Let’s put up a YouTube video of a grown man who somehow manages to make it through airport security without crying like a little girl.
Then after that we can show one of the millions of children who
somehow mange to make it through without having a tantrum.

Can we please stop torturing the TSA…?
I do not think for a moment that they enjoy looking at the naked bodies of the millions of people who pass through security nor do they relish the fact that they have to grope a man’s groin.

Let me ask all of you. Do you want to rub your hands up and down some random stranger’s legs….?

Also do me a favor and stop whining about what Israel does.
They have less then 1% percent of the airline traffic the U.S. has and more than half of their passengers are former Israeli military.
They also have less than three million tourists a year who visit their country.
They also stop every single vehicle that comes into the airport and they staff their security with soldiers with machine guns and undercover personel.
They do not worry about Israeli citizens hijacking an aircraft because it has never happened whereas here in the United States we invented the tactic.

I’m not very optimistic anyone there would even consider opting out of TSA. *sigh*

Of course, Napolitano and Comrade Obama will shut down the only kind of enhanced interrogation techniques they publicly support–that of American citizens domestically–once they see their potential union supporters being given pink slips. But that could be win/win: the Obama Administration’s domestic torture program would be shut down and the TSA still could be cut down to size.

Erick, just wanted you to know – the last paragraph of your post made me smile. As Ghandi once said: “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.”

Love it.

About 8 months after 911 my family took a vacation. We got to the airport and our luggage got checked. Hey no problem, 9/11 had just happened. We wanted to be safe. Then we got to the security area where my 11 year old twins were pulled from the line for extra scrutiny. Hey, ok. We all want to be safe, no big deal, a little hassle, so what? Then we got to the gate. Again my 11 year old twins were pulled out of line for additional scrutiny. They were patted down and wanded. I turned to my wife and made some comment about how evil our kids must look. I was also wondering where they might have picked up explosives between the security check point and the gate. I don’t remember passing an explosives store. So, now I’m beginning to think this security stuff is a little overboard. They finished with my kids and the next person up was a young woman. She was wearing tight short shorts and a halter top. She could barely hide herself much less any contraband. They however, dutifully wanded and frisked her. This is all in full public view, by the way. While all of this was going on 5 young Arab men were allowed on the plane without any additional scrutiny. It was then that I decided that this security system was, at best, flawed. Now, with what is happening today, I am convinced that the DHS and TSA need large doses of anti-psychotic meds. Alice in Wonderland anyone?

I understand that there is an opt out (backscatter machine) protest being planned for the day before Thanksgiving. Hmmmm That would cause a massive backlog on the busiest flight day of the year. Despite the obvious problems that would be borne of this, I’d LOVE to see it take place.

That would cause ticket holders to be re-routed to the gropers where I wish each and every one of the passengers would ask to see the warrant issued against them for probable cause, describing the place to be searched and the persons or things to be seized.

For those who really wanted to skip over asking to see the warrant, maybe they would like to ask to see the employee’s hetero or homo certification. After all, aren’t we guaranteed a member of the same sex?

Finally, after the pat down, and just to show they don’t hold a grudge, it’d be great if everyone had a dollar in hand to toss down as a tip for their ‘experience’. (Only if they were happy with it, of course.)

As a liberal, I think that this is an issue that progressives and tea-party republicans can see eye to eye on. I think that this is a gross infringement on our right to privacy. I’m not a particularly modest person, so it’s not me personally that I am concerned about. I’m sure that the majority of TSA screeners are fine men and women. However, I cannot ignore the fact that they are paid barely above min. wage, thereby eliminating (at least in my opinion) any incentive to be professional ( http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/bizarre/tsa-screener-cited-torture-scanner-case ) and more likely to be corrupt. How stringent a background check do they need to go through? Would you allow your 12 year old little girl to be seen naked by ANY adult other than yourself or her Doctor? And since we know that they lied about not keeping copies of the images ( http://gizmodo.com/5690749/these-are-the-first-100-leaked-body-scans ), what’s to keep some down on his/her luck screener from selling the images online? Further, the media seems to be ignoring the fact that the best way to detect contraband of ANY kind is using dogs? A dogs brain contains up to 300 million olfactory receptors compared to our 40 million. This means that not only can they be trained to identify a smell, but that they can separate that scent from others. In other words, they can find a bag of weed on a subway platform in rush hour. Also, they work for dog food. I guess the K9 lobby should have hired Michael Chertoff ( http://gawker.com/5437499/why-is-michael-chertoff-so-excited-about-full+body-scanners ).

A couple months after 9/11.

It warned TSA workers about discrimination.

The takeaway for many TSA workers was, “I won’t bother anyone but little old ladies.”

http://www.redstate.com/common_cents/2009/12/29/tsa-memo-right-after-911-doesnt-this-make-you-feel-all-safe-inside/

Excerpts from 11/2001 memo:

“Treat people who may appear to be of Arab, Middle Eastern or South Asian descent and/or Muslim with the same respect you would treat people of other ethnicities and religions, and treat all people in a polite, respectful and friendly manner.”

“Do not subject persons or their property to inspection, search and/or detention solely because they appear to be Arab, Middle Eastern, Asian, and/or Muslim; or solely because they speak Arabic, Farsi, or another foreign language; or solely because they speak with an accent that may lead you to believe they are Arab, Middle Eastern, Asian, and/or Muslim.”

free prostate screenings for all male airline travelers by TSA workers who will be at least as qualified as the eventually unionized government “doctors” that Obamacare will give us. Win-win!

How many Terrorists have been stopped by the TSA?

How many shoe bombs have they found?

How many Undewear bombs have they found?

Have they ever stopped someone who had the intent to harm???

I have NEVER heard of one and have heard that there are NONE.

They still go by the same policies and do the same things, so I’m not sure what that accomplishes.