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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 12:13 PM Original message |
Mom Arrested For Yelling At TSA Over Daughter's Patdown |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. And so it continues. |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 03:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. +1 |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 08:02 AM Response to Reply #1 |
65. We flew from Chicago to Houston (and return) this past month - |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
2. Here's a solution that will make everyone happy: special no screening flights |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 12:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. You must like being touched by strangers? |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 12:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Tell that to the parents of these kiddies |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 01:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. must be hard to be so afraid. nt |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 02:07 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I'm not afraid when I fly, because I know the person next to me isn't armed and fused. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 06:28 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Airlines are no safer now than they've ever been. |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 06:43 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Last report I saw from the GAO had it at 90% failure rate... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 02:18 AM Response to Reply #19 |
37. They might be a little safer |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 06:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. If you're that afraid, why do you ever leave your house. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 01:43 AM Response to Reply #13 |
29. The mall or shopping center must be frightening with all those strangers around. |
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Boudica the Lyoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 02:01 AM Response to Reply #13 |
31. Pay attention! |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 02:10 AM Response to Reply #13 |
34. Except if they fly first class |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 02:43 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. don't know what to say if you're afraid of the kid on the left.. |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 03:52 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. For illustration purposes. But, what about the others? |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 01:20 AM Response to Reply #17 |
25. The others? Well the picture in the center was kids |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 02:52 AM Response to Reply #17 |
39. The best way to screen for explosives is to use dogs. |
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Thegonagle (548 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 03:55 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. Is Rapiscan the real name of those body scanners? A rather ironic product name. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 02:37 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. Yes, it is. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 01:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. it has never been all or nothing. why must yours and others argument reduce it to all or nothing |
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A Simple Game (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 06:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. I have news for you. They aren't doing all of this for your safety. |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 07:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
23. "unconventional belief systems" --- nice dog whistle |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 02:11 AM Response to Reply #2 |
35. Alas we already have those... we call them corporate jets |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 09:57 AM Response to Reply #2 |
44. Did you hear that on Foxed-Up News? nm |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
4. Damned terrorist |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
5. The terrorists certainly terrorized America |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 02:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. The home of the brave and the land of the free are intricately tied to together, |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
7. Who's country are we living in, again? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
9. That fuckin' Nashville airport! Was just through there... |
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ohheckyeah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 02:58 AM Response to Reply #9 |
40. I don't mean to be hateful... |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 09:23 PM Response to Reply #40 |
50. What seems odd about it? The jar-as-gift? (There's a context to it), or my carrying it on? |
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ohheckyeah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 03:09 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. The jar as a gift AND carrying it on. |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 04:20 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. it was sort of a tongue-in-cheek gift, actually, specific to the context |
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ohheckyeah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 01:59 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. The apple butter is |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 11:29 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. And if I were closer, I would take some! |
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ohheckyeah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 03:53 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. LOL |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
10. My solution: I try to not fly at all. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 01:34 AM Response to Reply #10 |
27. Hear, hear! I've flown exactly once since 9-11 and that was for a |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 01:45 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. The airlines have killed their own golden goose. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 09:35 PM Response to Reply #30 |
51. actually the flights are full, going out at capacity, the airlines can't handle anymore pax |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 10:21 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Perhaps because they have cut back on flights? |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 11:34 AM Response to Reply #52 |
58. they HAVE cut back on flights...in some cases dramatically |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 08:49 PM Response to Reply #58 |
63. So you mean the poster above's "facts" are not quite so umm, "factual"? nt |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 07:54 AM Response to Reply #63 |
64. not at all...the airlines HAVE damaged themselves |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 01:14 PM Response to Reply #27 |
47. And friends they may thinks it's a movement... |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
20. So this is all it takes for Americans to lose their freedom... |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 09:59 AM Response to Reply #20 |
45. Next, pat-downs for subways and supermarkets. nm |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
24. "hysterical" - nice. |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
26. Oh christ. I'd scream too. |
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Boudica the Lyoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 02:04 AM Response to Reply #26 |
32. +1000 |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 02:55 PM Response to Reply #26 |
49. Scope out which lines at which entrances |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 01:36 AM Response to Original message |
28. I didn't realize yelling when you or your child is being violated was against the law. |
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Boudica the Lyoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 02:04 AM Response to Reply #28 |
33. +1,000,000 |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 03:11 AM Response to Reply #28 |
41. I guess that makes the mother a child abuser then, seeing she delivered her daughter for the 'grope' |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 02:16 AM Response to Original message |
36. This is NOT about security |
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LetTimmySmoke (970 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 02:39 AM Response to Original message |
38. This is how the totalitarian police state takes hold. |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 03:13 AM Response to Original message |
42. Osama Bin Laden would be so proud that he has reduced us to this |
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IcyPeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 04:02 PM Response to Reply #42 |
61. ^ what slay said -- Osama has won hands down |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
46. TSA = bunch of psychopaths and perverts. |
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7wo7rees (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
53. I always fly with a small bomb |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
59. I support her actions |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
62. This is so messed up... |
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