The TSA Molestation Files: Dana Loesch. This outrage occurred yesterday. And it looks like, once again, Upton Sinclair was wrong. Fascism wasn’t wrapped in flag. Nor was it carrying a cross. It was administered by a low achieving, low level federal bureaucrat with a tin plated badge and gold plated inferiority complex.
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Two by two, hands of blue. I think Firefly predicted this would happen.
I deal with them ( TSA ) on a contractual basis on a fairly regular basis and find that power and stupidity , on their part , is a very BAD combination .
Its all about conditioning people into a process that leads to absolute control of people by those that desire such power .
On a side note , if you don't like this , wait until " No man will be able to buy or sell , unless they have the mark " goes into effect .
Kinda reminds me of the old Twilight Zone episode " The Old Man In The Cave ". People laugh and mock , yet in the end those that refuse to know , probably never will .
I fly 50-75k miles a year, and you know things are out of hand when Chinese Border Guards are less intrusive than TSA agents. I swear they keep ratcheting up the degradation with the thought that people will collectively say "F--- OFF", and it never happens. The overall vast majority of the TSA agents I come into 'contact' with are great people, many have been veterans, but I hope whoever makes up the security protocols has to pass thru them on their way to work like I do most days.
I might suggest that if you test positive for explosives and they want to go to the felony arrest pat down, you ask for them to get the EOD guys there before they go all Sandusky on you. TSA guys barely know how to read the results of the tests, what it tests for and what can cause false positives. I tested positive on multiple swipes once after the TSA agent said it could detect gunpowder. I told her I had a CCW so that is no surprise. My surprise was she didn't know what a CCW was. The bigger surprise was she thought I had it on me at that time ;) . Got that cleared up really quick.
Ended up they figured out it was my bag. The EOD guys showed up looked in my bag, saw a electronics case that they knew had plasticizers in it that trip the sensor for TNT. They looked me up and down and cleared me, as the TSA agents protested that there must be something...
Talked to the EOD guys, both vets, who said that if the machines detected gunpowder, they'd be there all day since so many people regularly handle guns. They told me a couple of funny stories about how they trip sensors all the time because everything they own has traces of explosives on it. On my way I went.
The TSA, another reason I was ready for Bush to leave office. Bush 43, like 41, were Republicans and there is a big difference between Republicans and conservatives.