Posted on 01/23/2024 2:30:52 PM PST by Rummyfan
The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution reads: "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." Nevertheless, like so much else in the Bill of Rights, those sentiments are no longer valid, especially when you're shuffling your way, shoeless and beltless, through the sheep pens of the Transportation Security Administration, George W. Bush's gift to the American traveling public.
In retrospect, it's clear that Osama bin Laden emerged the victor of 9/11. He brought down the Twin Towers and took a chunk out of the Pentagon, severely wobbled the American economy, destroyed the freedom of the skies, set the American government haring after all sorts of villains but not a single enemy it would name, and made himself a martyr. Worst of all, because of the actions of 19 Muslim hijackers, most of them Saudi nationals but all of them members of the Islamic ummah, he panicked the U.S. government into presumptively criminalizing more than 300 million American citizens with the passage of the Patriot Act and the creation of the Department of Homeland Security and of the TSA, a mortal sin that will live in infamy.
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Yes, kabuki theater security.
Just like everything else the government does these days!
I refuse to fly as long as the TSA exists. I’ll drive or I won’t go.
Turns out GW was a real POS
At least stop the taking off of shoes, forcing tiny bottles , allow water through security, etc.
Seems to be a conspiracy to get rid of the cold bottled water and once pass security making you buy lukewarm bottles from Hudson News for $6.
“ George W. Bush’s gift to the American traveling public”
The TSA should never have been allowed to deal with anything other than luggage.
PREACH IT!!!!
And while they’re at it, get rid os lots of other useless government agencies, too.
Whatever happened to the 9/11 Commission Report? It has gone into the dust bin of history. Recommendations were made and never followed, example of their findings:
The commission’s final report, known as the 9/11 Commission Report, was published on July 22, 2004.[1] It is a lengthy 585 pages, including the findings of the commission’s extensive interviews and testimony that was received during its investigation. The primary conclusion in the 9/11 Report is that failures of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) permitted the September 11 terrorist attacks to occur and that wiser and more aggressive actions by these agencies could potentially have prevented the attack. Created with the founding principle of protecting the American people from terrorist and other threats, DHS and its many partners across the federal government, public and private sectors, and communities throughout the country have strengthened the homeland security enterprise to better mitigate and defend against dynamic threats.
As self-checkout becomes the norm across America, you are going to see the helpful checkout people morph into the TSA.
Apparently, not enough people fly.
Same here.
Yes, kabuki theater security.
Nothing at all like the TSA show.
The TSA is abiding proof that Osama Bin Laden defeated the United States.
All we had to do was follow Israel’s lead and focus our security efforts on young Muhammadan Arab men and we’d reduce the risk to an acceptable level. Instead we’re still going through 2-hour security checks before boarding commuter flights and frisking octogenarian great-grandmas in wheelchairs. OBL disrupted our lives, apparently forever.
Yep. And I still remember that idiot Norman Mineta (whom President Bush would not fire) comparing profiling to the WWII internment camps.
Abolishing the TSA might improve the quality of air travel. A bit.
But it certainly won't "save America."
Last time my wife and I took a flight, I got held up due to a flashlight in my carry on bag. The TSA goon clicked in on and off, took out the batteries and swabbed for something. Held me up for about 20 minutes. Meanwhile my wife had 2 pocket knives in her purse. They totally missed that. While on the plane, I found a butane lighter on the floor that some other TSA goon missed. TSA is a joke.
And nowadays we alsonhave security check points at sports stadiums and Disneyland. Also thanks to Bin Laden.
I feel the same way. I refer to TSA as Thousands Standing Around. It’s become nothing more than a government jobs program.
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