Post #185,956
12/3/04 4:28:35 PM
8/21/07 6:23:13 AM
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Escalation has begun
[link|http://www.ksat.com/travelgetaways/3967864/detail.html|http://www.ksat.com/...67864/detail.html]
A woman who objected to being frisked may be charged with assault for slapping an airport security guard's face with her boarding pass, police said.
The 48-year-old woman swatted the agent after being told she had to be patted down for repeatedly setting off metal detectors before her flight Wednesday, Lt. Tod Dahle said.
"She said if anybody was going to touch her, she was going to touch them," Dahle said. She was "just an average middle-aged person who got upset."
The woman was allowed to leave on another flight, but police plan to pursue a misdemeanor assault charge, Dahle said.
Many women say the airport patdowns are going too far. They're responding to new airport procedures in which security guards use open hands to feel across women's shoulders, waists and their breasts. These searches are sometimes conducted by men and in front of other passengers.
"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." --Albert Einstein
"This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses." --George W. Bush
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Post #186,055
12/5/04 4:01:28 PM
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Fly the Friendly Skies.
Jesus, can anyone even remember when it was exciting to go to the airport and fly somewhere? It's a collosal PITA now, UNLESS you get to sit where you can look out the front.
bcnu,
Mikem
Eine Leute. Eine Welt. Ein F\ufffdhrer.
(Just trying to be accepted in the New America)
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Post #186,106
12/5/04 10:59:48 PM
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I can see humoring these jackanapes
- just long enough to board a flight out of the country.
Meanwhile, for the duration of this shameful cabal and its witless toadies - it's Amtrak or The Car por moi (or maybe the Green Turtle bus).
Let it get Much Worse, I say - obv the Fighting threshold for awakening a sizable majority of perpetually somnolent Consumers re what they've lost, must be Pretty ^fucking^ ^^High^^
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Post #186,118
12/6/04 12:30:24 AM
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Haven't flown since 09/08/2001
I've got a comfortable car and an iPod with four days of listening pleasure.
As long as I stop at every other rest area for my wife's sake, we do just fine.
Tom Sinclair
"This is a lovely party," said the Bursar to a chair, "I wish I was here."
-- The Bursar is a man under a *lot* of stress
(Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies)
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Post #186,128
12/6/04 7:09:52 AM
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Consumers LIKE this
can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs, after all.
The more abusive TSA gets, the more consumers will see the Bush anti-terrorism strategy in action. There's been no more hijacking attacks, so it M*U*S*T be effective.
See, it's GOOD that Bush is back in office. The consumer voted him in; after all - in the Bush economy fewer can afford to fly anyway - see how he takes care of us?
Imric's Tips for Living
- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
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Nothing is as simple as it seems in the beginning,
As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
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Post #186,397
12/8/04 2:36:13 AM
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Ah, I See
I snap my fingers, often -- to keep the tigers away.
Effective, isn't it?
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Post #186,407
12/8/04 7:05:36 AM
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Careful - it's a 'Mauve' Tiger Alert.
Only Neocon actions can keep you TRULY SAFE from tigers.
Don't be deceived.
Just ask God.
Imric's Tips for Living
- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
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Nothing is as simple as it seems in the beginning,
As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
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Post #186,177
12/6/04 1:42:10 PM
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And continues.
Emphasis mine. The uniformed screeners from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) have become familiar sights to air travelers across the country. But not all airport officials are happy to have them around. Nevada's Elko Regional Airport last week became the first airport in the country to apply to get rid of TSA screeners altogether and return to private employees. The airport, which handles just 15 flights a day, has 14 screeners. Elko director Cris Jensen said there were no problems with the government screeners, but he feels his airport can do the same job more efficiently by better matching its personnel with demand. Dozens of other small airports are expected to apply for a similar exemption in the coming weeks. [link|http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101041213-880223,00.html?cnn=yes|http://www.time.com/...3,00.html?cnn=yes]
bcnu,
Mikem
Eine Leute. Eine Welt. Ein F\ufffdhrer.
(Just trying to be accepted in the New America)
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Post #187,929
12/23/04 9:36:19 AM
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starting to change
[link|http://www.cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/12/23/tsa.pat.downs/index.html|TSA modifies pat-downs to exclude breast area]
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Post #187,978
12/23/04 3:28:43 PM
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But now how are we going to be protected from...
The Killer Tits?????
bcnu,
Mikem
Eine Leute. Eine Welt. Ein F\ufffdhrer.
(Just trying to be accepted in the New America)
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