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44. Notice how most of these "reports of TSA abuse" appear in wing-nut publications

Thu May 10, 2012, 01:21 PM

May 2012

I agree with your position 100%. This is about Republicans busting unions and privatizing airport security so they can enrich their donors.

This is an unpopular thing to say at DU. But you nailed it.

See also this post:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=118116

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Baby, 18 months old, ordered off plane at Fort Lauderdale airport [View all] Ichingcarpenter May 2012 OP

Just more TSA bullshit. Millions of taxpayer dollars LibDemAlways May 2012 #1

That would be billions. Prometheus Bound May 2012 #5

Sure looks like a terrorist to me! Bozita May 2012 #2

It is such a tough call braddy May 2012 #7

LOL LOL LOL newfie11 May 2012 #14

I'm told waterboarding doesn't work on them--they just scream their language and pee all over you... hlthe2b May 2012 #16

Newest crime in the United States of Police: BEING BROWN!!!! Suji to Seoul May 2012 #3

Nothing 'new' about it. elleng May 2012 #40

"The Diaper Bomber" thelordofhell May 2012 #4

she will fuck your shit up AtomicKitten May 2012 #6

She scares me to death. MrSlayer May 2012 #8

TSA doesn't work, it needs to be PRIVATIZED! DontTreadOnMe May 2012 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author PuraVidaDreamin May 2012 #10

No -- it needs to be staffed by smarter, better trained, and better paid individuals. Auggie May 2012 #39

Notice how most of these "reports of TSA abuse" appear in wing-nut publications emulatorloo May 2012 #44

This seems absurd and offensive until bombs are being put into rectums, or sewn into dogs... boppers May 2012 #11

It is security theatre. Otherwise they would have flagged the parents and not the kid. TalkingDog May 2012 #23

Ages are not on the list. Nor are the parents of everybody on the list. boppers May 2012 #55

If you are on the list, boarding passes would not have been issued. ManiacJoe May 2012 #58

IIRC, It was a soundex match, so it passed initial scrutiny. boppers May 2012 #59

They should not have been taken off the plane in the first place. ManiacJoe May 2012 #60

somebody = TSA justice1 May 2012 #61

We've become a nation of scaredy-cats Lydia Leftcoast May 2012 #63

"some idiot who sticks a bomb up his ass" boppers May 2012 #64

You know, I'm not any more worried about that than about Lydia Leftcoast May 2012 #65

I look at it from a slightly odder angle... boppers May 2012 #67

Secure flight requires providing DOB when buying the ticket so the age was known. Gormy Cuss May 2012 #62

The whole purpose of the TSA is intimidation... lib2DaBone May 2012 #12

A lot of buck-passing in that story muriel_volestrangler May 2012 #13

She had a stink bomb inside her diaper. Warren Stupidity May 2012 #15

sometimes i think my 9 month old granddaughter is a terrorist... madrchsod May 2012 #17

Two words: DIAPER BOMBS! tclambert May 2012 #18

They were afraid of stink bombs! Suji to Seoul May 2012 #48

Been there done it... trumad May 2012 #57

TSA is vile. Shut it down. nt BlueIris May 2012 #19

Only use air travel The Wizard May 2012 #20

which is a shame, since air travel used to be so enjoyable Blue_Tires May 2012 #22

Haven't flown since '98, very likely never will again n/t IDemo May 2012 #26

You don't think rail would be subject to the same nonsense? 4th law of robotics May 2012 #43

Don't you people understand? The common thing between ALL terrorists is that: marble falls May 2012 #21

Maybe because she has two names: Rihanna AND Riyanna alcibiades_mystery May 2012 #24

Rihanna is the good child. Riyanna is a terror baby. Liberal Veteran May 2012 #25

ROFL alcibiades_mystery May 2012 #52

Anyone remember the way the 9/11 terrorists were dressed? I sure do Roland99 May 2012 #27

Teh stoopid and the derp hifiguy May 2012 #28

Quick! Send her to the GitMo Playpen! (nt) KansDem May 2012 #29

If this baby is a a terrorist folks game over. iandhr May 2012 #30

Hey has anyone dealt with one of those diapers after Smilo May 2012 #31

kick for the petrified pro-TSA posters on the board.. frylock May 2012 #32

Is there anyone on DU who still thinks the Bush-era "watch list" is of any value? slackmaster May 2012 #33

Hmmm, this is the Obama-era. Bush certainly has plenty of faults, but this one falls on the 24601 May 2012 #53

Interesting two paragraphs at the end of the article. ManiacJoe May 2012 #34

The opacity of the "terror watch list" gives TSA an easy out for embarrassments like this slackmaster May 2012 #35

According to repeated claims by the government, via the media, ManiacJoe May 2012 #36

I won't believe anything the government says about the list until they publish it slackmaster May 2012 #37

WTF? Odin2005 May 2012 #38

Well, terrorists do tend to be young . . . 4th law of robotics May 2012 #41

Oh yeah, that's a terrorist if I've ever seen one. Someone please help these idiots. Maybe LoisB May 2012 #42

This thread needs a theme song. Uncle Joe May 2012 #45

That girl is so cute, I was thinking something more like this because it's transportation-related slackmaster May 2012 #47

What. an. embarrassment. felix_numinous May 2012 #46

SOUNDS AND LOOKS TO ME LIKE drynberg May 2012 #49

Jeesh Did she name that child after the singer? Thrill May 2012 #50

'They were met by TSA agents and made to stand in the terminal for about 30 minutes' tawadi May 2012 #51

Clearly she was secreting pounds of plastique inside her cheeks. rug May 2012 #54

That's sure the scariest baby I've ever seen!!! Rhiannon12866 May 2012 #56

when is this shit going to end? yurbud May 2012 #66

Kids these days, they blow up so fast. You can just never be too careful. olddad56 May 2012 #68

That was the airline, not TSA. They would never have made it passed the security check point if it appleannie1 May 2012 #69

Man, That Is One Dirty Diaper! AnnieBW May 2012 #70