Okay, where do I apply?
Posted on 03/04/2017 5:14:54 AM PST by fruser1
Passengers at U.S. airports chosen for physical pat-downs will reportedly face a more "comprehensive" screening after a 2015 audit that apparently showed some safety vulnerability.
Bloomberg reported that airport employees have already been notified at some locations that they need to employ a “more rigorous” and “thorough” screening. The screenings will reportedly include “more intimate contact” than before. The new measure also applies to airline pilots and flight attendants.
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I prefer the latter because I find the low odds of being a victim of a crime or, in this case, a terror attack, doesn't justify the almost guaranteed harassment by our own government.
I don't mind my luggage being screened - what I don't like is when I'm treated like luggage.
In one word - dehumanizing.
Where do you draw the line?
How does the quote go: those who give up freedom for a moment of security diserve neither freedom or security.
So, how many dangerous extremists has TSA saved us from again?
You hit on the real danger. The odds of becoming a crime victim are relatively low. The odds of being abused by thugs with badges approach 100% long before people notice.
Safety has always been the rallying cry of tyrants. Never let a good crisis go to waste...
Maintain your dignity and buy your own plane.
Or get in line.
Do what the Israelis do. PROFILE.
Profile. No need to grope little white kids or nuns or granny.
It’s mostly middle eastern/ sub continent types. PROFILE!
“the quote”
Sidebar: Ben Franklin made this famous quote in 1755 around the time of the French and Indian War and, in that context, I actually disagree with Franklin. The quote is usually applied in many contexts. In the TSA context, I certainly agree with the quote. It comes down to where you draw the line.
Pre-US, the Governors of Colonies could not impose taxes on the Colonists. They had to ASK the Colonial Assemblies for money.
The Governor wanted money to deal with Indian attacks on the frontier, which was the western end of Pennsylvania in this case. People in the outskirts were being butchered by Indians at the goading of the French. These frontier areas had little protection and were inhabited by either the adventurous or, more often, the poor.
Franklin did not think this justified the breaking of the tradition of asking for money and was not, initially, willing to side with the Governor.
But the attacks continued. What ultimately changed the Assembly’s mind was when people actually started dragging butchered cadavers into the Assembly House.
Faced w/the reality of what was previously abstract in their minds, the Assembly granted the Governor his request. I.e., they drew their “line” in a manner similar to a counter-quote, “The Constitution is not a suicide pact.”
If you like to read up on the US Revolution, I strongly recommend reading up on the French and Indian War. It was, after all, the precursor to the big enchilada! The King wanted the Colonies to pay for the war, yada, yada...
I was the recipient of one of the “More intimate” patdowns when I traveled last November. The TSA agent actually was very apologetic and you could tell he REALLY didn’t want to conduct it.
Their body scatter imager showed “hits” near my waist and right thigh. I had absolutely NOTHING metal or even hard plastic on me (very conscientious when I travel). Makes me want to demand they do a strip-search right there in the security area so everyone is embarrassed.
Seriously - the machines are messed up.
Can I request the pat down to be performed by a female?
“I was the recipient of one of the “More intimate” patdowns when I traveled last November. The TSA agent actually was very apologetic and you could tell he REALLY didn’t want to conduct it.”
My plan is to moan real loud and say “ OH YEAH, DADDY LIKE!”
a more through pat down while still missing 90 percent of the guns, knives and explosives - this should make fliers far safer ...
Also there was quite a bit of Quaker prejudice against those living on the frontier, primarily the Scott-Irish. One Pennsylvania Quaker colonial official called the Scott-Irish “white savages”.
Last time I did that I got a smelly, 350 pound woman with bad breath. The cute blonde just smirked at me.
"Let Bertha handle this one."
LOL...yeah you’d go on the “special” TSA list as a protected class and go to the head of the line next time.
Okay, where do I apply?
I fly regularly for work, and the TSA is one of many reasons I detest the presidency of GWB. It’s nothing more than a security theatre union jobs program for criminals.
I will be adjusting and timing my diet to produce maximum flatulence for high-output cropdusting while at the checkpoints. If they insist on touching my junk, they’re gonna need a gas mask.
No Worries, just have William Jefferson Blythe Clinton, the Hillbilly Whorehopper of Hot Springs, Arkansas, just have him and lookalikes perform the pat downs. All the liberal women will enjoy it, and all the whipped liberal men will put up with it to demonstrate just how much they miss Billy Jeff.
As a practicing heterosexual can I demand to only be patted down by females?
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