I find it amusing that as the TSA continuously fails to catch law breakers they have been stepping up the invasiveness of the searches. Yet the TSA still hasn’t catch any law breakers. How long do you think it will be before the TSA is coming to your home when you make travel arrangements to search there? It’s not about safety, it’s about control.
Kevin, if you really believe that, then you have issues…… Thats a little overboard. Im so sick of hearing people “WHINE” about this. You dont like it, dont fly!! Simple as that.. I feel safer going on a plane knowing that security has been stepped up. All you “whiners” think there doing it for control or to violate you….. CRAZY!!!! Your just a bunch of control freeks yourselves, stiring up crap because someone else is telling you , you have to do something…. THATS the problem!!!!
I only agree with one thing you said Paul. “You don’t like it, dont fly”.
I don’t like it and I don’t fly, but this doesn’t mean that I have to stop making comments on the matter.
Remember this: “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.”
That saying is true. No one can protect you better than yourself. If you don’t want to protect yourself, then don’t expect to be safe. I understand your point of wanting some assurance that your safety is not in jeopardy. It takes a lot of effort to protect yourself, property, etc. This whole TSA deal is only made possible because people are unaware that they really don’t have the common law right to travel, right of property ownership, etc. So whining is what they are reduced to.
It’s about jurisdiction and the government has it as long as anyone is a “US citizen”. Now if one were say a “state national” that wouldn’t be the case.
I don’t feel standing up for my rights makes me a control freak. It means I know who/what I am. I cannot speak for anyone else though.
I don’t think the TSA would go that far. If Homeland Security has you on some list they may pay you a visit. FEMA camps do exist. The big question is… when will they start implementing the procedures to fill them? Take great care in watching what bills have passed, what is stated in bills being presented, and what executive orders have been signed. All in all, the “United States” isn’t what you think it is. It surely is NOT the united republic states of America.
I have to say that this is really funny. That is actually bad news for those who want to be free. I am going to share this. I travel by land when ever I can. If everyone did so or at the very least opted out, I believe it would send a clear message. We don’t want your controlling system here!
To be honest, the scanners are far less concerning to me than the aggressive pat-downs they’re now using. There’s a fundamental problem in my mind, getting as much “action” at a TSA checkpoint as I normally would with my wife… or am I completely off my rocker?
I’m an advertising professional, so travel is the name of my game. I see this war being won NOT by the passengers directly, but by the airlines appealing to TSA that the lost revenues (due to lower ticket sales, delayed/canceled flights, etc.) are affecting their bottom line. Travel is a fundamental portion of the free-enterprise system we have embraced (for better or worse) and when travel numbers begin to go down, you can rest assured that economic indicators will follow.
To borrow a line from Voltaire which should be the rally-cry for oppressed traveles everywhere, “Ecrasez l’Enfame!”
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has!” –Margaret Mead
Excellent. The whole notion is just ridiculous. If I ever have to be groped (as I will refuse the radiation chamber), I will moan in happiness the whole time. Then I’ll thank the person when she’s done. How asinine. Wake up, America…wake up.
The country singer Trace Atkins said the same thing last night on Freedom Watch, but he said it would be a different story if the groping were to be performed on his wife and/or children. You most likely won’t get a groping from a super model so keep that in mind.
We have stretched the right to freedom of speach to boundries unimagineable. We have firmed the right to bear arms.
Yet, we give up when it come to preserving our right to be free from unreasonable searches…WHY? If we, as a nation, are willing to give up our hard fought constitutional rights, then we will no longer be America…land of the free..home of the brave. Rather, we will be America the restricted….home of the fearful! That is not the way I want our country to move toward! We have got to go back to the freedoms we once enjoyed. We cannot allow terrorism to take that away from us or allow the politicians to convince us that this is in the best interest of national security. Losing our identity is NOT in the best interest of our nation. When we start giving away our freedoms instead of fighting to preserve them, we put the future of America in jeopardy. We have allowed the governement to put cameras whereever they choose, we allow them to conduct survellience without warrants, and now we allow them to search us freely… all in the name of national security. What will we give up next? When will it end?
In same ways you can correlate the similarities. The big difference is that they are not secret. Homeland Security is right in front of our eyes. Some of their methods are secret and certainly without proper authority. If you know who/what you are you don’t have to make a big scene. It’s about jurisdiction. They may prohibit a free man/woman from utilizing their right to travel. They most certainly would prohibit a “US citizen” from the privilege. The crime isn’t just a physical battle. It’s a highly psychological and mental war too. It is also an attack on the spirit. Crush the spirit and it’s easier to manipulate and control.
Why is it that we face an instant abusive pat down just as soon as we get through the new scanner, when the scanner is SUPPOSED to stop the physical contact.
Yet sitting right next door to the body scanner is the metal detector and those going through it just walk on through and on their way?
I always believed that ‘TSA’ stood for Thousands Standing Around. They never catch anyone – it’s all about appearances! Could stop terrorism immediately – put a live pig on every flight. muslims belive that if they die in the company of swine then they go to hell.
OMG, this cracked me up!! I loved how reasonable she was, and how he had an “answer” for everything!
Am I the only one who was thinking of “Family Guy” when Lois ran for mayor every time he said “9/11″ as an answer?!
Seriously, though, this summer, I flew for the first time since 2000. It wasn’t too bad, but it was a huge difference between that and the last time I’d been on a flight. I couldn’t get over it. And THIS … yeah, I think next time I’ll take a train or go Greyhound, if this is what I can expect. Especially since my next trip I’ll have my kids … I don’t need them seeing any “enhanced pat-downs.”
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I find it amusing that as the TSA continuously fails to catch law breakers they have been stepping up the invasiveness of the searches. Yet the TSA still hasn’t catch any law breakers. How long do you think it will be before the TSA is coming to your home when you make travel arrangements to search there? It’s not about safety, it’s about control.
Kevin, if you really believe that, then you have issues…… Thats a little overboard. Im so sick of hearing people “WHINE” about this. You dont like it, dont fly!! Simple as that.. I feel safer going on a plane knowing that security has been stepped up. All you “whiners” think there doing it for control or to violate you….. CRAZY!!!! Your just a bunch of control freeks yourselves, stiring up crap because someone else is telling you , you have to do something…. THATS the problem!!!!
I only agree with one thing you said Paul. “You don’t like it, dont fly”.
I don’t like it and I don’t fly, but this doesn’t mean that I have to stop making comments on the matter.
Remember this: “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.”
That saying is true. No one can protect you better than yourself. If you don’t want to protect yourself, then don’t expect to be safe. I understand your point of wanting some assurance that your safety is not in jeopardy. It takes a lot of effort to protect yourself, property, etc. This whole TSA deal is only made possible because people are unaware that they really don’t have the common law right to travel, right of property ownership, etc. So whining is what they are reduced to.
It’s about jurisdiction and the government has it as long as anyone is a “US citizen”. Now if one were say a “state national” that wouldn’t be the case.
I don’t feel standing up for my rights makes me a control freak. It means I know who/what I am. I cannot speak for anyone else though.
I don’t think the TSA would go that far. If Homeland Security has you on some list they may pay you a visit. FEMA camps do exist. The big question is… when will they start implementing the procedures to fill them? Take great care in watching what bills have passed, what is stated in bills being presented, and what executive orders have been signed. All in all, the “United States” isn’t what you think it is. It surely is NOT the united republic states of America.
I have to say that this is really funny. That is actually bad news for those who want to be free. I am going to share this. I travel by land when ever I can. If everyone did so or at the very least opted out, I believe it would send a clear message. We don’t want your controlling system here!
To be honest, the scanners are far less concerning to me than the aggressive pat-downs they’re now using. There’s a fundamental problem in my mind, getting as much “action” at a TSA checkpoint as I normally would with my wife… or am I completely off my rocker?
I’m an advertising professional, so travel is the name of my game. I see this war being won NOT by the passengers directly, but by the airlines appealing to TSA that the lost revenues (due to lower ticket sales, delayed/canceled flights, etc.) are affecting their bottom line. Travel is a fundamental portion of the free-enterprise system we have embraced (for better or worse) and when travel numbers begin to go down, you can rest assured that economic indicators will follow.
To borrow a line from Voltaire which should be the rally-cry for oppressed traveles everywhere, “Ecrasez l’Enfame!”
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has!” –Margaret Mead
Excellent. The whole notion is just ridiculous. If I ever have to be groped (as I will refuse the radiation chamber), I will moan in happiness the whole time. Then I’ll thank the person when she’s done. How asinine. Wake up, America…wake up.
The country singer Trace Atkins said the same thing last night on Freedom Watch, but he said it would be a different story if the groping were to be performed on his wife and/or children. You most likely won’t get a groping from a super model so keep that in mind.
We have stretched the right to freedom of speach to boundries unimagineable. We have firmed the right to bear arms.
Yet, we give up when it come to preserving our right to be free from unreasonable searches…WHY? If we, as a nation, are willing to give up our hard fought constitutional rights, then we will no longer be America…land of the free..home of the brave. Rather, we will be America the restricted….home of the fearful! That is not the way I want our country to move toward! We have got to go back to the freedoms we once enjoyed. We cannot allow terrorism to take that away from us or allow the politicians to convince us that this is in the best interest of national security. Losing our identity is NOT in the best interest of our nation. When we start giving away our freedoms instead of fighting to preserve them, we put the future of America in jeopardy. We have allowed the governement to put cameras whereever they choose, we allow them to conduct survellience without warrants, and now we allow them to search us freely… all in the name of national security. What will we give up next? When will it end?
TSA = Gestapo
In same ways you can correlate the similarities. The big difference is that they are not secret. Homeland Security is right in front of our eyes. Some of their methods are secret and certainly without proper authority. If you know who/what you are you don’t have to make a big scene. It’s about jurisdiction. They may prohibit a free man/woman from utilizing their right to travel. They most certainly would prohibit a “US citizen” from the privilege. The crime isn’t just a physical battle. It’s a highly psychological and mental war too. It is also an attack on the spirit. Crush the spirit and it’s easier to manipulate and control.
i wish the maker of this film wouldn’t have labelled the enforcer with ‘police’ on his hat, since the TSA are in no way policemen or policewomen
WHINERS!!!!!!!!
Why is it that we face an instant abusive pat down just as soon as we get through the new scanner, when the scanner is SUPPOSED to stop the physical contact.
Yet sitting right next door to the body scanner is the metal detector and those going through it just walk on through and on their way?
I always believed that ‘TSA’ stood for Thousands Standing Around. They never catch anyone – it’s all about appearances! Could stop terrorism immediately – put a live pig on every flight. muslims belive that if they die in the company of swine then they go to hell.
OMG, this cracked me up!! I loved how reasonable she was, and how he had an “answer” for everything!
Am I the only one who was thinking of “Family Guy” when Lois ran for mayor every time he said “9/11″ as an answer?!
Seriously, though, this summer, I flew for the first time since 2000. It wasn’t too bad, but it was a huge difference between that and the last time I’d been on a flight. I couldn’t get over it. And THIS … yeah, I think next time I’ll take a train or go Greyhound, if this is what I can expect. Especially since my next trip I’ll have my kids … I don’t need them seeing any “enhanced pat-downs.”