During this upcoming Thanksgiving travel time (I’m flying too) it’s important to realize that TSA agents at the gate probably have zero leeway in what they can do. Screaming at them when the problem is the policies of TSA is like howling at the customer service rep at the phone company when they screwed up [...]
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Politico has a round-up of major media news stories opposing the new TSA policies. I’m struck at the difference between Obama’s remote, uncaring response and Hillary Clinton’s, where she acknowledged that she would avoid the searches if possible. Obama made no effort to connect with the public or understand the outrage. Hillary did. Some of it appears to be the verbal abuse they’re getting from travelers, but some of it is just the fact that they have to keep touching people they’d rather not touch in that way. TSA pat-down leaves bladder cancer survivor covered in urine TSA forces cancer survivor to show prosthetic breast Obama’s reaction? The [...] This is truly welcome news. Emphasis added. The incoming leaders of the House Transportation Committee on Friday called the new airport pat-down procedures “overly intrusive” and demanded that the Transportation Security Administration restrict their use. In a letter to the TSA, Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., and Rep. Thomas Petri, R-Wis., who are set to assume [...] Well now it’s just gotten silly, hasn’t it? This might be a good time to remind everyone that approximately 233 people re-boarded that plane with assault rifles, pistols, and machine guns-but nothing that could have been used as a weapon. But their nail clippers were confiscated… Security expert Bruce Schneier has a must-read [...] Ron Paul has introduced a bill saying the government can not do to us what would be illegal for us to do. In the speech, he says Americans have been submissive to the government for too long, the members of Congress should undergo the same screenings, and that we need to stand up and [...] Golly, it seems like most everyone except ranking members of both major parties are saying the scanners are dangerous and the new procedures invasive and ineffective. It aims at compliance and submission, says the Pirate Party of Oklahoma, in an enimently sensible interview with Third Party and Independent Daily. What is the Pirate [...] So says Tea Party Nation founder Judson Phillips in an interview with CAIVN. CAIVN: What do you think about the TSA’s “nude” body scanners? Judson Phillips: I am appalled by them. First is the radiation hazard which the regime does not even address. Second, I don’t want people staring at me without clothes [...] Market-Ticker.org says we should heed TSA Secretary Janet Napolitano’s snide remark to “travel by some other means” if we don’t like the new procedures and start boycotting the airlines. While terrorism is horrifying it does not rise to a risk that justifies abrogation of our Constitutional rights – especially when the proffered claims of [...] Just because the attempt failed doesn’t mean it wasn’t terrorism. He slipped through and nearly detonated a bomb on a plane while in flight. It could have been catastrophic. The initial reaction of the Obama Administration on this was to try to paint a perky PR picture. Heckuva job there, TSA. Well no, it [...] |  | ||||
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