The TSA has to be among the most ridiculous and infuriating examples of unconstitutional, overbearing and ineffective Federal overreach.
They have turned every airport in the nation into a bill-of-rights-free zone.
For over two decades now, this legion of surly blue-suited clowns have been groping, scanning, harassing and thieving from travelers, enforcing an ever-expanding canon of absurd, arbitrary rules that anyone with an IQ exceeding their shoe size knows does nothing to contribute to actual security.
I personally have seen them reduce children to tears when stealing sets of liquid crayons, humiliate women and the disabled after scans, and barking orders like some sort of Stasi parody.
And for what? To my knowledge they have yet to catch a single terrorist.
It is long past time to eradicate this pox on the traveling public.
Another gift of the worst presidency of the post-WW2 era, Bush/Cheney.
The lies, the wars, the war crimes, all the soldiers killed or mutilated so the neocons could jerk each other off imagining global domination, the unprecedented combination of arrogance and ignorance that is George W, all topped off with a financial crash.
And then there's the Dept of Homeland Security, a massive unaccountable ipso facto violation of civil rights that can never be shut down or reformed—brought to you by supposed "small govt" conservatives.
What did America do to deserve such terrible, terribly stupid and terribly greedy, leaders?
Just so. The whole lot of the Shrub & Co. should be remembered and treated as the war criminals they are.
As for the GOP, there is a reason many call it the Stupid Party. The term 'spineless' also comes to mind.
Americans keep getting, and therefore deserving, exactly what they vote for.
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
~ H.L. Mencken, On Politics: A Carnival of Buncombe
Shrub was skewered by that Texan Mencken, the late great Molly Ivins, who knew both the depths of his ignorance, entitlement and malevolence—though he was just an infant compared to Big Dick Cheney, the power behind the throne.
But then again, there will only ever be one Mencken!
I dunno. BO and crew give them a run for their money in terms of malevolence. But at the time I thought Bush might literally be the Antichrist, and I’m not even a Christian!
Try going through the same system in the UK. Very rarely do you see issues with 3.4 oz of liquid in the US, in the UK, you can't have more than a small sandwich baggie full of 3.4oz bottles or they throw them all out.
I guess it could be worse. I have no idea what I've said on line that might upset those jackals over there. No way I am stepping foot over there to find out. Of course after Kamala wins (and she's winning) I'll likely be extradited.
One can only imagine the rigorous data analysis and deep thought that went into landing on 3.4 oz., as opposed to, say, 3.39.
Probably 15 or so years ago, I was told by an airline agent that I was "on the list" and had to check my luggage with my young daughter. Several years after that, I had some special code on my boarding pass that entitled me to the full package of extra indignities.
Certainly, It can always get worse, and very well may. The way things are going over there across the pond, you may soon have to flee to the one of the further Orkneys.
What a perfect comment. A radio jock I listen to called it "Security Theater". Can you guess the one airport where they DON'T have X-ray machines? Dulles, where congress goes to boondoggle. Can't have the proles seeing their junk. But they sure want to see ours.
Yes, the term was coined by Bruce Schneier, who, among other contributions to civilization, wrote *Applied Cryptography*, arguably the definitive volume on the subject.
I highly recommend it, even (or perhaps especially) for the non-technical.
The TSA has to be among the most ridiculous and infuriating examples of unconstitutional, overbearing and ineffective Federal overreach.
They have turned every airport in the nation into a bill-of-rights-free zone.
For over two decades now, this legion of surly blue-suited clowns have been groping, scanning, harassing and thieving from travelers, enforcing an ever-expanding canon of absurd, arbitrary rules that anyone with an IQ exceeding their shoe size knows does nothing to contribute to actual security.
I personally have seen them reduce children to tears when stealing sets of liquid crayons, humiliate women and the disabled after scans, and barking orders like some sort of Stasi parody.
And for what? To my knowledge they have yet to catch a single terrorist.
It is long past time to eradicate this pox on the traveling public.
Another gift of the worst presidency of the post-WW2 era, Bush/Cheney.
The lies, the wars, the war crimes, all the soldiers killed or mutilated so the neocons could jerk each other off imagining global domination, the unprecedented combination of arrogance and ignorance that is George W, all topped off with a financial crash.
And then there's the Dept of Homeland Security, a massive unaccountable ipso facto violation of civil rights that can never be shut down or reformed—brought to you by supposed "small govt" conservatives.
What did America do to deserve such terrible, terribly stupid and terribly greedy, leaders?
Just so. The whole lot of the Shrub & Co. should be remembered and treated as the war criminals they are.
As for the GOP, there is a reason many call it the Stupid Party. The term 'spineless' also comes to mind.
Americans keep getting, and therefore deserving, exactly what they vote for.
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
~ H.L. Mencken, On Politics: A Carnival of Buncombe
Shrub was skewered by that Texan Mencken, the late great Molly Ivins, who knew both the depths of his ignorance, entitlement and malevolence—though he was just an infant compared to Big Dick Cheney, the power behind the throne.
But then again, there will only ever be one Mencken!
True Mencken was in a class by himself, but Molly was a gem.
She once said of Arnold Schwarzenegger; 'That boy looks like a condom full of walnuts' And the then governor Rick Perry was simply "Good Hair".
Some comments, like this one, read like a fine shot of tequila tastes; Smooth, complex and substantial.
I dunno. BO and crew give them a run for their money in terms of malevolence. But at the time I thought Bush might literally be the Antichrist, and I’m not even a Christian!
> What did America do to deserve such terrible, terribly stupid and terribly greedy, leaders?
Well . . . first, they're clearly all Americans. And our system is built on greed. Most of us mistake greed for democracy at this point.
Try going through the same system in the UK. Very rarely do you see issues with 3.4 oz of liquid in the US, in the UK, you can't have more than a small sandwich baggie full of 3.4oz bottles or they throw them all out.
I guess it could be worse. I have no idea what I've said on line that might upset those jackals over there. No way I am stepping foot over there to find out. Of course after Kamala wins (and she's winning) I'll likely be extradited.
One can only imagine the rigorous data analysis and deep thought that went into landing on 3.4 oz., as opposed to, say, 3.39.
Probably 15 or so years ago, I was told by an airline agent that I was "on the list" and had to check my luggage with my young daughter. Several years after that, I had some special code on my boarding pass that entitled me to the full package of extra indignities.
Certainly, It can always get worse, and very well may. The way things are going over there across the pond, you may soon have to flee to the one of the further Orkneys.
Good luck, mate.
You have nothing to worry about Turd. All us Racketeers are going to be in Hillary's "Basket of Deplorables". You'll be in good company.
What a perfect comment. A radio jock I listen to called it "Security Theater". Can you guess the one airport where they DON'T have X-ray machines? Dulles, where congress goes to boondoggle. Can't have the proles seeing their junk. But they sure want to see ours.
Yes, the term was coined by Bruce Schneier, who, among other contributions to civilization, wrote *Applied Cryptography*, arguably the definitive volume on the subject.
I highly recommend it, even (or perhaps especially) for the non-technical.
https://www.amazon.com/Applied-Cryptography-Protocols-Algorithms-Source/dp/1119096723/ref=sr_1_1