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Tuesday, February 16, 2010

While flying his disabled four-year-old son Ryan to Walt Disney World, Bob Thomas of Camden, Pa., was told by a Transportation Security Administration agent in March that his son must take off his braces and walk through a security checkpoint on his own. "I told them he can't walk without them on his own," Bob Thomas said. "He said, 'He'll need to take them off.'"

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your tax dollars at work

hmmmm TSA official appears to make a mistake, people complain, supervisors listen to complaint and address the problem.

non story

Why is it the tools posting these stories would never have posted anything like this while Jeff Gannon's idiot girlfriend was president?

The TSA was the brainchild of the neocon assholes that are raking in billions in profit from it. They are still the ones to blame for this nonsence, not the current administration.

At least now these kinds of abuses are be addressed and corrected in a timely manner.

When a new family moves into a house that the former residents left infested with cockroaches and vermin, it takes a while to find all the filth and exterminate it.

At least the current residents are trying.

hmmmm TSA official appears to make a mistake, people complain, supervisors listen to complaint and address the problem.

non story

The story is that these retarded mouth breathers are incapable of using common sense.

...and these are the people who are supposed to protect us from terrorists.

The TSA was the brainchild of the neocon assholes that are raking in billions in profit from it. They are still the ones to blame for this nonsence, not the current administration.

If the TSA was so evil, Obama has had over a year to change and dismantle it. But he hasn't.

So for christ sake, be honest and quit deflecting to Bush. It gets sooooo old. At some point you obama ball lickers are going to have to accept the fact that your bozo is in charge now. you are going to have to accept the fact that congress is yours, too and quit blaming the right for the dung that is pouring out of DC.

You bought it. You own it. Now deal with it

Why is it the tools posting these stories would never have posted anything like this while Jeff Gannon's idiot girlfriend was president?

Sorry Axe, I was just as critcal of Dubya as I am of Obama. Of course, you're a partisan retard, so you have no concept of right and wrong...just right and left, so this sounds like a foreign concept to you.

Why even respond to Axe? He's a one-trick jerk off with his Gannon obsession.

Just when I think woke is the most clueless partisan retard here, axe shows up. Then redneckshill and I have to change my mind again. Is it some sort of tag team thing with these three?

Ahhh the TSA.

Anyone who flies at least fairly regularly and interacts with these dipshits knows it's a gigantic dog and pony show that only provides an illusion of security.

My wife forgot to remove her pocket knife from her purse last time we flew and she got tagged for a more thorough screening after her purse came out of the X-ray machine. She figured it was because of the knife.

No. They just looked at everything else in a sort of dumbfounded way for 5 minutes before letting her go on her way.

No mention or even notice of the knife.

If the TSA was so evil, Obama has had over a year to change and dismantle it. But he hasn't.

Obama can't do that. He is the head of the executive branch, not congress. His job is to enforce the laws and over see the agencies responsible for that. The TSA is one of them. Only congress can eliminate an agency or appropriate money for them and only the Supreme Court can declare a law unconstitutional.

But you knew that, ya goatman?

Ah yes, the TSA.

I took a one-way flight to Phoenix about 6 years ago. The screener who took me off to the side to check shoes, belt and such was an old acquaintance, knew him for years. As we were going through the check, he was telling a co-worker about how he knew me and what a great guy I was.

I understand SOP, but come on, where was the common sense in this?

What a bunch of idiots

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The TSA is one of them. Only congress can eliminate an agency or appropriate money for them and only the Supreme Court can declare a law unconstitutional.

You mean the overwhelmingly democratic congress you helped to put on the Hill?

I look like a terrorist and often fly alone carrying only a backpack, and I haven't once been even so much as looked at funny.

Can you imagine the attack ads if a congressperson voted to eliminate the TSA? How many TV spots do we need with Tosser wanna-bes looking all swarthy and what-not sneaking nukes on board an American Airlines flight?

I do get some looks when boarding, however.

The TSA guy actually was right to demand that that crippled kid take his braces off. If those things went through the x-ray machine you would see sparks that would make an Oklahoma lightning storm seem like a few candles on a birthday cake.

Benny Hinn? I had no idea he was a TSA agent as well.

Hey dimwit, the metal detector you walk through is not an x-ray machine. You must work for the TSA.

Four-year-olds do not carry bombs. Never have,
never will. If the TSA can't tell a bomb from strips of metal bolted together on a toddler, what is the point of "training" them at all?

DINSEY

I was pretty incredulous myself after 9/11 when I saw 5 year old little blond girls and old grandmas getting wanded at security.

#17 | Posted by fwthom at 2010-02-16 09:37 PM

Yes Thom, metal detectors are microwave ovens in disguise...

break the tsa agents legs off at the kneecap and make him/her walk...

#5 | Posted by goatman at 2010-02-16 12:15 PM

Yes Goat, and all the problems of the last administration, as of Nov '08, suddenly became Obama's fault...

I think it is safe to say that the Republicans want Americans to forget the inept policies of the Bush administration so that the next go-around they have a chance to reinact those same failed policies. Unfortunately for Republicans, the rest of America isn't in denial...

So, whether you call it deflection or excuses, the fact is that Bush and the Republicans got us where we are now, and any respite that we now enjoy is due to the Obama administration and the Democrats. The Republicans have done nothing but obsruct progress and whine about things not getting better quick enough, all the while second guessing and blaming Obama and the Democrats...

The Republicans had the ball and fumbled again and again, now the Democrats have it and all the Republicans can do is try to deny Americans any kind of progress out of the mess they made for us, in a feable attempt to make points for next election day...

Party over country as always...

But, I do agree with you that the constant reminders that "our problems are due to our last administration" do get old. However, if the Republicans would stop trying to place the blame on Obama, maybe Democrats wouldn't have to keep reminding you that these are all your problems, and we are only cleaning up your mess, again...

"TSA Agent Demands Disabled Child Walk"

Does Peter Popoff work for the TSA?

www.youtube.com

Why even respond to Axe? He's a one-trick jerk off with his Gannon obsession.

He's jealous of George Bush's relationship with Jeff Gannon.

Obama can't do that.

You missed something from his post, O-ring. It's your style, though. So we know to look for it.

you are going to have to accept the fact that congress is your...

Try this on for size. The president has the ability to suggest and influence things that he wants to get done. I know the President had mention through his campaigning that there were a lot of things the Bush administration did that he found distasteful and would change.

How many of those things has he changed or asked Congress to change?

I look like a terrorist and often fly alone carrying only a backpack, and I haven't once been even so much as looked at funny.

Ness, they're too busy accosting little old ladies and children to deal with you.

Yes Goat, and all the problems of the last administration, as of Nov '08, suddenly became Obama's fault...

You're right. A lot of what troubles Americans today is the result of poor policy by the Bush Administration, and President Obama walked into a shit storm.

When will you allow him to take responsibility for the mistakes and missteps he makes? Last year, Democrats said that the economy was "all Bush" until October because policy implemented by President Obama would not take affect until then.

It's February 17, 2010. Five Months have passed since Democrats on this site said President Obama would be responsible for policy and the economy and the budget.

Why are you guys still blame George W Bush?

It's Obama's economy now. It's Obama's budget causing massive debt that can't be paid off by wishful thinking. It's Obama who hasn't brought our military back home after he promised he would.

TSA did wot now?

Yeesh!

Was this the same TSA agent who made that female passenger remove her nipple ring or was this another moron?

Got no problem with scanners, luggage searches, shoe removal or rules against liquids or knives.

Price you pay and all that.

That noted, this insult to common sense kinda stuff just makes me spuddish blood boil.

Be Well.

First of all SO FUCKIN WHAT? The kid got screened, deal with it. The dad, mentioned 'law suit'. I say shove it dude, be happy you got on a safe plane.

BUT the glaring error is how the TSA responded to the complaint. The dad called for a supervisor...and when he returned he called on the phone to complain again.

Now the TSa says he didn't speak to the TSA, how stupid is this orginization.

Lets pu tthe blame EXACTLY where it belongs...BIG SIS JANET THE SYSTEM WORKS NAPTILANO

I say shove it dude, be happy you got on a safe plane.

Is a plane any less safe when you don't make a disabled kid hop around on one leg?

Lets pu tthe blame EXACTLY where it belongs...BIG SIS JANET THE SYSTEM WORKS NAPTILANO

Sounds like a plan.

Look at all the paranoia from lefties at the top of this thread. I find this story newsworthy on its own, and nobody ever said it had anything to do with Obama. But the fact that the libs immediately went on defense tells you something about how much they're used to imputing the acts of low-level shitbags all the way up to the top (at least from 2000-2008).

Maybe old Joe "Stand up Chuck" Biden trained this particular employee.

We would all be safer flying if the dad had his gun and shot the TSA agent.

I have 2 questions.

What do they do with people who are in a wheel chair? I don't think they are forced to get up and walk.

What would be the response if a kid WAS carrying a bomb put in a fake cast by his dad or by his Oman?

Everyone would be all over the TSA guy who let the kid thru without a scan or search of some type.

You think the Islamic Terrorists would not use a kid that was iether pretending to be cripple or was actually crippled? If you think they would not due to moral issues, then you do not understand the terrorists.

Seems that the leg braces should have been taken off and run through the conveyor belt scanner, and then either the dad or a TSA agent could have carried the kid through the body scanner.

WTF are TSA faith healers now?

POSTED BY MACHERNI @ 2010-02-17 09:46 AM

You think the Islamic Terrorists would not use a kid that was iether pretending to be cripple or was actually crippled? If you think they would not due to moral issues, then you do not understand the terrorists...


The TSA agents and HLS agents and FBI agents and CIA agents and and all other MIBs whether federal or local are much more likely to terrorize any of you than any so-called terrorist.

Jesus works for the TSA? Interesting place to pick to perform miracles.

Kernos just for the record that's not what I posted. The posting you're refering to was posted by Marty.

Regarding Marty's post, I don't think most people are upset that there's a posibility of someone who's handicap being put through security checks. What this agent did was obsurd though (making him walk on his own). Just like the article said the kid should have been brought to a seperate screening area to be swabbed for explosives. That being said I still think the worker could use a little common sesnse and realize the risk is so low in this incident (family going to Disney, with handicap son, and the dad's a cop), their time would be better spent looking at greater risk individuals. Most Federal workers lack common sense though. That's why most gov projects go way over budget and the quality of work gets compromised.

Someday a clever terrorist is going to self-detonate in the security line itself. Then the TSA will have to start screening you before you leave for the airport.

This is one of those stories where I see where right-wingers are coming from when they say the government can't do anything right.

Still, it was decided in the wake of 9/11 that letting the airlines/airports run their own security wasn't working, so it seems like we're screwed either way.

I was talking with a gal and her family was accosted by TSA.

The family was going to Disneyland. The 9 year old girl had forgotten to take out a cup of pudding from her back pack she used for school.

It went thru security and they went nuts.

They demanded the girl be taken to secondary to be strip searched.

The father said he was going with her and TSA drew their guns on the father. The girl is bawling. Big giant mess...

All for a cup of pudding in a 9 year old's back pack.

All for a cup of pudding in a 9 year old's back pack.

#40 | Posted by MURPHY at 2010-02-17 02:23 PM

Next time she should bring enough to share. Depending on the flavor, it could have been much worse.

Kanrei--just flew to San Antonio.

You should have been there--they ran my suitcase twice and my belongings.

My girlfriend pointed out it was no wonder.

I can't get all my stuff in that tiny ziploc sandwich baggie.

I had the big baggie.

They let me go though--nothing there..lol

My mom gets checked 100% of the time by airport security. My 5'4 120 pound mother. Me, 6'4 and 230 not once. I think they just want to feel her up. TSA are pervs.

the kid walked! the tsa guy is like a freak'n faith healer!

#43 your mom is suspect.

Somo,

No, my mom has big tits.

All the chicks I saw in Israel were packing some serious boobage.

Bo Derek's tits. I like sex.

I was in the Miami airport a while back and saw this backpack lying in the floor for about half an hour. I called a security guards attention to it and all I got was "don't you let it worry you none".

No, my mom has big tits.

#46 | POSTED BY KANREI AT 2010-02-17 02:55 PM | REPLY | FLAG

sounds like you have good mammaries of her.

Looks like they will now be swabbing hands instead.

#9 | Posted by jpw at 2010-02-16 01:36 PM | Reply | Flag: suddenly a populist on govt corruption

#36 | POSTED BY KANREI
"Jesus works for the TSA? Interesting place to pick to perform miracles."

Nah....you're confusing his day job with his night job.

"If those things went through the x-ray machine you would see sparks that would make an Oklahoma lightning storm seem like a few candles on a birthday cake.
#17 | Posted by fwthom"

No you wouldn't you fucking dumbshit. (I think we have a new front-runner for Goatman's dumbest DR member contest.)

"Seems that the leg braces should have been taken off and run through the conveyor belt scanner, and then either the dad or a TSA agent could have carried the kid through the body scanner.
#33 | Posted by JOE"

Oh my god, what a fucking pants-pisser. And a self-proclaimed Libertarian pants-pisser at that.

Just a gimmick to make billions for the swabbing company

Bet they swab little old white ladies also.

#25 | Posted by Axiom at 2010-02-17 05:36 AM

Obama has taken responsibility for his mistakes, more-so than any other president that I can remember; since Nixon at least. But, the lingering problems that we as Americans are now enduring are not due to Obama's policies. Moreover, they are just Obama's "mess" to clean up...

A "mess" that was created by the very same group of people who are now standing lockstep baracading progress. Then these very people whine about: things not getting done fast enough, the recovery taking longer than it should, etc. Maybe the Republican Congress should try being part of the solution, rather than a blockade to the progress this nation needs to recover...

It's like a football team; the Republicans didn't get their choice of quarterbacks, so they just stand there in a huff refusing to play, all the while acting like its the rest of the team who is at fault for not getting touchdowns...

It's really very childish, as-well-as extremely transparent...

Terrorists have won.

He's a one-trick jerk off with his Gannon obsession.

#7 | Posted by wisgod at 2010-02-16 12:24 PM

Is he making you all tingly....?

It's OK, we'll still love you.

If those things went through the x-ray machine you would see sparks that would make an Oklahoma lightning storm seem like a few candles on a birthday cake.

#17 | Posted by fwthom at 2010-02-16 09:37 PM | Reply | Flag:

So if I read you right, X-Rays will cause leg braces to short out and possibly injure the wearer.

How do you not fall down more often?

No you wouldn't you fucking dumbshit. (I think we have a new front-runner for Goatman's dumbest DR member contest.)

#53 | Posted by mOntecOre at 2010-02-17 06:36 PM

I would like to add my vote for FWTHOM as Dr's dumbest member.

Oh my god, what a fucking pants-pisser. And a self-proclaimed Libertarian pants-pisser at that.

?

I advocated a common-sense solution that allowed the TSA to conduct their "random" screening with considerably less embarrassment or confrontation toward a child who cannot walk. Please explain your comment.

No.

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