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AnotherMcIntosh

(11,064 posts)
58. If you could post a more stupid question, and a more stupid response, I don't know what it could be.
Thu Apr 26, 2012, 07:50 PM
Apr 2012

Obviously I don't work for TSA.

Don't they have those full-body Rape-a-scan thingies at JFK?! KamaAina Apr 2012 #1
I'd prefer those PatrynXX Apr 2012 #5
I don't trust that the Rapiscan x-ray backscatter is safe waddirum Apr 2012 #21
You are wise not to... KansDem Apr 2012 #78
Thanks waddirum Apr 2012 #81
She would have to be able to stand with her hands up in the air to go through one of those. LisaL Apr 2012 #9
Exactly. n/t Gormy Cuss Apr 2012 #43
They'd be arrested for child porn if they used it on her. Kablooie Apr 2012 #18
As the cartoon said, the terrorists have indeed won. nolabear Apr 2012 #2
What is the right answer? joeglow3 Apr 2012 #3
They need to use their common sense but at $8.00 an hour..... n/t schmice Apr 2012 #4
They make Meiko Apr 2012 #6
$22, 000 ain't so much, you get what you pay for. SteveG Apr 2012 #11
$8 an hour is no excuse. Who hired them? Who in authority will not hold them accountable? AnotherMcIntosh Apr 2012 #17
Random should include skipping over someone to pick another jonthebru Apr 2012 #8
We can just do what we did before 9/11. ZombieHorde Apr 2012 #10
Scanning this girl wasn't random. Bette Noir Apr 2012 #13
I have travelled with people who need wheelchairs and they give them the twice-over, too. MADem Apr 2012 #24
It's gotten way out of hand. Just to go into the court house, I have to go through 1monster Apr 2012 #26
Don't hold your breath...that's probably next. Auntie Bush Apr 2012 #64
Please don't give them any ideas. AnotherMcIntosh Apr 2012 #69
TSA screeners allegedly let drug-filled luggage through LAX for cash crunch60 Apr 2012 #7
That story sure landed with a whimper HotRodTuna Apr 2012 #28
What does a "Muslim TSA agent" look like? PavePusher Apr 2012 #32
That's my point HotRodTuna Apr 2012 #35
I was admitedly rather pre-caffeination satire-impaired this morning.... PavePusher Apr 2012 #38
Not all Moslem women wear head scarves, but it seems hedgehog Apr 2012 #39
It would make me feel much better about the TSA if that was the case HotRodTuna Apr 2012 #40
Behavioral profile is fine. avaistheone1 Apr 2012 #70
The Secret Service is now in Dept. of Homeland Security ... earthside Apr 2012 #12
As far as I can tell all they've done is finally allow us to take some water on board HotRodTuna Apr 2012 #29
Sounds like it was simply too much for the girl and she freaked out. dkf Apr 2012 #14
Then that just proves they're lead-brained idiots that have no business screening us. HotRodTuna Apr 2012 #31
A young child with leg braces and crutches is no threat to anybody. LibDemAlways Apr 2012 #15
Its not the girl they were concerned with I bet but rather the braces. cstanleytech Apr 2012 #22
Yes, let's put some more burdens on people HotRodTuna Apr 2012 #33
Actually I said 2 hours and I cant remember where it was but cstanleytech Apr 2012 #50
A crippled child, harassed by uniformed thugs working for the Orwellian-named sabrina 1 Apr 2012 #49
Well said. Boudica the Lyoness Apr 2012 #52
What would calling the airline do? Ruby the Liberal Apr 2012 #51
If you call the airline before hand they probably would have advised the TSA cstanleytech Apr 2012 #54
I will give you advising them to arrive even earlier Ruby the Liberal Apr 2012 #55
Well, they wouldn't. The airlines don't have that kind of clout with TSA. yardwork Apr 2012 #57
This isnt about "clout" to get a freebie to bypass TSA its about letting them know in advance cstanleytech Apr 2012 #61
You're kidding, right? /nt yardwork Apr 2012 #62
what was the ag dept doing with airports back then? alp227 Apr 2012 #68
Customs. Checking people's bags to make sure we weren't bringing in plants from other countries. yardwork Apr 2012 #72
This is outrageous. We're going to look back at this decade on things like this with horror that Honeycombe8 Apr 2012 #16
But then someone will complain about being profiled HotRodTuna Apr 2012 #34
waste of money - all theater and does not make us safer - worse waste of tax dollars for illusions 2Design Apr 2012 #19
You want one solution? Each time this happens, fire the person at the top. Sooner or later, one of AnotherMcIntosh Apr 2012 #20
Four other alternatives spring to mind also. cstanleytech Apr 2012 #23
Politicians own stock in these scanning machines, so we will see lots crunch60 Apr 2012 #25
Thanks. Of course, that which gets rewarded gets repeated. AnotherMcIntosh Apr 2012 #36
Just like they own a piece of the for-profit-prison action... polichick Apr 2012 #75
ASSHOLES ! jerseyjack Apr 2012 #27
What the fuck happened to common sense? truebrit71 Apr 2012 #30
Like I explained before, this is by design. backscatter712 Apr 2012 #42
Exactly, it's a "softening" up process, the more we accept these crunch60 Apr 2012 #45
Yup. You are absolutely correct. truebrit71 Apr 2012 #47
Do you want to see a cut-back in TSAs? Stop flying. AnotherMcIntosh Apr 2012 #37
Vapid response to people's concerns. Do you work for TSA? crunch60 Apr 2012 #46
If you could post a more stupid question, and a more stupid response, I don't know what it could be. AnotherMcIntosh Apr 2012 #58
Obviously, many people just can't "Stop Flying" , so that is no solution, and obviously crunch60 Apr 2012 #67
I did stop flying. When going to the airport feels like entering a prison... Comrade Grumpy Apr 2012 #48
When the TSAs gave Joe Foss a hard time, as well as the pilots who going to fly the planes, AnotherMcIntosh Apr 2012 #59
I was out in your "neck of the woods" last November! KansDem Apr 2012 #79
Have you ever looked at a map of the world? Boudica the Lyoness Apr 2012 #53
Excuse me, but that is an illogical reaction. AnotherMcIntosh Apr 2012 #60
Incidents like this are by design. It's coercive conditioning of the populace to accept tyranny. backscatter712 Apr 2012 #41
No stopping the madness doctorwho05 Apr 2012 #44
"People that work for the TSA are anti-liberty subhuman trash"... polichick Apr 2012 #74
This is disgusting. It's also another reason I refuse to fly commercial. classof56 Apr 2012 #56
I agree. Flying is so unpleasant and a hassle now. avaistheone1 Apr 2012 #71
Sickos. BlueIris Apr 2012 #63
this is ridiculous - just like that pat down I got in Denver wordpix Apr 2012 #65
Sadly, the terrorists have won through intimidation of the public. alp227 Apr 2012 #66
Good grief. I must say though that a lot of TSA people get it right... polichick Apr 2012 #73
The purpose of TSA is not to screen for terrorist.... AnneD Apr 2012 #76
The TSA is only making the anger swell in the people lovuian Apr 2012 #77
abolish the TSA Googlybear Apr 2012 #80
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