Today in the airport security line the TSA hurried us through (even though there was hardly any line) and I didn't have to take off my shoes or jacket or take the liquids and laptop out of my bag. Just make sure my pockets didn't have anything that would set off the metal detector. I haven't been through an airport screening line that fast since Africa. Have they updated the procedure? I don't think I inadvertently made it to the Pre-Check line; they're pretty attentive about that. I haven't heard of any US terrorist attacks so far, so it apparently didn't have any ill effects . . .
I sort of doubt it, though even if that's the case, I wouldn't trust it. Best case scenario? They actually have changed their tactics, agency-wide, to be less obtrusive. We're all still payin' for 'em. Even if they go from dicks to doorstops, it's only to drop under the national consciousness and keep leeching off the people.
If I had my way, they'd all apologize for existing, admit they were a waste of time as an agency, and as individual humans, and slit their jugulars.
I have a a vague memory of reading that they were dropping some of the stupid like shoe removal. But I haven't flown in a while, so no direct experience.
I'm sure you were deeply upset to hear about that, since we all know how much you love every ounce of government overreach.
That seems unnecessarily harsh. They shouldn't have to beg our forgiveness before killing themselves. They should just go straight to killing themselves.
Yep, now after a strip search and anal probe they wipe your memory and replace it with a false one of breezing through security with no issues.
Not good enough, Liet ol' son. What you've got left to you to do, now, is to stand up in favor of freedom, or stand up against freedom. And in case you're wondering -- you, vacillation won't count as standing up for freedom. Being a chickenshit sucker of the State's cock won't count as standing up for freedom. You're going to have to stand up for the individual, against the State. Can you suspend your overwhelming, all-saturating, chickenshit cowardice long enough to do that? Let's find out!
And as soon as another plane blows up, you and the rest of the terrified sheep will be screaming about the lack of security and blaming whoever is in the White House for failing to make our airports safe. Until then, Drudge will continue with his ludicrous campaign to characterize the screening process as sexual assault and Rand Paul will keep throwing tantrums because he thinks he's too important to be delayed by security measures. You fuckers deserve to be blown up by the next shoe bomb.
Huh? The question was asked: Have they updated the procedure? The answer is yes. Whether or not current procedures are reasonable is another matter entirely. What does your rambling have to do with anything? Lay off the sauce. If you were really a writer you'd understand the concept of being responsive rather than rambling aimlessly as you are wont to do.
Again with the need to personalize the argument. Address the fucking point I made, or shut the fuck up.
I'm sure there are some that will wish you were on that next plane blown up. Shut the fuck up, simpering chimpanzee.
Psst. It's Castle. Don't expect coherence. Don't expect responsiveness. Don't expect topical continuity. It's a trap.
John Castle is making it sound like he's been on a plane before. That can't be right, airfare is expensive.
John Castle tactic? Don't know what you're talking about. I was pointing out that anti-TSA screechers who insist that being patted down is sexual assault deserve to be hijacked and flown into a building.
Probably he was a stowaway in a wheel-well. He could afford that and it would explain the brain damage.
"They who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." ~Benjamin Franklin An essential liberty is NOT being groped or otherwise invaded by government agents. To be patted down prior to boarding an aircraft is a presumption of guilt, which the government is required to prove. It's too bad that the government doesn't want to play by those rules.
As someone who flies fairly regularly, I can tell you from first hand experience that the TSA is an abject failure. Do I really need to post the picture, again, of the TSA agent knitting on duty rather than watching the X-Ray machine screen? I, personally, have flow with co-workers that have brought knives and I've, personally, brought batons and handcuffs through Security without the slightest problem. So, any screaming and wailing about "the next time" isn't worth the time it took to type because the TSA won't stop "the next time." The hyperventilating is either a fraud for show or you're very, very ignorant of the situation. The TSA really is security theater. It's sole function is to show John Q. Public that the government is doing something to protect them. It matters not that that something is ineffectual and inefficient.
Fail. The moment you describe a pat down to check for smuggled weapons as "groping" you lose. There is no "presumption of guilt" in submitting to a security screening, any more than walking through a metal detector as you enter a courthouse means yoyou're presumed to be carrying a gun. You have no right or essential liberty interest in riding on an airplane. Nobody is forcing you to fly. Don't like going thru security? Then drive your fucking car, or take a fucking bus? Bottom line, I'm not willing to compromise my safety because you feel inconvenienced. Fucking pansy American. Go live in Israel for a year, those people accepted the need for heightened security long ago because they were tired of busses blowing up.
I see. So because you perceive the TSA to be a failure (and that's all it is, your opinion based on sensationalized, cherry-picked examples of individual negligence that have been played up by Drudge, along with own unverifiable anecdotal stories), we should just.....what exactly? Scrap airport security? Well tell ya what buddy, you can take the flights where nobody has gone through a security checkpoint, and I'll take my chances with the flights with the TSA. Good luck, if I were you I'd make sure I'm always flying with those friends with knives.
It really doesn't bother me whether or not you believe me. Those of us that do fly regularly know what that the TSA is a sham. So, do we acknowledge this or do we go 20 pages where I play Sancho and you tilt at windmills? I'd rather not do that, personally.
Flashlight is acting like a joke, per usual. It's also obvious he's never been anywhere outside the USA. Over the last decade I've regularly flown through Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangkok, most of Europe, all over the USA and even freaking Egypt. The TSA is a joke. It's amazing how easy and painless security is to get through in all the places I've travelled through without being subject to the bullshit you go through with the TSA. Even in American airports the TSA isn't consistent - you can get away with something in say Atlanta that you wouldn't be able to in LAX. They can't even get their shit together in that regard. Theatre of security man. It's all bullshit. The one exception is Heathrow. That is the worst fucking airport on the planet and I'd rather get cavity searched by a poorly educated TSA employee than travel through Terminal 5. Always fly though Schipol, De Gaulle or Frankfurt, avoid that curry and BO smelling shithole at all costs.
