TSA's knee jerk reaction: New pre and in-flight procedures/rules

**ZDL** · 12-28-09, 00:58

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**Irish** · 12-28-09, 01:23

How come no mention of cavity searches?!?! What a frickin' joke.

**kwelz** · 12-28-09, 01:37

Originally Posted by irishluck73

How come no mention of cavity searches?!?! What a frickin' joke.

Please don't give them any ideas.

**FromMyColdDeadHand** · 12-28-09, 03:17

What hacks me off the most is that from all reports we knew who this guy was? And for all these new security measures, it seems like the only thing that will really stop these guys is their own retardation and other passengers willing to open a can of whoop-ass at a moments notice. I guess no more Ambien on international flights for me, I might have to go Charlie Sheen on Sudanesse goat herder next to me at a moments notice.

Now I can't play blanket bingo with the bimbo next to me! There goes the fun of interenational travel. I've heard that they can't divorce the maps from the movies yet so have fun running a laptop for 17 hrs.

Plus it sounds like the guy hung the explosives from a sack hung from his midsection. Having someone palpate me trying to figure out if there are two huevos or three does not make up for the loss of blanket bingo.

To reduce costs with the socialized medicine, you'll just get your rectal exam at the airport from now on.

Can we at least get some strippers to do the pat downs? They seem to be able to tell with just a glancing touch how many 20s I have in my wallet. I'm tired of being screened by TSA agents that look like the people we are trying to keep off of airplanes.

Screw Gitmo with its sleep deprivation, stress positions and physical abuse, I fly Delta.

**civilian** · 12-28-09, 09:58

Some pretty stupid steps being taken and I say this as a .gov worker. No movement 1 hour before arrival? So that means if I'm Johnny Terrorist, I just need to detonate the bomb 1.5 hours prior to arrival...No hands concealed under blanket 1 hour prior to arrival, so I just need to get myself warmed up before then?

And I read on a news site this morning that some dumb ass in Nigeria is pinning this on TSA. Did the dude not get on the flight overseas? I know in some places (the Bahamas for instance), TSA has folks PCS who are part of the security process before you board the flight to the U.S. Not sure if that's the case here, but the dude transited two countries before reaching U.S. airspace. Flying was already a pain after 9/11. It'll be a complete cluster after this shit.

**Renegade** · 12-28-09, 10:26

The Terrorists keep winning.

**Palmguy** · 12-28-09, 10:59

Security theater...nothing more. Although this new stuff is probably getting close to the point where a hell of a lot more people are going to start to see through the curtain of ridiculousness.

**Armati** · 12-28-09, 11:13

Homeland Security is the most dysfunctional politicized organization in govt. It gets a huge budget, some of the best pay, and has some of the biggest idiots working for it.

Your tax dollars at work!

The one thing that needs to be done WILL NOT be done. Honestly, at this point we need to have a Walter Conkite moment and just admit "The war is now unwinnable."

8 years of this nonsense and 'we' haven't learned a damn thing.

**M4arc** · 12-28-09, 11:28

Originally Posted by Armati

Homeland Security is the most dysfunctional politicized organization in govt. It gets a huge budget, some of the best pay, and has some of the biggest idiots working for it.

Your tax dollars at work!

The one thing that needs to be done WILL NOT be done. Honestly, at this point we need to have a Walter Conkite moment and just admit "The war is now unwinnable."

8 years of this nonsense and 'we' haven't learned a damn thing.

Great, and now they get to run our healthcare!

I hope this is BS.