From the VOMITORIUM
Can’t you just here the Doors singing in the background?
The newest pile of horse manure in the media is the whole TSA body scan and pat downs…..every station ….every network is going on and on about these pat downs for people who do not want the body scans….both Left leaning and Right leaning are all a twitter (not the website) about this invasion of people’s person….to me it is just amusing…..why…you would like to know? About 2% of the people that fly actually get the pat down….while I agree that it would be a bit uncomfortable……most of the time they do have a choice…….
First, let us say if these are discontinued and then there is a breach of security……whose fault will it be? Obama naturally….because he is a secret Muslim or he does not love the country or he is just naive…it is just laughable at all the hoopla over this…especially from the whackos on the Right….you could bet your ass they would be all over Obama if something went wrong….but now they are all over Obama because he is allowing DHS to do this outrageous tactic to the American people….here is a news fklash for you….THEY DO NOT CARE…it is all about the politics of the issue….the conservs who like the Patriot Act which is more evasive, are on track to try and privatize the TSA…..
Second, I have seen several Israeli officials on the tube telling about how they handle this sort of thing….and without being personally evasion to people….they use a combination or roadblocks and questions….not that the questions are telling but rather the person demeanor when answering….I have a slight problem with this also…..what you ask? on any given day across the US there are more people flying than there are people in the entire country of Israel…these dipsticks are comparing apples to oranges….
As with any issue…there is a wealth of people pointing out the problem and damn few offering answers….that, IMO, makes this whole issue somewhat laughable…..
I kind of agree that there is some degree of invasion of privacy, but you can choose not to fly if you really don’t want to comply… your choice.
Other than that and particularly with respect to the body scanners, I really can’t see the problem. When did Americans become so embarrassed by their own bodies? Was it round about the same time (just like many Brits) so many of them got so fat and wanted to pretend they are “normal” and perfectly comfortable with their bodies? Clearly NOT!
I mean, again just like Brits, Americans these days do seem to see perverts behind every bush and appear more “self-conscious” about ANY amount of nakedness. Yet they are equally (and very strangely) not in the least bothered by porn, the most suggestive dress and so on (all of which I can see no problem with if that’s what people want) – talk about double standards.
I’m sorry if some are embarrassed by what I view as a necessity in the current climate of disgusting people wanting to harm others who have no connection with them whatsoever, but life’s like that these days it seems and, in the end, my only comment to such people is: you have a willy or you don’t. You’re probably even more ugly naked, but what the heck? Get a life!
I agree totally…this is a made up story because there is not much happening in the US right now…they need something to justify their existence…..I mean come on…2% of the fliers are patted down and then it is their choice….dumb asses!
Well, there ARE situations where the jerks operating the system are just moronic (as well as possibly sadistic!), but then there always are and always will be, until someone with a grasp of reality ups, smacks them down and sacks them…
For instance: http://is.gd/hveOz
I had not seen that one…..but I had read about the breast cancer survivor that they wanted her to take out her fake one….all in all it sucks……but like you said no fly…take the train….
If officialdom CAN get it wrong, they WILL get it wrong and THAT fact unfortunately negates all sorts of otherwise good and simplt things.
If only they had a couple of functioning brain cells between them that they could share around, eh?
These machines in the news were turned down by Heathrow, I believe as not good……and Chertoff, the past head of Homeland Security now reps for the copmpany…go figure!
Damn the Spam! I feel like Poland in 1939……(for those who remember their history)
Yeah, I guess that says it all – and try changing your spam/security settings for a while???
I like to look through the crap and see what they are doing….like one that mention my piece on baseball…..odd…never wrote one….