I think on this day, for the first time in my life, I can speak for all of America and perhaps for all of mankind, when I say that if proctological examinations ever become part of airport security, that's where I draw the line.
Don't give them any ideas, Roger. Given the way things are going, that seems like the next logical step.
y worst nightmare took place yesterday. Worse than events that have taken place and that I have survived in my short 28 years of living. Worse than my wildest of dreams could conjure.My son was taken from me.
Taken.
My son was taken from me by the TSA agents at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson airport yesterday.
He was taken away from me and OUT OF MY SIGHT because his pacifier clip went off when I carried him through the metal detector.
According to the Transportation Security Administration website, "We will not ask you to do anything that will separate you from your child or children."
Bullshit TSA.
You took my son. MY SON.
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As a parent, this account is nothing short of horrifying.
Edit: I guess I got caught up in all the anti-TSA rhetoric going around. The TSA posted the actual CCTV footage of this incident, which paints a very different picture of what happened. That said, everyone needs to be vigilant to ensure that something like what this woman described doesn't happen. Ever.
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Unnamed TSA agent: "You know why we're doing this."
The debate over security scanning and pat-downs has reached such a fever pitch, it seems that people are forgetting that the enemy isn't the Transportation Security Administration -- it's al Qaeda.
I don't want my children or grandchildren getting on a plane that's going to be blown apart in the sky. That's what this comes down to.
If people have constructive suggestions to make, please make them. But to threaten to shut down the system is irresponsible.
They are putting people in danger by trying to intimidate the TSA into backing down on their security measures.
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Nobody is threatening to shut down the system, as near as I can tell. Individuals are standing up for their constitutional rights, preferring not give up essential liberties to obtain temporary safety.
A revolt is apparently growing at the grassroots level — being fanned by politicians and right-wing talking heads — against the new procedures being used by the TSA to ensure that people with bombs and weapons don't get on airplanes with you and me and our loved ones. If you ask me, it's ridiculous. The revolt, I mean.
Are people's memories so short that they have forgotten that it was just last Christmas when a man with a bomb hidden in his underwear was caught on a flight to Detroit?
Have we forgotten the "shoe bomber"?
Have you turned on the television lately? As I write this, bomb-sniffing dogs have located a suspicious package at Logan Airport, and the cargo area has been cleared.
And people are complaining about TSA pat-downs?
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No, lady. I am complaining about the fact the TSA now feels the need to violate our constitutional rights to do their job. I draw the line at being forced to choose between walking through a potentially unsafe imaging machine or having my "junk" touched. Or possibly both, should the TSA screeners find a "problem" that needs "resolution."
The Ben Gurion International Airport in Israel, which is in a much more "unsafe" part of the world than any US airport, hasn't had a problem in 8 years. They've done this without touching people's junk, putting them through full body scanners, or require you to take off your shoes.
It would appear that the Department of Homeland Security is not only prepared to enforce the enhanced security procedures at airports, but is involved in gathering intelligence about those who don't. They're making a list and most certainly will be checking it twice. Meanwhile, legitimate threats to our air travel security (and they DO exist) seem to be taking a back seat to the larger threat of the multitude of non-criminal American citizens who object to having their Constitutional rights violated.
As I have written before, it has nothing to do with security and everything to do with control.
As we say on No Agenda: New. World. Order. SHUT UP SLAVE!!!!!
If an "anomaly" is detected during the pat-down--or when you go through the AIT scanner-- you will be subjected to a "resolution pat-down." TSA agents will take you to a private area and do a more intense pat-down, which includes using the front of the agent's hands for a more thorough search, including the groin area.
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This just seems like they can "invent" an excuse to pat you down. And as far as I'm concerned, the TSA can "resolve" the issue in public. I have no desire to get a private room with a TSA agent.
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I went to a Veterans Day event at my kid's elementary school. They recited something very similar to what Red Skelton did in this video.
In watching it, I can't help but think that our leaders have forgotten a thing or two about how this country is supposed to work.
he TSA's cranked up their spin machine, but a closer look gives a different picture.
For example, the LA Times (which previously ran an editorial Shut up and be scanned) reports that of the 50,000 travelers at LAX, 133 people opted out of the scans and requested patdowns instead.
At first glance, that doesn't sound like a lot … but wait a second: remember the TSA's repeated reassurances that very few of passengers are selected for additional screening. I saw several different estimates for this. Suppose 1% of travelers are selected for scanning.
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So 1% of 50k people is 500. 133 people opt-ing out means 26.6%. What if the number of people they subjected to extra screening was half a percent? Then we're up to more than 50%!
It's like the quote from Aaron Levenstein: "Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital." And you know that TSA is going to crank up the PR machine, spin it positively. The lamestream media and sheeple will simply eat it up.