My rant about TSA.

[plantwomyn]

Since 9/11 air travel has become harder and harder.

It starts even before we get to the airport. What can we pack? Geez, we gotta call the airlines or get online and find a list of prohibited stuff, what a pain. “They” keep changing the list all the time! We don’t even look like terrorists!
It seems no matter how hard we try TSA confiscates something! We’re gonna have to buy new toiletries, and that’s the second time we lost our Bics. “They” even made me throw away my water! And why can’t they see that we don’t have a bomb in our sandals. I hate it when “they” make me walk through security in my bare feet.
And you should see what my clothes look like after “they” search my checked bag. Why don’t”they” fold my clothes neatly when “they” are done searching.
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No really here’s my real rant about TSA.

TSA Screeners DO NOT make the rules. The have to react the ever changing list of prohibited crap. They deal with idiots ever day that pack crap they know is verboten, and whine and complain about their crap being confiscated. TSA still confiscates GUNS EVERY DAY!
The minute we decide that we are only going to screen the swarthy we might as well stop our security efforts, period. Unless we make it against international law to dye your hair and bleach your skin it won’t work. And oh, by the way, how long before we piss off somebody who’s blond?
Wear sensible shoes will you please. Wear some fucking socks. Change them on the plane if you want but stop bitching about taking off your shoes! Every TSA employee has to take their fucking shoes off ever day they work!
And anytime you want TSA to take the time too make sure you checked bag stays tidy you just come to the airport 5 hours early and they may have the time to accommodate you. As it is TSA is not responsible to assure you make your fucking plane. Their job is to make sure that the people and the crap they travel with are as SECURE as possible. But within the rules set by DHS, TSA screeners work as fast as they can, as politely as they can, to get you on the plane on time no matter how late you get to the airport.

And one last little thing. Anyone who has flown since 9/11 has seen TSA screeners wearing Latex gloves. Those Latex gloves are their ONLY protection. Neither DHS nor TSA provide screeners with body armor or any other kind of protection. They search for BOMBS with Latex gloves as their only shield. I’m sure many have seen the type of equipment worn by bomb squads. Not so for TSA screeners. They put their LIVES on the line every day to make sure air flight in this country is as safe as they can make it.
We cheer firefighters and police officers for stepping up to plate in our defense. It’s about time we gave that same kind of respect to the Screeners at our airports instead of bitching at them for doing their jobs.
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