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TSA Facing Death By a Thousand Cuts
OverTheGeicoE writes "The Transportation Security Administration is getting a lot of negative attention, much of it from the U.S. government itself. A recent congressional report blasted the TSA for being incompetent and ineffective (PDF). A bill to force the TSA to reduce its screening of active duty U.S. military members and their families was approved unanimously by the House of Representatives. After a TSA employee was arrested for sexually assaulting a woman while in uniform, a bill has been introduced to prevent TSA agents from wearing police-style uniforms and badges or using the title 'officer.' The bill's sponsor calls these practices 'an insult to real cops.' The FBI is getting involved by changing its definition of rape in a way that might expose the TSA's 'enhanced pat-down' screeners to prosecution. Lastly, public support for the TSA's use of X-ray body scanners drops dramatically when people realize there is a cancer risk."
Now if only America wasn't tied down in the pit underneath it.
If I have been able to see further than others, it is because I bought a pair of binoculars.
Keep going...
Maybe they just realized that Santa Claus is watching
air and light and time and space
After a TSA employee was arrested for sexually assaulting a woman while in uniform
You see, this is why I take my uniform off first. But they make a fuss about that too.
Not true. Congress has an approval rating lower than the IRS.
http://gawker.com/5860272/the-irs-is-more-than-four-times-more-popular-than-congress
(Yeah, yeah, the IRS rating is from 2009, just enjoy it you nitpicking bastards.)
This took about 2 minutes on google.
http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/guns/tsa-weve-stopped-1000-guns-so-far-year
Tic-Tac-Toe, Global Thermonuclear War, and relationships all have the same winning move.
...a pet rock will only sexually assault you if you want it to.
Huh. I must be buying the wrong kind of pet rocks.
"None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license." --John Milton
You've gotta be more specific this describes every president since Teddy Roosevelt
You do that by...scanning their heart to see if it's made of gold? Racially profile? Thought police? Spell it out, man! You're holding back the secrets to fixing our nation's problems.
Tic-Tac-Toe, Global Thermonuclear War, and relationships all have the same winning move.
TSA: Thousands Standing Around. I work for an airline, that's what we call them (and not even behind their back).
The IRS never fondled my balls. Actually, if they did, I might like them more.
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?
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Teamwork is socialist. In a capitalist society, we're *supposed* to be fighting one another. We don't come by optimal results by joining together - we do so by pitting everyone against one another and eliminating all but the strongest.
Why do you hate America?
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."