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2010-11-17 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by DarthVader 2010-11-17 15:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 President Bush: "This should be a contracted agency."

Idiot Democrat Congress: "No. They must be federal workers"

President Bush: "Well, we should not allow them to unionize"

Idiot Democrat Congress: "Oh, okay. You can have your stupid TSA thingy then. Sign here.

Anyone remember that fight?

Posted by newc 2010-11-17 15:30|| 2010-11-17 15:30|| Front Page Top

#2 "NUMBER OF TERRORISTS CAUGHT BY THE TSA: 0"
But they have countless nail files, lotions, and other forbidden grooming devices. And the worst part is that when they find such items they act as though they have personally vanquished Bin Laden. IMHO lets go back to the scanner only and let them try to take over another plane. We are spending way too much money just so you can grope my genitals to prove that we are looking for terrorists in the most PC manner.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2010-11-17 16:13|| 2010-11-17 16:13|| Front Page Top

#3 Up to 9/11, the rules for pilots and crew if the plane was hijacked included cooperating as much as possible, getting the plane on the ground and letting the hostage negotiators take over. Passengers were supposed to sit quietly and cooperate with the hijackers. This was supposed to minimize loss of life.

9/11 changed everything. It has become apparent that hijackers are not motivated by money or anything material. They will probably end up killing the crew and all the passengers, and doing the most damage possible.

As a result, if a plane is hijacked today, the passengers and crew have nothing to lose by fighting back. I always travel with a laptop. It would make an excellent short term weapon to bludgeon a hijacker with. If all the able bodied passengers did it, the hijackers wouldn't stand a chance of taking over the plane.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2010-11-17 18:02|| 2010-11-17 18:02|| Front Page Top

#4 One of my favorite stories about the TSA (it may be apocryphal) was about a pilot, in uniform, and with ID. As he went through security, the TSA confiscated his nail clippers. His reaction was "I'm flying the plane. What am I going to do? Use the nail clippers to kill myself?"

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2010-11-17 18:05|| 2010-11-17 18:05|| Front Page Top

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