My idea is simple, and I'm going to post it in every TSA thread possible.

Staff TSA with former military coming home who are looking for jobs.


/well trained
//handle orders to the letter
///can spot terrorists

One more reason to let the airports handle security. TSA agents get away with crap that would get a private sector employee fired in a heartbeat.

The TSA is the reason I'm driving 1000 miles to Orlando next month instead of flying.

Not only should they fire her, they should require that for all future job applications she must write that incident on her CV and use that man as a reference. Everyone else must know what they're thinking of hiring.

Worthless security theater strikes again.

It does nothing to keep anyone safer and hassles thousands of passengers daily, but politicians refuse to kill it for fear of being seen as "soft on terror".

Dear America:

When will you put an end to this TSA silliness?

Sincerely,
A Concerned Canadian friend

I hope management kicks this employee's ash to the curb.

doublesecretprobation: this is obama's america.

vote often, vote republican.

Really? So because President Obama is the President, this woman can go against TSA policy and also laugh at the outcome of her ignorance? I see your point and you're right, if a Republican was in office, this woman would know her role... In fact, the guy's Grandfather wouldn't even have died, had a Republican been in office, so none of this would have happened.

Makes perfect and logical sense.

This is BIG GOVERNMENT'S America. This is the America that was created from whiners who see something, and instead of admitting the real reason and fixing the problem, decide to blame it on someone else because it's easier than actually lifting a finger and fixing a problem. This is the America created by lazy, self entitled people, Republican AND Democrat, who have given up on actually working and have chosen to sue themselves into the "American Dream".

What ever happened to responsibility? You know, the thing where you sack up and take it on the chin when you screw up and then work to fix the problem? The blame game $#!+ is pathetic. Quit pointing fingers and waiting for someone else to fix OUR problems. Voting another corrupt person into an office built to coddle corrupt people isn't going to do anything for US. All it's going to do is give another lazy person a lifetime of pension, that WE are going to pay for. When are WE going to wake up and decide that enough is enough? I'm tired of paying for their crappy decisions that hurt ME and also their Holidays and Vacations and Retirements and Mansions... give me a break.

It's time to cut the cord on Republican AND Democrat

Marcus Aurelius: If all you assholes would just stop going to the airport until the TSA is disbanded then we wouldn't have this problem.

THIS! I refuse to fly for personal travel anymore. Also, I travel by car for business travel if they allow it. Our travel policy has a certain mileage range that you must take a car, a certain mileage range that it's your call which you want to do, and a mileage range that requires a plane. During the last several years, partly because of additional hours spent in the airport at the hands of TSA goons, those distances have continued to creep up. We're to the point now that an 8 hour drive is the cutoff point between having your choice and taking the plane. It was 5 hours just 3 years ago.

We used to have the option from Madison to Chicago, now it's car only.
We used to have mandatory plane to the Twin Cities, now it's an option.
Madison to Bloomington? Used to be plane, now choice.
Madison to Kansas City? Used to be plane, now choice.
Madison to Louisville? Used to be plane, now choice.
Everyone takes a car when they have the option.

F*ck the TSA.

doublesecretprobation: this is obama's america.

vote often, vote republican.

So republicans are against voter fraud, unless it's in their favor?

\I knew it

That's a sweet lawsuit he's got there. Mishandling human remains is a door buster at the courthouse.

doublesecretprobation: this is obama's america.

vote often, vote republican.

I'm sorry, whose idea was the TSA?

redhook: Bathia_Mapes: doublesecretprobation: this is obama's america.

vote often, vote republican.

The TSA was created as part of the Aviation and Transportation Security Act, sponsored by Don Young in the United States House of Representatives and Ernest Hollings in the Senate, passed by the 107th U.S. Congress, and signed into law by President George W. Bush on November 19, 2001. Originally part of the United States Department of Transportation, the TSA was moved to the Department of Homeland Security on March 25, 2003.



You were saying?

The main sponsor was Ernest (Fritz) Hollings, a Democrat, and the bill was enacted by Congress. There were also 30 co-sponsors.

Sen Boxer, Barbara [CA] - 9/21/2001 - DEMOCRAT
Sen Breaux, John B. [LA] - 9/21/2001 - DEMOCRAT
Sen Brownback, Sam [KS] - 10/1/2001 - REPUBLICAN
Sen Burns, Conrad R. [MT] - 9/21/2001 - REPUBLICAN
Sen Cantwell, Maria [WA] - 10/9/2001 - DEMOCRAT
Sen Carnahan, Jean [MO] - 9/21/2001 - DEMOCRAT
Sen Cleland, Max [GA] - 9/21/2001 - DEMOCRAT
Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] - 9/21/2001 - DEMOCRAT
Sen Daschle, Thomas A. [SD] - 9/21/2001 - DEMOCRAT
Sen Dayton, Mark [MN] - 10/1/2001 - DEMOCRAT
Sen Dorgan, Byron L. [ND] - 9/21/2001 - DEMOCRAT
Sen Durbin, Richard [IL] - 10/4/2001 - DEMOCRAT
Sen Edwards, John [NC] - 9/21/2001 - DEMOCRAT
Sen Feinstein, Dianne [CA] - 9/26/2001 - DEMOCRAT
Sen Harkin, Tom [IA] - 9/21/2001 - DEMOCRAT
Sen Hutchison, Kay Bailey [TX] - 9/21/2001 - REPUBLICAN
Sen Inouye, Daniel K. [HI] - 9/21/2001 - DEMOCRAT
Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] - 9/21/2001 - DEMOCRAT
Sen Lincoln, Blanche L. [AR] - 10/15/2001 - DEMOCRAT
Sen McCain, John [AZ] - 9/21/2001 - REPUBLICAN
Sen Mikulski, Barbara A. [MD] - 9/21/2001 - DEMOCRAT
Sen Nelson, Bill [FL] - 9/21/2001 - DEMOCRAT
Sen Reid, Harry [NV] - 9/21/2001 - DEMOCRAT
Sen Rockefeller, John D., IV [WV] - 9/21/2001 - DEMOCRAT
Sen Smith, Gordon H. [OR] - 9/21/2001 - REPUBLICAN
Sen Snowe, Olympia J. [ME] - 9/24/2001 - REPUBLICAN
Sen Stevens, Ted [AK] - 9/24/2001 - REPUBLICAN
Se ...

Now we have a list of whom to get rid of.

For a start anyway.

Well I will be dipped in sh*t.

What possible good is it for me to have a passport now?

I'd go gods damn zero to light-speed postal in 0.000000005 milliseconds
if I was given that kind of crapf*ck treatment.

I love how the comments in TFA immediately jump to blaming Obama. Why do I bother reading article comments anymore... they just make me all stabby. At least Fark is generally entertaining, even the trolls.

shiat like this is why I drove 15 hours one way for a 2 week business trip earlier this month. Saved my employer $1200 so they loved me and I didn't have to deal with the TSA's mouthbreathing incompetence.

people still fly on commercial airplanes? they have cars now, guys. and boats, and buses. why would anyone submit to this kind or thing in order to take a plane?

weiserfireman: Quick Fixer: Alright, physics Farkers, help a brother out...

Would an x-ray machine actually reveal anything about the internal contents of a sealed metal container?

Nope.

The answer is: Depends on the metal and thickness.

If it's a relatively thin aluminum container (not unlikely), then yes, the xray will show small bone fragments and a relatively uniform powder, combined with either the portable mass spectrometer (thanks, NASA) or the little swab explosives detectors, it can be ruled out as a potentially hazardous item.

theorangeshield: You're joking? You would rather drive 1000 miles because you don't want to go through an x-ray machine?

I drive 1700 miles to Seattle in part because of the TSA. Hour long lines to get through security, seemingly random confiscation of property and a host of other weird things that have happened to me over the years. A couple of those encounters have gotten really nasty. There are a bunch of other reasons why I dislike flying, but the TSA is the straw that broke the camel's back.

/uses the drive as an excuse to come home with a few cases of Washington wine

The_Sponge: phenn: As far as those traveling for vacation, though, I think everyone should just stop. Do it for a year. Won't kill anyone. Go visit your own state.


So what am I supposed to do when I'm invited to a wedding or bachelor party or funeral that's out of state? "Sorry....I can't go because I'm trying to prove a point."

/Don't fly as often as I used to, though.

Yes. I haven't flown since 2006 because of TSA.

The_Sponge: Sticky Hands: phenn: . We don't need to sexually assaulted at the airport.

aw :( Can we maybe keep one special line for those of us that enjoy that kind of thing?


IMHO....and I realize I'm in the minority:

I don't care if I'm groped......I just HATE waiting in long lines.

Those long lines that act as a checkpoint for the entire airport? I mean if the terrorists simply attacked the checkpoint they'd generate more casualties and impact than taking down a plane...

phenn:
Safe?

Not until they give your granny's ashes the UFIA.


FARK THE TSA.

Take your contry back, America.
Pussies.

theorangeshield: Baconaise:The TSA is the reason I'm driving 1000 miles to Orlando next month instead of flying.

You're joking? You would rather drive 1000 miles because you don't want to go through an x-ray machine?

The Orlando TSA douchenuggets are the main reason I'm driving 500 miles each way instead of flying next week, though it's a bit more economical since we'll have 4 people in the car.

I'm fairly convinced that OIA/MCO has the worst TSA agents in the nation. Seriously. They must find their employment pool from pizza box ads in Bithlo and Pine Hills.

Bhasayate: hemogoblin: doublesecretprobation: this is obama's america.

vote often, vote republican.

I'm sorry, whose idea was the TSA?

Yeah but Obama and super-duper filibuster proof Majority didn't get rid of it. Or close Gitmo. And even more drone strikes than ever. And he's POTUS now. So why doesn't Obama get rid of TSA? He must like it...

Thank you. Obama's support (and enhancement) of practices that so frightened and upset libs during the Bush Administration remains severely undercovered by our "lib'rul media".

While its important to maintain a professional and courteous demeanor, I really dont see why an urn would be exempt from screening. Its like allowing mothers to bring a large amount of liquid baby formula on a plane exempting them from the liquid ban. Rules like these dont work if they have exceptions.

If I was going to try to take out a plane, I guess ill be putting liquid binary explosive in baby formula bottles and/or hiding my shiat in an urn.

doublesecretprobation: this is obama's america.

vote often, vote republican.

I'm going to vote to strand you on Neptune. You could have done so much better than that.

The sound of one hand clapping: zarberg: My brother used to work for the TSA in Denver, he said his co-workers routinely would take money out of wallets and purses going through the X-ray machine, and said one even walked off with someone's laptop once.

/CSB

I have wondered if they do this. Even though your personal belongings only take a minute at most to pass through the X-ray machine, I still worry about some sly bastard quickly grabbing something.

My current method to try and limit their chances of getting my cash is to put most of my cash in a paper envelope deep in my rucksack beneath some other stuff. Then, since my wallet still has some in it I will usually try and bury my wallet in my rucksack before I get to the X-ray machine. I also try and 'follow' my stuff. So I kinda walk alongside the conveyor belt with it and try and wait until it goes into the machine before I go through the metal detector.

I figure I can't do much more than that. I did once try and have the cash in a plastic ziplock inside my sock. The only thing with that was I wondered if they might notice it and class it as suspicious so I thought probably better not to risk trying that approach. It worked the one time I did it but I don't know if I'd try it again.

Here's a thought: put it in a Ziploc and secure it with a ziptie. I dunno.

Personally I doubt this story very much. In a normal x-ray, the bag is never out of your sight. Oliver Twist himself would have a hard time digging through your bag with you standing not 10 feet from it.

Is it illegal to desecrate a corpse in Florida and if so does the law apply to ashes?

FTFH: You're a TSA worker and want to continue its legacy of terminal stupidity.

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