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avaistheone1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-10 12:11 PM
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Boy Asks TSA 'Why Pat Down Mom And Not Me?', TSA Replies
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A California woman is suing the TSA following an incident at Albuquerque International Sunport where she was subjected to an invasive breast groping in full public view by the TSA, despite making it known that she had been forced to undergo a mastectomy last year.

As if things couldn't get any worse, when the supervisor arrived and Ms. Durso's son asked why he had also not been subjected to the body search, the TSA agent told the boy "well you don't have boobs".
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happygoluckytoyou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-10 12:30 PM
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1. ill be glad to save the tip money i have to give these gropers...$2 a feel
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KansDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-10 12:36 PM
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2. This shit has got to stop!
I traveled from San Francisco to Kansas City two weeks ago. When I checked through security at SFI, it was chaos. We all had to find a line to stand in to begin the "security process."

Well, of the half dozen lines or so that were forming, I got in one that required I do the nude-body scan. Okay, I thought, if I have to... But the line next to me was going through a standard metal detector. Then I noticed two nude-body scanners and what looked like two more lines using the standard metal detector. I just happened to get in one that used the more-invasive scanner.

As I was taking off my shoes, belt, outer garments, and emptying my pockets and placing everything in bins to go through the x-ray machine, I saw that the woman in front of me was taking an inordinate amount of time in the nude-scanner. I stood there waiting my turn when a TSA agent motioned to me to go through the metal detector in order to speed up the entire process (people were backing up behind the woman in the nudie-scanner).

So I walked through the metal detector with no problem, but I thought "How is this keeping us 'safe'?" Why can't we all just simply use the metal detectors? They're less invasive and take less time...

Michael "Shirtoff" and his investors should find other ways to make money...
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EnviroBat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-10 09:58 AM
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12. My girlfriend stood in that damn thing for what seemed like 5 minutes!
She didn't even go through the metal detector. They just ushered her through the microwave. I was pissed, but I knew protesting would cause us to miss our flight. When we came back she said that she would never let them put her in there again.
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notesdev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-10 12:55 PM
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3. What did I tell you
I knew that women, especially attractive women, would be picked out for "special screening". It's SOP for any completely-corrupt security state.
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reggie the dog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-10 01:26 PM
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4. partly to denigrate women, partly to insult their men
as in "i can grab your wife's tits and pussy and you cant do shit about it man"...
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notesdev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-10 02:52 PM
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6. All I gotta say is if someone kills a TSA molestor who felt up his wife or kid
the feds better hope I'm not on the jury, because that's justifiable homicide in my book
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secondwind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-10 01:27 PM
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5. I'm just going to get the full-body scan, I couldn't care less if this turns anybody



on. I find the groping to be way more invasive, frankly.
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The Wizard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-10 03:21 PM
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7. If air travel is that dangerous
Why bother? They should be paying us to get on planes.
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rabies1 Donating Member (434 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-10 04:57 PM
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8. 1st off, was this person fired? No excuse, they should have been.
2nd this airport check crap is just that. I hope many lawsuits are filed.
Not only is this unnecessary but it's been proven to not work either.
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Anakin Skywalker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-10 05:34 PM
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9. Department of Fatherland SSecurity!
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wial Donating Member (362 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-10 07:45 PM
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11. Ah, the good old Reichssicherheitshauptamt
And created with the same motives too!
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wial Donating Member (362 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-10 07:42 PM
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10. I wonder what they do
if you wear a tee shirt quoting the fourth amendment, and a comment saying "violate this at your peril".
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