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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 07:44 AM Original message |
This is our glorious TSA in action - prepare to be outraged! |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
1. They gave me a public pat down yesterday |
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Lugnut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 12:29 AM Response to Reply #1 |
57. I'm glad I don't have to fly. |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 07:47 AM Response to Original message |
2. Largest Agency Ever Created |
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Truth4Justice (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 05:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
51. Someone remind me just why we fought a cold war with the USSR again? |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 09:24 AM Response to Reply #51 |
71. Well don't you get it - the Russians had such a struggling |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
3. I got home from a flight Sunday evening. |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 07:56 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I got one better than that |
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MrMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 08:45 AM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Been there |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 08:02 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. My luggage came with little padlocks hanging off the zippers. |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 08:04 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. I'd throw my toothbrush away if I were you. n/t |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 08:22 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. TSA broke our lanterns, flashlights, etc. |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 01:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
34. From a checked bag? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 05:52 PM Response to Reply #34 |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 04:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
45. I assume this was checked baggage? |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 07:55 AM Response to Original message |
4. There are issues in the UK too |
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Tracer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
6. ONLY 110,000 abuse complaints? |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 12:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
26. I suspect many are intimidated out of complaining. |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 03:25 AM Response to Reply #26 |
62. I didn't file a complaint against the fascist gang that took my luggage apart&humiliated me to tears |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
7. The wrong people have the power. |
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remember2000forever (594 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
9. It All Started Becoming HUGE, when poor people were offered decent wages |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 03:00 PM Response to Reply #9 |
43. What happen when they all have to be laid off, after the federal gov't goes bankrupt? |
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Truth4Justice (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 07:07 PM Response to Reply #43 |
53. Never thought I would wish someone would get laid off but I make exception for TSA goons. |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
10. My seventyish wife in a wheel chair was patted down for a good 15 minutes at BNA, causing us to |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
12. This crap has been going on for a longer time than we realize...for this one reason I hate to fly |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
15. And they wonder why the airlines are going belly up? |
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ReverendDeuce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
16. "Security theater" is alive and well... LOL |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
17. I had to throw away a lighter, but the guy in front of me, with a chain saw in a box, |
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EnviroBat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
18. I will not fly any fucking airlines. |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
19. I've had it happen to me. |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
20. I get super-searched every time... |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
21. and every airport seems to have different rules, one place you take off your belt, at another |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 01:38 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. yes! |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 01:54 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. And it all stemmed from a bogus "terra-ist plot" |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 02:11 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. yup and now i can once again I can take a lighter on board. You know the funny thing about |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 02:15 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. But my aunt is still grousing about our trip last year |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 02:04 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Yes. |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 02:09 PM Response to Reply #21 |
36. No kidding! |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 11:16 PM Response to Reply #36 |
56. They take my cane away from me to X-ray it, while I am supposed to walk through the metal detector |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 01:24 AM Response to Reply #56 |
60. They're probably afraid that after hassling you |
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Flying Dream Blues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
22. How is it possible so many of us have been in a near constant state of outrage |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 12:03 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. "...others are just inferiority complexes run amok with powerlust." |
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Truth4Justice (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 07:16 PM Response to Reply #22 |
54. These goons are like the police: some are decent people and some are slimey dirtbags on a power-trip |
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AwakeAtLast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
23. As less people fly because of this, the airlines lose more money |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 01:07 AM Response to Reply #23 |
58. Because Bush and the Congress Bought the Airlines after Bailing them out after 9/11 |
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chemenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
25. Isn't there some sort of legal recourse a person can take |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 05:49 AM Response to Reply #25 |
65. i doubt it |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
27. TSA should be disbanded entirely. |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 01:40 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. lockable and reinforced cockpit doors |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 04:39 PM Response to Reply #31 |
44. As Gore recommended, and airlanes spent million$$$ lobbying against just that ... |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 04:46 PM Response to Reply #31 |
46. Exactly, heck 911 made 911 impossible to try again |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
28. I hate dealing with those power-tripping fucktards. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
29. Fucking freak! |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
32. my best tsa exp... |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 02:33 PM Response to Reply #32 |
42. THAT is one of the best tricks I have ever heard. |
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JustFiveMoreMinutes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
39. TSA has on on-line blog taking 'suggestions' |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
40. Boycott the airline industry. |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 05:54 AM Response to Reply #40 |
66. some sacrifice? |
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jakem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
41. self delete |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
47. It has more to do with discouraging the working class from traveling. |
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screembloodymurder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 04:57 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. They checked my dirty underwear. |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 03:28 AM Response to Reply #48 |
63. They rifled through my dirty clothes once, too. Which included a very smelly sports bra |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
49. Deleted message |
ThatsMyBarack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 05:57 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. But, but, but.... |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
55. This has happened to people I know |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 01:16 AM Response to Original message |
59. So much anger... Here's something to cool the sting of fascism |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 03:34 AM Response to Reply #59 |
64. LOL |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 03:15 AM Response to Original message |
61. The entire point of this exercise is to terrify citizens into submission. "Achtung! Your papers!" |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 07:39 AM Response to Original message |
67. Hubby and I both have hip replacements. We get public pat-downs |
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MuseRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
68. What exactly are our rights here? |
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darkrenegade (13 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
69. The whole point of this is government-run travel, on all levels |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
70. everyday they are stripping our rights away, |
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