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TSA erred in delaying fallen Marines escorts

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Posted by Deacon Blues 2006-06-28 11:50|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 How NOT to win friends and influence people.

Posted by Xbalanke 2006-06-28 12:48|| 2006-06-28 12:48|| Front Page Top

#2 Norm Mineta. The gift that keeps on giving...

Posted by tu3031 2006-06-28 12:50|| 2006-06-28 12:50|| Front Page Top

#3 Kind of a metaphor for the whole war, though: our military people risk their lives, while the civilian officials do stupid shit and get in the way.

Posted by Dave D.">Dave D. 2006-06-28 13:40|| 2006-06-28 13:40|| Front Page Top

#4 Words fail. When I flew out of San Diego Sunday morning, there was a problem in the security line. An elderly lady tried to retrieve her purse after it started throught he scanner and after the situation had escalated wound up being led off in handcuffs. Had she been a Marine, perhaps the TSA would have shot her.

Posted by RWV 2006-06-28 13:55|| 2006-06-28 13:55|| Front Page Top

#5 In Philly? Are you surprised? Friggin moonbats.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2006-06-28 14:22|| 2006-06-28 14:22|| Front Page Top

#6 So, who got fired?

Let me guess...nobody. The worker bees were just following orders set by the supervisors and managers.

Posted by gromky 2006-06-28 14:31|| 2006-06-28 14:31|| Front Page Top

#7 Mineta's No profiling rules ecourage Blind Stupidity. I'd bet the TSA dolts who did this took great pleasure in asserting their unlimited authority to harrass the Marines. Miscommunication my *ss.

Posted by Inspector Clueso 2006-06-28 14:57|| 2006-06-28 14:57|| Front Page Top

#8 You know when I was in Korea and we came into Kimpo there was a separate tranfer area manned by American uniformed military. They took care of customs, checks, and screening. Maybe its time to do the same at some major airports in the states as well.

Posted by Glomble Ulinetch8608 2006-06-28 15:07|| 2006-06-28 15:07|| Front Page Top

#9 I'd bet the TSA dolts who did this took great pleasure in asserting their unlimited authority to harrass the Marines. Miscommunication my *ss.

I've seen some of that re: civilians too ....

Posted by lotp 2006-06-28 15:28|| 2006-06-28 15:28|| Front Page Top

#10 TSA is where all the kids from FFA went to work. And I don't mean Farmers.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-06-28 16:10|| 2006-06-28 16:10|| Front Page Top

#11 Miscommunication? Then why didn't someone from from TSA quietly direct The escorts to the proper check point? Mistakes happen it's what happens next that separates the professionals from the slobs. My take is these TSA idiots are more suited to pissing off the American public than maintaining airport security.

Posted by GK 2006-06-28 16:35|| 2006-06-28 16:35|| Front Page Top

#12 My guess is that these "screeners" are dyed in the wool Democrats. The reason we have this multi-culti bullshit screening and not screening based on profiles. This suituation is to be laid at the feet of the Multi-cilti Dems and RINOS.

No Service member who can produce a military ID should be impeeded by anyone working for the TSA or as a "screener". We are in a WAR. These stupid bastards just don't get it. I am totally fed up with this horse crap.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2006-06-28 18:02|| 2006-06-28 18:02|| Front Page Top

#13 i hope they got a good marine as chewing at least out of this

Posted by Greamp Elmavinter1163 2006-06-28 18:11|| 2006-06-28 18:11|| Front Page Top

#14 "Mistakes happen it's what happens next that separates the professionals from the slobs."

"Slobs"? These are no ordinary slobs: these are Philadelphia International Airport security workers. A lady friend of mine, arriving at PHL on a visit, called them "a bunch of apes trained to feel people up."

This is Philadelphia, where an investigation once found that 18 of the airport's security workers were convicted felons.

"Slobs" ain't the half of it...

Posted by Dave D.">Dave D. 2006-06-28 18:48|| 2006-06-28 18:48|| Front Page Top

#15 TSA inspectors Jawad Sahfluhjari, Jamal Jihadi, and Allan Kumestami have issued verbal, non-English apologies, to TSA supervisor Hugo Menendez.

Posted by Besoeker 2006-06-28 19:38|| 2006-06-28 19:38|| Front Page Top

#16 I travel about every other week and always show my DOD ID card at screening. Usually I get thanked for my service and moved through quickly. These idiots, like the ones mentioned from buzzard bay, should be removed.

Lets not sound like the Dems who argue that if one soldier screws up then the whole Army is bad. TSA has a lot of folks and the pay sucks. This sets them up for failure and our congress is who funds them. Congress needs to increase saleries to attract better quality workers.

Posted by 49 Pan 2006-06-28 20:07|| 2006-06-28 20:07|| Front Page Top

#17 At the risk of sounding like a Democrat, The TSA personnel seem like the ones who couldn't pass the test for the USPS. They may have some effective personnel hiding behind a curtain somewhere, but I doubt it. I also doubt they have made flight one iota safer. The folks on flight 93 did that. But they do get to act like little Hitlers ordering 80 year old female terrorist suspects to take off their shoes and prepare for the wand inspection.

Further, Congress does not fund the TSA, I do. And I'm getting ripped off by this make work agency that won't screen the obvious prime suspects but will harrass innocent Americans.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-06-28 20:33|| 2006-06-28 20:33|| Front Page Top

#18 49 Pan: I seriously doubt better pay would get "better workers." This is all about being P.C. and NOT using profiling for screening. Good gawd you can't seriously think if they suddenly raised the pay to $80,000/year that the 80 year old grannies would stop being groped. In fact, I bet they're better paid than the contractors before (who were paid by airlines) if you include gov't benefits. It's all in the policies (Mineta's shop), rules and regulations (Congress' shop) they have to follow. PLUS, not be non-P.C. and actually use common sense to just search Islamic passengers as POTENTIAL jihadis.

Posted by BA 2006-06-28 22:05|| 2006-06-28 22:05|| Front Page Top

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