Posts Tagged ‘TSA’
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Waiting in line is never fun. This is especially true when its the security line at the airport… and you’re trying to catch the last flight to Minnesota… in order to not miss a slice of Grandma’s delicious apple pie.
Unluckily for all those who are traveling this holiday… Grandma’s pie may have to wait. Airport security lines are LONGER THAN EVER!!!
This is all because the Travel Security Administrations has introduced new security procedures and people are ticked off with them.
The new procedures require the use of full body scanners, or failing that, a full body pat down.
Opponents to the new measures complain:
- Terrorists will find another way to smuggle weapons, responding to past attacks doesn’t work.
- Full body scans and embarrassing pat downs compromise our civil liberties.
People are naturally annoyed by the inconvenience…but who is to blame?
Democracy in America snidely notes that:
After September 11th, you told the government: Don’t let this happen again! “This” meant the hijacking and weaponization of loaded airplanes. Everyone understood that if something like “this” did happen again, heads in Washington would roll. That’s a pretty good incentive for government agencies to act, and possibly overreact.
Kevin Drum goes a step further arguing that the TSA rules protect us and…our civil liberties because
if a plane comes down, you can just kiss your civil liberties goodbye. Today’s TSA procedures will seem positively genial compared to what takes their place with the full and eager support of the American public. Given that reality, if you’re really worried about civil liberties you should welcome nearly anything legal that protects air travel from explosives, even the things that are really annoying and only modestly useful.
Most Americans seem to agree with 78% approving of the new scanners. Our readers however are not like most Americans… so what are your thoughts?
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Clear and present danger: flash cards. The TSA detained a college student for having Arabic flash cards. (It’s the language of Osama Bin Laden.)
Low, sordid, ignominious, corrupt and seedy, unscrupulous, disreputable, squalid, and lovin’ every second of it.
Former President Clinton was hospitalized Thursday, but is now stable.
Courtesy of the Associated Press
Why all the unnecessary skin? DUH! New York’s No Pants Subway Ride, brought to you by Improv Everywhere.
Sick of all the Leno/Conan/NBC garble? Here’s another late-night problem to check on: the dearth of female writers.
And because there’s not enough hoopla over planes/security/TSA/all that, some woman decided to light up… a cigarette.
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We at USDemocrazy are cowards. Some of us could not hurt a fly (no joke, we’ve tried). So we are the last people to ask about protecting anything. But protection seems to be the key word of the moment.
In the wake of Umar Abdulumtallab’s Christmas day attack, new regulations are being put into place to tighten airport security. The TSA announced yesterday that all passengers traveling from or through suspect countries will be subject to enhanced screening.
Intensifying security is not new. Security tripled after 9/11, and thanks to a previous unsuccessful “shoe-bomber” Richard Reid, security personel everywhere are now subject to stinky feet. (When our editor takes off his shoes he can clear a room.)
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