Why The TSA Is A Huge Joke That Endangers Us Rather Than Keeping Us Safe
Doug Newman, who is flying for the third time this year, blogs:
If a terrorist really wanted to kill a lot of people and disrupt aviation, he would not go to all the trouble of smuggling a bomb onto a plane. Rather, he would set off a bomb in a terminal.Terrorists could even orchestrate a coordinated attack at multiple locations. Imagine bombs going off at eight on a Monday morning at, say, ATL, ORD, LAX and DFW. Imagine thousands dead and America's four largest aviation hubs crippled indefinitely.
TSA waits until well after you enter a terminal before commencing with gate rape. Not only have they never caught a terrorist in over a decade, but they leave most parts of airports ... ahem ... "unprotected."
He gets the real danger exactly right:
Likewise, there is a "higher parade of horribles" that applies to TSA. As horrible as terrorism is, there would be something immeasurably more horrible: life under a totalitarian government.And this is exactly what millions of Americans seem willing to accept in the name of "security". How else would you describe a government that will presume its citizens guilty until proven innocent and molest and assault them as a condition of movement? When we forsake the presumption of innocence, we lose America.
And if you will quietly accept TSA's sexual - and scatalogical - humiliation, what will you not accept? Where will you draw the line? If you think TSA is of secondary importance, then don't complain to me about the IRS or Obamacare. You have already told me that you will allow your government to do absolutely anything.
via @AKFTTUSA
And if you made people wait in line to enter the terminal, they'd plant the bomb where the people were waiting outside the terminal.
NicoleK at July 26, 2013 4:30 AM
Wait, what's the scatalogical humiliation? Are they doing probes now?
NicoleK at July 26, 2013 4:31 AM
And once they secure the terminals, they can attack the schools, and then other means if transportation, and so on. We can never be totally safe.
Jen at July 26, 2013 6:13 AM
Why is this news now?
I called this years ago - just as soon as it came up here.
Wait - I get it. Problems magically disappear if you ignore them. That's all we have to do.
Radwaste at July 26, 2013 6:19 AM
Amy Alkon
http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2013/07/26/why_the_tsa_is_2.html#comment-3820819">comment from RadwasteMany of us have called this. It's not "news," but it's a blog item. And the nimrods in our government have ignored this. We are imperiled -- sitting ducks in the TSA line.
Amy Alkon
at July 26, 2013 6:24 AM
I'm getting a pair:
http://living.msn.com/style-beauty/simply-chic-blog-post/?post=a5c8e094-04d9-4c19-966b-e24ecbe92984
The TSA took these away from one woman, but they won't get mine.
I promise.
o.O
Flynne at July 26, 2013 8:58 AM
"Wait, what's the scatalogical humiliation? "
https://www.google.com/search?q=tsa+colostomy
https://www.google.com/search?q=tsa+diaper (results of this are pretty interesting and (?)surprising(?))
"Are they doing probes now?"
So the answer is apparently, yes.
jerry at July 26, 2013 10:42 AM
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