Head of the TSA, John S. Pistole says:
“We have discovered dozens and dozens of artfully disguised items that have posed a risk,” said Pistole, a former FBI agent who took the TSA post this year. “The threats are real, the stakes are high and we must prevail. When it comes to the TSA, we are the last line of defense.”
The stakes are high and we must prevail.
So, where is the line drawn?
Because that’s all this is… an arms race. They do something, so the TSA reacts by saying we can’t do that any more. So terrorists ramp it up, and you react — just like a terrorist wants — by being fearful. When the next guy shoves something up his ass to smuggle it aboard the plane, does that mean we’ll have to bring our own KY Jelly for our cavity search? Just remember to bring no more than 3 oz of it.
And the TSA is the last line of defense?
Hardly.
The last line is guys like Todd Beamer, ready to roll.
We are the last line of defense. TSA? You’re just affront.
Updated: (yes, I meant to type “affront”… “a front”, “affront”… sounds the same, and both meanings are intended here).
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We have discovered dozens and dozens of artfully disguised items that have posed a risk,
Really? Dozens and dozens? Out of the millions of flights and millions of passengers; it’s dozens and dozens?
I have a better idea than conducting a body cavity search; randomly pick 5 people on each flight and give them a handgun with frangible ammunition.
Odds are you’ll never pick all 5 who are going to be terrorist, right?
And could we possibly see the evidence of the ‘dozens and dozens’?
Love how the items only ‘could pose a risk’, don’t you? My gym socks could pose a risk but that doesn’t mean they do (I wear fresh socks on every flight).
Regarding dozens, it’s because today we’re a society where “if just one benefits/is-saved, then it’s worth it” mentality is enough. So if we saved dozens then it must REALLY REALLY be worth it. Abridging and injuring millions and millions is a fair trade off, right?
And thank you for changing your socks. 😉
Well known quotes from American history”
“I have not yet begun to fight.”
“”We have spiked the cannon in Tripoli”
“Damn the torpedoes.”
“For score and seven years ago…”
‘We have met the enemy, and he is ours.”
TSA—-‘…Now bend over.”