If a TSA agent actually found some explosives on a terrorist they’d knock the passengers down trying to get out of there! They probably wet themselves. ‘Cause they sure as hell wouldn’t know what else to do.
It is striking that the one group in all of this that has gone virtually unmentioned is the Airlines themselves. If Americans start abandoning flying in favor of driving, taking the bus, or simply staying home for the holidays, the airlines would quickly feel the financial heat and would start squalling like pigs for changes to these draconian searches.
It is striking that the one group in all of this that has gone virtually unmentioned is the Airlines themselves. If Americans start abandoning flying in favor of driving, taking the bus, or simply staying home for the holidays, the airlines would quickly feel the financial heat and would start squalling like pigs for changes to these draconian searches.
Oh, really? The difficulty with that is that the TSA is the federal government, and the federal government has specific rules it's supposed to obey. This is one of them:
Amendment Four: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Clearly there is a disagreement between government and citizen over what constitutes "unreasonable". The former considers nude pictures and genital groping to be reasonable. The citizens differ. And the government has won so many of these so often that it apparently assumes it will win all of them, forever. Bad assumption, worse public relations, disastrous politics.
I’d tell them I will strip naked and they can observe from a distance but if they attempt to touch me I will kick the shit out of them!
who the hell was it that got us the notion that ‘profiling’ is some how wrong?
It is not only right, it is NECESSARY to wisely use limitted resources.
If some one dies because we didn’t want to offend anyone by ‘profiling’ a list of possible suspects, I hope they sue thair asses of right up to Obammy
The one good thing about these searches is that it has finally put to rest the absurd notion that black males are better equipped than white males.
The reason for this farce is obvious: Obama & Co. want to nationalize the commercial airline industry.
What other conclusion can be drawn? The TSA tactics will drive away passengers, bankrupting the airlines. Who else but the Gubmint to bail/buy them out? Another LARGE piece of the economy owned/operated by Obama & Co. Then, Obama can start HIS version of profiling.
If you like Government Motors your gonna love Government Airlines.
So, Obama thinks it's a great inconvenience for ALL of us? Right. Says he who boards AF One.
Pbffffffffft.
“Take your stinking paws off me you damn dirty ape!”
32 second clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKdSXfPl8vY
Ping
When U.S soldiers with nail clippers and flight attendants who’ve survived breast cancer are treated as potential terrorists, you know the TSA is “acting stupidly.”
How do we know that these TSA guys aren’t terrorists. Shouldn’t they get strip searched before entering an airport?
I heard them on the radio.
“We have to do anything and everything to ensure the safety of the public no matter how distasteful it is” TSA Administrator
I about ran off the road.
I ,for one, believe this whole thing is a CYA response to intelligence reports of an increased threat environment. Why else would they start this enhanced security just days before the busiest travel season of the year? They say it is in response to the Xmas day bomber, but if that were true, why did they wait almost a year? I am convinced they have learned of a new threat and are afraid to panic the public. The only other plausible explanation would be revenge for the election debacle they suffered. Take your pick.