Comments on: No Furlough For Fondlers

By: greenhell

greenhell — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:41:53 +0000

I wasn’t implying that I knew what you would do, I was trying to find out what you would consider to be an honorable response to that situation. Speaking up, intervening, tackling the agent, etc. I have great respect for your opinion and certainly was not “calling you out”. My wife and I also do not fly.

I wonder how much further our options will be whittled down as we seek to avoid these situations.

By: greenhell

greenhell — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 21:48:15 +0000

Ideally, I understand your feeling behind “WHERE ARE THE MEN?” Real men in gov’t who wouldn’t have set this up, real men running the airport who would have the sense to not do this, real men as police officers who would have arrested the screener, real men as travelers who would have stopped the screener. I see this vividly.

But realistically, what do you expect? Not to be overly personal, but if you and your husband were at the airport witnessing this – would the severe consequences resulting from stepping in be worthwhile in any form?

[You don’t know me: this is why I avoid flying, if I can. I’d have spoken up.]

By: Eruviluion

Eruviluion — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 16:45:20 +0000

@Dennis: 1. sniffer dogs. 2. Metal detectors. 3. Racial profiling. [You mean "rational profiling"]

By: Greg

Greg — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 12:48:23 +0000

The USA is one of the dumbest countries in the world now. Look at us. We have bankrupted our nation, we fondle little children at the airports. The way we do airport security is the result of political correctness. We don't want to offend anyone, especially anyone with dark skin who might be from the Middle East. We need to revolt against this government! I will not fly!

By: Myron Pauli

Myron Pauli — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 08:21:37 +0000

Found the video at:

http://revolutionarypolitics.tv/video/viewVideo.php?video_id=14536

A FREE COUNTRY would have a governing document which would say something like: “he right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”

Securing cockpit doors and arming pilots are sufficient to prevent airplanes from being turned into Al Queda Cruise Missiles. As for other security, the PRIVATE SECTOR (e.g. airline industry) could and should provide it. Could you imagine McDonalds folding 6 year olds coming in for a Happy Meal – yet our McDonalds are theoretically all vulnerable to some jackass with an Ak-47 shooting up the place. Somehow, for no sensible reason, the government has made airplane flying into some KAFKAESQUE nightmare:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kafkaesque

By: Dennis

Dennis — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 00:16:43 +0000

This is PRE-CONDITIONING of youth to Fear, Stand-Still, Allow the Touching by a Stranger, GO WHERE THEY TELL YOU, and without their parents to GET ON THE TRAIN!

Do the movies “SOPHIE’S CHOICE” and “SCHINDLER’S LIST” ring any bells?????

Attention all you geniuses out there – no, this is not sarcasm – there has got to be a better, technological way to screen for the few who wish to bomb us. How about asking questions and taking high definition eye reaction recordings? Perspiration? Breathing? Heart Rates?

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 20:38:04 +0000

Unfortunately, you won’t find most of the real men at the airport – because they flat refuse to put up with this garbage! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Boycott-Flying/126801010710392

By: Philip

Philip — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 20:30:09 +0000

I spotted that little girl as a terrorist right away!