!

/sarc

[Jim Robinson]

Can the pilots carry nail clippers? I mean, a pilot with nail clippers might try to take control of the plane.

[I see my hands]

Wear this:

[gov_bean_ counter]

Funny, the soldier knows about a hundred different ways to kill you with either (not counting the bullets).

[mongo141]

The TSA ‘s ignorance is only exceeded by its stupidity!

[Jolla]

“They can be used as a weapon.”

That would pretty much mean every Marine, Green Beret, Navy Seal, and Delta Force member cannot fly.

[Gator113]

With each passing day I become more convinced that TSA only hires Obama voters..... my G*d these people are stupid.

[NautiNurse]

A friend of mine works in a large airport. All of the airport employees were forced to empty their lockers, and clear the contents through airport security. My friend had a large, and very sharp steak knife in the locker. Put the knife and other items on the x-ray belt, and was handed back the steak knife after passing security. Back into the locker it went.

[Brookhaven]

Gee, I’d actually feel safer if an armed US soldier was on a plane.

[Leofl]

TSA - True Stupidity in action!!!

[Right Wing Assault]

Excuse me, Ahmad, but I must confiscate that knife before you get on the plane.

But, why? I need it to strip the wires to connect the bomb I am holding in my hands!

Oh, OK. Keep the knife.

[antiRepublicrat]

Soldiers are still trained in how to kill people with their unloaded weapons, right?

[AFreeBird]

232 battle hardened soldiers on an aircraft, or anywhere for that matter, ARE A WEAPON! Whether they’re armed or not. If they wanted that plane, it was theirs for the taking.

Flippin morons these TSA goons.

[Nevadan]

I am really surprised that the TSA didn't charge that soldier with a crime. Afterall, he questioned a TSA agent's authority. You can't do that anymore.

[OldNavyVet]

One can’t serve in the military or the defense inductry without “clearance.” Why not extend the “clearance” policy to ALMOST everyone?

It’s called profiling.

[SouthDixie]

Why are the TSA scanning and frisking everyone EXCEPT muslims?

[QBFimi]

Before 9/11, every airline pilot carried two indispensable tools in his flight bag - a Swiss army knife (usually the “executive size” with small blade, toothpick, tweezers, etc.) and a mini-screwdriver with a few extra tiny eyeglass screws. Effective 9/12, they were all confiscated by the TSA.

I was flying an early morning transcon on a Boeing 767, bound from LAX to the east coast. Passing Denver, the unthinkable happened - a lens from my prescription sunglasses dropped on the cockpit floor. The screw holding the lens in had fallen out. Briefly I thought of landing in DEN to have a mechanic bring us a screwdriver. Finally, we asked the Flight Attendant to discreetly ask the first class pax if anyone had a paper clip. We took the end of the clip and beat it flat against the seat rail) with the aircraft logbook.

In retrospect, I shoulda landed in Denver. The TSA politically correct sycophants deserved by dragged onto the 5:00 news long before 2010.

[puppypusher]

The TSA should be disbanded NOW.Their only function appears to be to harass the American People.Yet they’ll allow people of a certain religion and region of this planet to walk through unimpeded.