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SomethingFishy

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39. Don't have to worry about that in Colorado and Washington

Reply to zappaman (Reply #36)

Fri Jan 18, 2013, 07:13 PM

Jan 2013

Sorry, hate to gloat... No.. actually, I'm enjoying this freedom.

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TSA has pulled the plug on the "naked body" scanners. [View all] GoCubsGo Jan 2013 OP

I know people who refused to fly because of those things Hugabear Jan 2013 #1

I refused to go through them Matariki Jan 2013 #37

Good. Laelth Jan 2013 #2

Good riddance. All they did was slow down security anyway. Drahthaardogs Jan 2013 #20

Good effin' riddance indepat Jan 2013 #26

I stand corrected. Drahthaardogs Jan 2013 #29

Best I remember these were bought and installed under a puke regime madokie Jan 2013 #38

My recollection is different. n/t Laelth Jan 2013 #45

So, no more body scans? zappaman Jan 2013 #3

crap, now I'm gonna have to pay for an xray to check 2pooped2pop Jan 2013 #25

There's already a different machine in use, that's been in place pnwmom Jan 2013 #35

Would it still be able to detect something....like...oh say... zappaman Jan 2013 #36

Don't have to worry about that in Colorado and Washington SomethingFishy Jan 2013 #39

I live in Los Angeles so I hear ya. zappaman Jan 2013 #40

Yeah getting on isn't an issue but getting off.. SomethingFishy Jan 2013 #41

Good. Lifelong Protester Jan 2013 #4

Great news! Oilwellian Jan 2013 #5

good. i can start flying again. my inlaws will be so pleased.... shit, there goes one excuse. nt seabeyond Jan 2013 #6

Now I will have to go to the doctor to get my xray liberal N proud Jan 2013 #7

In an unrelated story... freshwest Jan 2013 #8

So much for Skeletor's gravy train... n/t backscatter712 Jan 2013 #9

To be replaced by the millimeter wave fuzzy body scanners. Gormy Cuss Jan 2013 #10

Yes, but now they're showing up wherever they want: Fire Walk With Me Jan 2013 #11

I always go for the pat down. Not because I get off on it or anything. DAMN! BNow I've said too much Guy Whitey Corngood Jan 2013 #12

I do too. It is a free though short massage. nt roody Jan 2013 #21

You know that a TSA dude here at O'Hare asked why I chose the pat down instead of the scanner. Guy Whitey Corngood Jan 2013 #24

You could always ask why he's not wearing a dosimeter. GoneOffShore Jan 2013 #28

Ha! Good one. I'll remember that if it happens again. I'm selected for the RapeyScan about 98% of Guy Whitey Corngood Jan 2013 #30

Of course they're still using the other machines, GoneOffShore Jan 2013 #32

I have never been asked. I would roody Jan 2013 #44

does that mean I dont have stand in that machine with my hands on my head anymore? srican69 Jan 2013 #13

Don't celebrate yet arikara Jan 2013 #14

So Who Profited On This Deal rsmith6621 Jan 2013 #15

Chertoff Lobbied for It bobduca Jan 2013 #16

Figures that Skeletor would be shilling for Rape-I-Scan... backscatter712 Jan 2013 #19

Boondoggle for repigs bongbong Jan 2013 #17

Oh no. progressoid Jan 2013 #18

Get those things out and don't come back. Initech Jan 2013 #22

I went thru one of those 174 machines yesterday in Nashville. Stinky The Clown Jan 2013 #23

Now to get rid of the TSA. GoneOffShore Jan 2013 #27

Why do some TSA workers have to be such a-holes? AntiFascist Jan 2013 #31

Most of the Smurfs are Mall cops who couldn't hold that job down. GoneOffShore Jan 2013 #33

After spending how many millions on them? Liberal_in_LA Jan 2013 #34

Women everywhere rejoice. The invasion of privacy was too much... Hekate Jan 2013 #42

Yay! dawg Jan 2013 #43