If Federal agents should find,
Your pot, but then pay it no mind?
Your weed may be great,
But let's get it straight:
They're buds of the very best kind.

Makes sense to me. The TSA's job is air safety/security. Weed in a checked bag is not a threat to air security.

ShawnDoc: Makes sense to me. The TSA's job is air safety/security. Weed in a checked bag is not a threat to air security.

I absolutely agree.

So why is this news?

Because the TSA screener wrote "C'mon son" on the card?

Um, so what?

My wife's mom had a heart attack this morning and things were looking grim.
I helped my wife book one of the first flights out of O'Hare to New York, and drove her to the airport, I didn't go because the kids have school, sports, there's other appointments, and we thought it would be best to just wait to see if we really HAD to go. Information was still quite dicey.
My wife gets rushed through check in by United, and they help her get to the front of the security line (perhaps we should have booked the SECOND flight out, but hey) The TSA lady saw my wife crying, put her arm around her, and walked her through the metal detector to the gate.

They're not all heartless villains.

Grables'Daughter: Because the TSA screener wrote "C'mon son" on the card?

Um, so what?

Um because Freddie Gibbs is awesome?

I guess "C'mon Son" is going to be the title of this guy's next single.

Grables'Daughter: ShawnDoc: Makes sense to me. The TSA's job is air safety/security. Weed in a checked bag is not a threat to air security.

I absolutely agree.

So why is this news?

Because the TSA screener wrote "C'mon son" on the card?

Um, so what?

Well, it's pretty funny for one.

R.A.Danny: They're not all heartless villains

True dat. It depends on the city. Here in New Orleans, they're all pretty friendly and will joke around with you. In Chicago, they're all miserable.

Jamdug!: Grables'Daughter: ShawnDoc: Makes sense to me. The TSA's job is air safety/security. Weed in a checked bag is not a threat to air security.

I absolutely agree.

So why is this news?

Because the TSA screener wrote "C'mon son" on the card?

Um, so what?

Well, it's pretty funny for one.

Well that's true.

: )

Uh huh. Someone really did this after the whole vibrator thing.

GAT_00: Uh huh. Someone really did this after the whole vibrator thing.

This is more like a 'Stoner to Stoner' protip moment. I think the TSA guy was trying to imply: "Hey, I smoke weed, and I'm not going to give you shiat for it, but the next TSA guy might be 'Normal Asshole TSA Guy'. Hide your shiat better."

Jon iz teh kewl: downstairs: R.A.Danny: They're not all heartless villains

True dat. It depends on the city. Here in New Orleans, they're all pretty friendly and will joke around with you. In Chicago, they're all miserable.

That's cause over there in Chi town someone'll will ask u what time it is. And they'll go into a tirade about how nobody cares what time it is. And how people have time to rush but no time to cry??

wtf

+1... a winner is you!

I don't think the agent, if found, gets in any trouble. Label on the bag looks like it's medical marijuana. Also, we have all gotten those TSA notes in our luggage. The rapper writes his own message on it and snaps the picture. Instant manufactured drama. Just sayin'.....

FTFA:

the agent chose instead to just write "C'mon son" on a document letting him know the bag had been searched (and that maybe he should do a better job of packing his pot).



C'MON MAN!

AeAe: Submitted First With a Better Headline: LarryDan43: This one is hard...but since its consumerist...

It was a setup to show how dumb TDS agents are, the rapper put oregano in a bag to fool them into making a scene and harassing him. He would then tweet his friends about how racist the tds agents were and how he got maced for some spice. His mom grows it fresh and he loves italian food. Agent finds it and has a laugh, so now the rapper has to change up his stunt to get free publicity before the holidays.

Whoa. Nicely played!

ShawnDoc: Makes sense to me. The TSA's job is air safety/security. Weed in a checked bag is not a threat to air security.

Also, this. They aren't the farking cops. Unless you have someone gagged and bound in your luggage, they don't have any business stepping in unless your baggage is a direct threat to air security.

Then again, my farking shaving cream isn't a threat to air security either.

So.. by this logic, you should be able to bring weed on your carry on, right?

You should be able to bring weed anywhere.

Submitted First With a Better Headline: Also, this. They aren't the farking cops. Unless you have someone gagged and bound in your luggage, they don't have any business stepping in unless your baggage is a direct threat to air security.


I once had a TSA agent half-jokingly ask if there were Cuban cigars in my travel humidor.

/Joke's on him.
//There were.

AeAe: So.. by this logic, you should be able to bring weed on your carry on, right?

You are allegedly able to if you have a MMJ card and live in California (which I do), but I'm too chicken to try it. You can just enroll at a dispensary in whatever other city you are going to when you get there, and it's always fun to check out a new one.

Skyred: The consumerist is news?

Also:

How farking stupid do you have to be to do something like that? The TSA is infamous for stealing people's personal items, not to mention that you placed contraband in your luggage. Yeesh.

BTW, a while back there was an article that listed the kinds of items that TSA goons have stolen from people's luggage. One of the listed items was cash. CASH!!!!

/Farking morons.

luyseyal: This sounds like a photoshop contest. 1) Item confiscated, pictured with 2) Note from TSA officer.


That's the best idea I've seen all day.