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Ron Paul Responds to TSA: Introduces 'American Traveler Dignity Act'

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by rtsy, Nov 17, 2010.

  1. Rashmon

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    I heard that highcrop has a letter to the forum in this edition...
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    I really, really cannot stand everything about the TSA and DHS.

    How to get anything past a TSA scanner with nothing but some sewing skills

    Video at the link.

    Over 1 BILLION dollars spent on this pointless theater. Anyone still think this had anything to do with your safety? Anyone else convinced this was just another obvious case of "corporations milking government out of money for some vague cause"?

    This whole program is a money-grubbing fraud. The only thing these scanners achieve is making the politically-connected folks making them rich.

    Note: I don't agree with every opinion of the quoted transcript above.
     
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    LOL, awesome. The best part is them putting up a million dollar machine at tiny airports with less than 10 gates. And then they have 15 employees trying to run the damn machine.
     
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    I was thinking about posting the youtube of the offending topic, but was too lazy to find this article.

    In short, all you gotta do is place metal objects on the side and it'll hide in the black background.

    zomgwtflmao

    Why they haven't just plastered a blue background and scan people twice (turn 90 degrees) with a firmware update is beyond me...
     
  9. rhadamanthus

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    Here you go:

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    Major Airport Ousts TSA Screeners Opting for Private Ones

    http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/11185-major-airport-ousts-tsa-screeners-opting-for-private-ones

    A step in the right direction...
     
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    "A toddler in a wheelchair is stopped by the TSA at ORD (O'Hare Airport in Chicago) and forced to into a sequestered area. On his way to a family vacation in Disney, this 3 year old boy is in a body cast for a broken leg. Despite assurances from his father that "everything is ok", he is physically trembling with fear while he watches his two siblings, mother, father, grandfather and grandmother pass through along with everyone else...only to be singled out."

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  14. rhadamanthus

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    TSA is scared of real scrutiny, and denies Bruce Schnier a chance to refute each of their arguments in front of congress.

     
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    Enough is enough. Time to privatize the TSA.

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  17. AMS

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    I see 8-10 TSA agents sitting around doing nothing every single time I fly into IAH. Just sitting there chilling.

    However, on Monday Mornings, there is always a line 100 people long trying to get through security and to their flight.
     
  18. thadeus

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    **** that. It'd get even worse. Let's just stop being a nation of fraidy-cats and scale back airport security to pre-9/11 levels.
     
  19. rhadamanthus

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    Exactly. There's no need for stupid wasteful theater.

    Alternatively, if you're that chicken ****, you shouldn't be flying. Your odds are higher that you'll die due to an airplane crash than a terrorist attack.
     
  20. Hightop

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    Why? The airlines aren't going to hire security who piss off their customers.
     

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