Government Blog For TSA Praises TSA; The Reality Comes Out In The Comments
A commenter fact-checked their ass, as the saying goes.
The government's post is "TSA Week in Review - 34 Firearms Discovered This Week - 30 Loaded."
The commenter:
Anonymous said...12,000,000 people flew last week on 210,000 flights.
TSA missed 70 weapons, so a total of 100 weapons, none of which were possessed by a terrorist, were brought into US airports.
100 out of 12,000,000 flyers = .0008%
100 out of 210,000 flights = .05%
TSA found 34, so 66 people got on those 210,000 flights. Since none were threats to aviation safety, no one was threatened and no planes fell out of the sky.
These useless blotter blogs are statistically insignificant. Stop pretending the TSA is doing anything more than wasting $8,000,000,000 per year.
The TSA itself says in court documents that no terrorists are trying to blow up planes.
The TSA is an embarrassment to America.
And, as other comments there point out, don't forget the two-inch toy gun confiscated from the sock monkey.
A few years back my (absolutely adorable) 5 year old girl, wearing a disney princess-outfit, got her plastic play sword confiscated by officials at Charles de Gaulle. Had I held it and got into a fight, I would have tossed it (the sword, that it; I wouldn't toss my kid), thinking I could do more damage with my bare hands. I've since wondered if I could bring a drawing of a gun on a plane.
Jesper at December 11, 2013 2:45 AM
Is the sock monkey on the no fly list now?
I R A Darth Aggie at December 11, 2013 7:12 AM
hmmm, sounds like a jobs program, doesn't it?
SwissArmyD at December 11, 2013 9:32 AM
The TSA itself says in court documents that no terrorists are trying to blow up planes.
Wait: What?
When did the terrorists stop? Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab tried to blown up an airliner in 2009.
Have we received notice from al Qaeda that they've given up trying to blow up airliners?
Where can I read that document? And do you believe them?
Thomas Wictor at December 11, 2013 2:55 PM
Amy Alkon
http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2013/12/11/government_blog.html#comment-4110222">comment from Thomas WictorThese are documents from Jonathan Corbett's court case. Have to take a nap now. Please use search on my blog -- you'll find them. The pantybomber event was in 2009 -- four years ago. Also, it is too expensive to give up our freedoms even if people do end up dying. If you want to be perfectly safe, create a fascist state under your bed with your stuffed animals.
Amy Alkon at December 11, 2013 3:18 PM
I can post my usual rant if you haven't seen it yet, but the basic argument is that on 9/11 the terrorists used the "usual" (hijacking) in an unusual way. That unusual way ended a little while after it started with the passengers of United Flight 93. So why has the not-so-smart bomb become a regular action?
And if bombing were effective it would have happened hundreds, in not thousands, of times since Lockerbie in 1988. Why are airline bombings not a regular occurence?
Once you can answer both questions then you realize what utility the TSA actually provides.
Jim P. at December 11, 2013 5:24 PM
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