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By: IronMike76

IronMike76 — Sat, 12 May 2012 00:55:38 +0000

@BobCompton LOL…like I said, follow the rules. I have yet to have a problem. Nobody “saves” any images of you. And those TSA screeners probably have a better background than you. Are there bad ones? Sure. Are there bad cops? You bet. Are there bad soldiers? Yep. And guess what? TSA finds dangerous weapons on passengers every day. A Glock 19 with two full mags was discovered today in Florida – in a security checkpoint.

When was the last time you flew into Tel Aviv? I can guarantee you that you will be subjected to MUCH more “humiliation” at Ben Gurion than anywhere in the US because (now take note) THEY DON’T TRUST YOU. They don’t trust anyone…especially foreigners. And do you know who gives them the most grief? Americans “demanding their rights.” LOL…can you imagine? I can. I’ve seen it. …and off they go to some “back room” for a interrogation and/or strip search. The same kind of whiny people who can’t follow simple directions and jam up the works here with their attitudes.

Check out the new body scanners. Radio-frequency (no xrays, no images) that have been in airports for the last year. No doubt y’all will hate them because you’ll be denied your traditional “right to bitch.”

By: BobCompton

BobCompton — Fri, 11 May 2012 19:05:56 +0000

@IronMike76 You leave a penny in your pocket when you empty your pockets to go through the metal scanner gate, and you’re pulled over for “the treatment”. There’s no going back through for a re-check. You WILL have to go through either the x-ray machine or the pat-down. If instead you say that you will just not fly at all, you still have to go through one or the other. The verdict is still out as to whether the x-ray machines are dangerous, or can be if they malfunction. The humiliation of having your “junk” immortalized in TSA’s computer cannot be measured, nor should it have to be. In the whole time that TSA has been taking their porno pictures and sexually groping passengers, many of whom were chosen because of their attractiveness, not a single weapon of any kind has been detected at any airport in the US. The 4th amendment does not say, “except by TSA”. I guarantee you that if pelosi, boxer, wasserman-schultz, et al had to go through the groping a few times, it would end. You spoke of Ben Gurion airport. They do not have this BS to contend with, and their risk is immeasurably higher than ours. What is your response to that?

By: IronMike76

IronMike76 — Fri, 11 May 2012 12:46:56 +0000

@RedTulie @MikeMaharrey-TenthAmendment answer my question: yes on a SCOTUS or no? I really can’t compare a few hours in an airport every year (your “police state”) with doing away with the federal judiciary.

By: RedTulie

RedTulie — Fri, 11 May 2012 04:06:34 +0000

@IronMike76 @MikeMaharrey-TenthAmendment Hmmmm….anarchy? You sound like you are advocating the police state…..which is it?

By: IronMike76

IronMike76 — Fri, 11 May 2012 03:51:04 +0000

@MikeMaharrey-TenthAmendment So…you recommend no SCOTUS? Just curious as to whom you believe should be the final adjudicator on matters of the law. You? I’m up for a little “survival of the fittest.” Bring on the anarchy.

By: IronMike76

IronMike76 — Fri, 11 May 2012 03:45:08 +0000

@TentherX Live on my knees? How little you know about me! Private companies ran airport security prior to 9-11. Nuff said. Several airports have opted-in to private aviation security since 9-11 (San Fran and Kansas City to name two). No change. And, in all my years, have never required a pat-down. You see, I’m smart enough to comply with some pretty elementary requirements and I show a little respect for people doing a really tough job. I’m in and out in a matter of minutes. What I have observed on occasion though are arbitrarily uncooperative people who make life miserable for the rest of us. Fly out of Ben Gurion and try to pull some of the stunts people pull here.

By: IronMike76

IronMike76 — Fri, 11 May 2012 03:25:18 +0000

LOL…in 5 minutes looked up the radiation levels of the TSA machinery and found out that flying at 30,000 ft provides you with several times that amount. 5 minutes. The new scanners don’t even use x-rays. I also discovered that the tin-foil hat crowd controls the discussion on the matter. No facts. No experts. No logic. Just paranoia and fear-mongering. Now…I hope you don’t do what most of that ilk do when they don’t have a clue: go the ad hominem route and hurl insults and attack my character. Better yet, go ahead and do what you do best. You dont know me and I don’t care.

By: RedTulie

RedTulie — Fri, 11 May 2012 02:57:31 +0000

@MikeMaharrey-TenthAmendment @IronMike76 Well said; thank you.

By: KeimgMeg

KeimgMeg — Fri, 11 May 2012 02:15:05 +0000

Great piece, Mike.