[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Ah, now the TSO unions are complaining mightily to TSA/DHS HQs...this might be interesting to watch.

[Buckeye McFrog]

they know that any resulting trails for assaulting TSA agents are going to be the subjects of jury nullification

[Logical me]

The war is about to start.

[Raycpa]

“Our concern is that the public not confuse the people implementing the policies with the people who developed the policies,” said Sharon Pinnock, the union's director of membership and organization.

Does the "we were only following orders" excuse still work?

[MichiganConservative]

The TSA agents deserve what they get. If they don’t like it, they can quit.

[ninonitti]

Here let me get your overpaid lard butt a wambulance.

Does everyone who gets paid by the TSA have to get a lard butt physical?

I've never seen a more unhealthy bunch 'cept for maybe in Walmart plus size aisle.

[BookmanTheJanitor]

when times get tough...use the victim card

[I see my hands]

[muawiyah]

“Our concern is that the public not confuse the people implementing the policies with the people who developed the policies,” said Sharon Pinnock, the union's director of membership and organization.

Since it's darned hard to get at the people who developed the policies, folks who want to hurt someone are going to attack the field agents.

This isn't, after all, a war where we all know it's the ENEMY COUNTRY at fault, not its individual soldiers who we simply hold as POWs.

The situation is far more personal than that. I'd imagine union officers, should these guys vote for union representation, will be held as accountable by angry members of the public at large.

Must be hell to be a 21st century VOPO.

[relictele]

Sic semper tyrannis.

Doesn’t matter if you’re a chief or a brave.

[I see my hands]

Wear this:

[lightman]

[LiberConservative]

Americans against Americans. The terrorists have won.

[jetson]

Calling all citizens that can pass gas at will to sign up for airport security checks. Make sure to fill up on beans a brussel sprouts the night before.

[Revolting cat!]

[winner3000]

Way to go speaking truth to power MSNBC! And to be balanced! The only people they talk to for this “article” are federal employees. MSNBC is doing such a good job protecting Big Powerful Government from individual citizens! Is there any question anymore why nobody watches them anymore? Is there anything more disgusting than this sort of article that they just ran?

[texmexis best]

There are a number of ways to physically control someone who is uncooperative that are fairly direct, gentle and certain.

None of those methods involve throwing a woman across the room into another passenger and then picking her up and throwing her into the edge of a steel table, breaking her arm, giving her a concussion and then pinning her down on the table using three brave 200 lb. men.

[Blood of Tyrants]

The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the union that represents TSA workers...

Help me here, but I thought that the TSA was not allowed to unionize by federal law?

[ml/nj]

Maybe my great-grandmother should have struck the government agent who came to take her away?

ML/NJ

[Fresh Wind]

**** the AFGE.

[Chode]

feh... it's not like you don't earn it