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  • #1

    Can we get rid of the TSA already?

    http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/11/1...acy/index.html

    Body scanners that peer through clothes are deployed in airports across the country. Travelers who object are subject to "enhanced" pat-downs. Parents watch as their children are groped before boarding a plane.

    The elderly are asked to raise their arms high above their heads so that the body scanners can capture a naked image of a 78-year-old man or an 81-year-old woman.

    No other country in the world subjects its air travelers to the combination of screening procedures that Americans are being asked to endure.

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    "Mal nommer les choses, c'est accroître le malheur du monde" - Camus (thanks Davout)

    "I thought you must be dead ..." he said simply. "So did I for a while," said Ford, "and then I decided I was a lemon for a couple of weeks. A kept myself amused all that time jumping in and out of a gin and tonic."
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    Already covered.
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    • #3
      Originally posted by Kaak View Post
      http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/11/1...acy/index.html
      It will all be better once they go union.
      "Just puttin on the foil" - Jeff Hanson

      “In a democracy, I realize you don’t need to talk to the top leader to know how the country feels. When I go to a dictatorship, I only have to talk to one person and that’s the dictator, because he speaks for all the people.” - Jimmy Carter

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Ogie Oglethorpe View Post
        It will all be better once they go union.
        aahahahaha. F. I thought unions were for skilled laborers?! What is going on with the world? Now every moron has a union - doorman's union, toll collector's union, and now the TSA. utter stupidity.
        "Mal nommer les choses, c'est accroître le malheur du monde" - Camus (thanks Davout)

        "I thought you must be dead ..." he said simply. "So did I for a while," said Ford, "and then I decided I was a lemon for a couple of weeks. A kept myself amused all that time jumping in and out of a gin and tonic."

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        • #5
          The terrorists win again. How much did those almost exploding gym shoes cost? How about that underwear? Then there was that cheap ink cartridge.
          For a few dollars of the terrorists money, the US has saddled itself with security systems worth hundreds of millions dollars without counting the cost of enforcement and time lost by travelers. (assuming dignity has no value)
          They may be hiding in their caves, but they're laughing their asses off.
          It's almost as if all his overconfident, absolutist assertions were spoonfed to him by a trusted website or subreddit. Sheeple
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          • #6
            Originally posted by rah View Post
            The terrorists win again...They may be hiding in their caves, but they're laughing their asses off.
            Well, that's going in my sig
            "Mal nommer les choses, c'est accroître le malheur du monde" - Camus (thanks Davout)

            "I thought you must be dead ..." he said simply. "So did I for a while," said Ford, "and then I decided I was a lemon for a couple of weeks. A kept myself amused all that time jumping in and out of a gin and tonic."

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            • #7
              In like two hours I'll be experiencing these "porno-scanners" myself.
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              When I was younger I thought curfews were silly, but now as the daughter of a young woman, I appreciate them. - Rah

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              • #8
                Let's see if I can post this without it ending up in Ozzy's signature.
                When I was younger, I wouldn't have cared about pat down searches at airports, but now that I have a daughter that's a young woman, who will be going through airport security a few times over the next week, I don't quite appreciate it.
                It's almost as if all his overconfident, absolutist assertions were spoonfed to him by a trusted website or subreddit. Sheeple
                RIP Tony Bogey & Baron O

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                • #9
                  Can we request cute TSA officers only?
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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Asher View Post
                    Can we request cute TSA officers only?

                    That would help. The commuter rail line that I use services O'Hare and when we get downtown all the TSA employees are lined up to get on the train to head out to the airport. This is the UGLIEST group of people that I have every seen.
                    It's almost as if all his overconfident, absolutist assertions were spoonfed to him by a trusted website or subreddit. Sheeple
                    RIP Tony Bogey & Baron O

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                    • #11
                      Only if you moan every time they touch you.
                      I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
                      For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. –Senator Rubio

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by rah View Post
                        That would help.
                        You do know you only get male TSA agents to grope you, right?
                        I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
                        For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. –Senator Rubio

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                        • #13
                          With the ones getting on the train, I'm really not sure what their gender is.
                          It's almost as if all his overconfident, absolutist assertions were spoonfed to him by a trusted website or subreddit. Sheeple
                          RIP Tony Bogey & Baron O

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by rah View Post
                            Let's see if I can post this without it ending up in Ozzy's signature.
                            When I was younger, I wouldn't have cared about pat down searches at airports, but now that I have a daughter that's a young woman, who will be going through airport security a few times over the next week, I don't quite appreciate it.
                            Well said.

                            Originally posted by rah View Post
                            That would help. The commuter rail line that I use services O'Hare and when we get downtown all the TSA employees are lined up to get on the train to head out to the airport. This is the UGLIEST group of people that I have every seen.
                            That might just be Chicago...
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                            When I was younger I thought curfews were silly, but now as the daughter of a young woman, I appreciate them. - Rah

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                            • #15
                              Or just a subset of those that ride the train. WAIT, I ride the train.
                              It's almost as if all his overconfident, absolutist assertions were spoonfed to him by a trusted website or subreddit. Sheeple
                              RIP Tony Bogey & Baron O

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