TSA Keeps Getting It Wrong

TSA keeps getting it wrong

I've been kinda following the TSA saga. I say kinda, cos I ain't following too closely. Just keeping a wary eye on everything.

Today, I came across two pieces of rage. I can't decide which one is worse.

Young Boy is strip Searched by TSA

Can I get a "oh hell no!"? I understand that there are douchebags who hide stuff on their child. But they are a minority, not unlike TSA employee's with common sense. If you're gonna strip search a kid (and you better have a DAMN good reason to do so), then at least take him to a room. How often does this occur?  What made him stick out among all the other little boys? Was the boy of Arab descent or something? I'm trying to come up with a justification for their actions so that this can be a well-balanced rant. I can't. I just...sigh. I haven't taken aim at the paedo-vibe yet.

Fuckin hell.

TSA pat down leaves traveller covered in urine (HT to BK Drinkwater)

Quick summary: Thomas Sawyer is a bladder cancer survivor and is required to wear a colostomy bag. TSA pulled him out for a pat down that was too rough. Colostomy bag burst and he had to board his flight humiliated, crying and covered in urine. TSA offers no apology.

At no point should anyone have to board a flight in that sort of state. I'm not even gonna take a hit at this one. It speaks for itself.

Man, TSA employs some winners. Where do they hire these people? This is what happens when you take the creme de la creme of reality show douchebags and give them a gun and some power. Shit gets outta control.

Obama has already defended the TSA security procedures:

"I understand people’s frustrations, and what I’ve said to the TSA is that you have to constantly refine and measure whether what we’re doing is the only way to assure the American people’s safety. And you also have to think through are there other ways of doing it that are less intrusive,"

"But at this point, TSA in consultation with counterterrorism experts have indicated to me that the procedures that they have been putting in place are the only ones right now that they consider to be effective against the kind of threat that we saw in the Christmas Day bombing."

Why are people making excuses for these morons? Why are they being defended? If a private security firm did something like this, they'd be fired. Their name would be mud. Obviously, the protective force of government employment is even stronger than I thought. Or the tolerance for incompetence is higher, I don't know.

Don't get me wrong, I understand the need for airport security. If terrorists are still targeting airlines, then yeah, there needs to be security. There also needs to be common sense. Surely it's not too much to ask, even for airport security?

However, I live in a relatively safe country - what the hell do I know? All I can say is that I've flown in and around the US and never once gotten a pat down. In fact, I've flown across the world and never gotten more than a "Have a good trip" from airport security. Trust me, I look a lot more dangerous than those two people.

In fact right now, I probably am.

So, a singer in a band yelled at some skinheads. They yelled back and this made her scared. I've got no sympathy for her.

What did she expect? She yelled at them! Yet somehow the fault lies with the skinheads. That doesn't seem right. When I yell at people, I expect them to yell back. Why? Because I've provoked them, that's why. Rule of thumb: if you're gonna start a fight, be prepared for people to fight back.

Stuff needs to get their facts straight. She didn't stand up to skinheads. She yelled at skinheads who were walking along the road, minding their own damn business. It's not acceptable to yell at anyone that you don't like the look of, or whose beliefs you don't agree with. After all, freedom of expression isn't the exclusive domain of the entertainment industry. This is just as bad as a singer walking along the road with her band, then gettting yelled at by skinheads.  Just because the positions are reversed, doesn't make it any better.

Am I supporting racist skinheads? Hell no! I think they're idiots too. I don't agree with their view at all. I'm just saying that actions have consequences. if your action is to provoke skinheads, then the consequence is that they're gonna come back at you and you'll feel "shaken". But don't go blaming them if you're still feeling shaken when you take to the stage later that night and perform badly. That's not their fault. That's yours so stop blaming them. You started it and you got served. Own your crap.

Leslie Nielsen, February 11 1926 - November 28 2010.

His movies were a massive and important part of my childhood. Sometimes, they were the only thing that ever made me laugh.

Requiem in Pace.

qwertzxv:

New Favorite by Alison Krauss

One of the saddest songs I have ever heard.

Oh, Alison Krauss. Take your ethereal voice away and stop breaking my heart!

dearcoketalk:

What exactly do you classify as cheating?

Willfully participating or conspiring to participate in an act of intimacy with the foreknowledge that your partner would reasonably consider that act to be a breach of the mutually understood and agreed upon terms of the relationship.

Read above. That is one of the most carefully worded answers I have ever read.

Bravo!

On cheating.

No two ways about it, this woman sounds like a grade A bitch.

Even I wouldn't pull a stunt like this. How many people did she do to make that happen?