david_gaithersburg: vudukungfu: TSA shouldn't exist, period.
It's a farce, a waste, and an embarrassment to our nation.
An affront to our constitution.
/In before the fascists.

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Obama unionized them, they will be around FOREVER now.

They unionized themselves you farking retard. The federal government does not have the authority to prevent any workforce from unionizing.

TSA shouldn't exist, period.
It's a farce, a waste, and an embarrassment to our nation.
An affront to our constitution.
/In before the fascists.

How about something like:

One of the first times in recent memory I'd like to give a hero tag to a Republican.

Here's an issue about which I am in full agreement with the Republicans. TSA screeners are not federal officers and none of them have gone through the federal law enforcement training. Most wouldn't be able to complete the training. Most of the ones I've encountered have been rather dim.

vudukungfu: TSA shouldn't exist, period.
It's a farce, a waste, and an embarrassment to our nation.
An affront to our constitution.
/In before the fascists.

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Obama unionized them, they will be around FOREVER now.

vudukungfu

TSA shouldn't exist, period.
It's a farce, a waste, and an embarrassment to our nation.
An affront to our constitution.
/In before the fascists.

^this.

Yes, this is the issue upon which the left and right should find common ground.

Good for us.

HA! Republicans just don't want to give 'em the bennies!

Yes, instead of doing something constructive about how these security guards routinely abuse what little power they have, let's just take away their badges.

Alright, it's agreed then. Thread is now over.

Let's not forget the police-like powers, you retard.

JackieRabbit: Most of the ones I've encountered have been rather dim.

They recruit on pizza boxes. They're not exactly going after the best and the brightest.

(Intentionally. They do not want people who can actually think and reason doing that job.)

Snarfangel: How about something like:

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Looks good to me. Maybe mix in a little something like:



/hot

rocketpants: Coffee Snob: Yes, instead of doing something constructive about how these security guards routinely abuse what little power they have, let's just take away their badges.

Aarontology: Wow. She wants to change their uniforms. What a f*cking hero.

It's a start in the right direction. Baby steps.

Indeed. Nothing that large can be eliminated overnight but with small steps it can. I would love to ask the candidates what it intends to do with the TSA. The American public ha spoken that this is NOT wanted. What happened to democracy or am I not supposed to ask that?

namegoeshere: They recruit on pizza boxes. They're not exactly going after the best and the brightest.

I don't know about that. Last time I flew in the states a TSA officer approached me and started his sentence with "Furthermore...". I was confused since this was the first time we were speaking, but I was impressed with his attempt to include 'furthermore' into a sentence. It's almost an endangered word.

/furthermore

The purpose of the uniforms is psychological. If they look like actual cops, people will generally treat them as such. I support this policy on the basis of general honesty.

If I am not much mistaken, a TSA agent will have to summon an actual LEO to do the arresting.

I'm a TSA agent, so I'm really getting a kick........ah, I got nuthin'

miss diminutive: namegoeshere: They recruit on pizza boxes. They're not exactly going after the best and the brightest.

I don't know about that. Last time I flew in the states a TSA officer approached me and started his sentence with "Furthermore...". I was confused since this was the first time we were speaking, but I was impressed with his attempt to include 'furthermore' into a sentence. It's almost an endangered word.

/furthermore

Furthermore, I'll take that into consolidation We have some exigent circumstances that may be mitigating factors. Alright sir, step right over here...

And they should ban TSA people wearing their uniforms in public when they are not working or specifically involved in their job.

You mean the fat woman squeezed into an outfit 3 sizes too small making $6 an hour isn't God?

and checks colostomy bags for explosives in Orlando.


Hey, if the dumb farker wants to check a colostomy bag, more power to them.
Maybe in 30 years the idiot will wake up one day and realize "Oh man, I dug in poop looking for a box cutter."

It's true.

If anyone else who had never gone through officer training and given a rank by a federal, state, or city police official after receiving said training, they'd be arrested for impersonating an officer of the law.

cwolf20: It's true.

If anyone else who had never gone through officer training and given a rank by a federal, state, or city police official after receiving said training, they'd be arrested for impersonating an officer of the law.

So things must get very interesting around Halloween then....

enry: One of the first times in recent memory I'd like to give a hero tag to a Republican.

I'd consider that more seriously if:

A) a lot of the same reps grumbling about this hadn't been totally on board with it a decade ago when a then-GOP-run Whitehouse spearheaded the TSA/DOHS' creation, and

B) This weren't more than a token, symbolic move to slap the TSA on the hand, at best.


Oh, and while I'm no big fan of the TSA, if you want "professional" behavior out of them, hiring them as professionals, treating them as professionals, and compensating them as professionals wouldn't hurt. The Administration that created this branch wanted something for nothing, and mostly they got exactly what they paid for.

Play with your own virtual TSA Officer in fun 360 degree govoramavision!

TSA: What Makes Up a Uniform? (new window)

Glad to see that the congress is involved in this very important issue. Wouldn't want them wasting their time on trivial matters.

They should do what Florida did to the toll booth operators.
They had uniforms that looked like security guards'.
They dropped those for Aloha-style shirts and khakis.
Fewer complaints and fewer attempts to injure/fark with operators.

/broken clock or something

Remember the original TSA uniform was white shirts with cloth badges. Some idiot deliberately made the uniform more cop-like several years ago because they thought more intimidation would increase "respect".

For once Republicans have proposed something that would correct a mistake.

Aarontology: Wow. She wants to change their uniforms. What a f*cking hero.



You don't know much about things, do you? (new window)

namegoeshere: JackieRabbit: Most of the ones I've encountered have been rather dim.

They recruit on pizza boxes. They're not exactly going after the best and the brightest.

(Intentionally. They do not want people who can actually think and reason doing that job.)

They hire supervisors from gas station pump toppers. I guess they're targeting folks who gots a car.

vudukungfu: TSA shouldn't exist, period.
It's a farce, a waste, and an embarrassment to our nation.
An affront to our constitution.
/In before the fascists.

You don't have a constitutional right to get on a commercial plane.

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david_gaithersburg: vudukungfu: TSA shouldn't exist, period.
It's a farce, a waste, and an embarrassment to our nation.
An affront to our constitution.
/In before the fascists.

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ObamaTSA unionized themselves, they will be around FOREVER now.

FTFY, Mr. Retarded.

Government has bought votes by employing these otherwise unemployable people.

Is it just me, or are the airport checkpoints grossly overstaffed - I see qute a few blue shirted (often obese) scum sitting around doing absolutely nothing.