"It's Tragic The ... Freedom Of Travel Has Been So Infringed"
Texas State Representative David Simpson is -- like me, but like too few Americans -- an outspoken critic of the TSA. From KTRH Houston, a quote from Simpson:
"I think people are becoming accustomed to it and that makes it even worse."Representative Simpson agrees with critics who say the TSA is nothing more than security theater and its real purpose was to create more union jobs.
"It's just tragic that the dignity and freedom of travel has been so infringed."
Simpson tried to outlaw TSA groping at Texas airports but the Texas Senate blocked it after the feds threatened to declare Texas a no-fly zone.
RELATED: 81 pounds of pot is a threat to an airline how?
(I'd be interested in knowing how a person can be this stupid -- packing that in suitcases that are going to be screened -- and still manage to survive beyond the eighth grade without constant supervision.)
81 pounds of pot is a threat to an airline how?
Because today its 81 pounds of pot. Next week, it's 76 pounds of pot, and 5 pounds of semtex.
Of course, the courier forgot to pay off the TSA people, which is why she got busted...rent seekers: we haz them.
I R A Darth Aggie at May 5, 2014 6:36 AM
Amy Alkon
https://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2014/05/its-tragic-the.html#comment-4586087">comment from I R A Darth AggieBut it wasn't semtex. And if somebody wanted to bring down an airliner and they had more than two brain cells to rub together, they'd go around the security system and bribe/smuggle what they want onto the plane.
Amy Alkon
at May 5, 2014 8:20 AM
See, See! Now they're meddling in interstate commerce.
Canvasback at May 5, 2014 10:39 AM
Sometimes I feel paranoid and I think the reason is they want to make it so unpleasant that a) foreigners stop visiting (already starting to happen at least in my social circle) b) Americans stop travelling, so when they DO close the borders all Soviet-style, it won't be as noticible.
NicoleK at May 6, 2014 4:54 AM
Amy Alkon
https://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2014/05/its-tragic-the.html#comment-4589782">comment from NicoleKNicoleK, I think this is true in many circles. I don't travel by plane unless I really have to.
Amy Alkon
at May 6, 2014 5:47 AM
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