Airport "Security"
Cajun at
Mostly Cajun has a good rant about Airport Security and the TSA (A.K.A.
Mineta's Morons):
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Observations from traipsing around the country
My little excursion off to school has given me a look at airport security yet again. I think I’d laugh if it wasn’t so aggravatingly pathetic.
He outlines the trip and then makes some observations:
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A few observations:
bq. 1) They were X-raying shoes. Every passenger had to take off his/her shoes and pass them through the scanner. The shoe thing, folks, has BEEN done. Talk about the US military fighting the last war… TSA is looking for the last terrorist they missed.
bq. 2) I knew better than to bring my Swiss Army knife which is normally constantly in my pocket ... ... The idea of a plane-full of compliant passengers idly allowing a terrorist to hijack a plane with a box cutter are past. Besides, there are other deadly objects that will pass through security undetected. Even a plain, ordinary credit card is a dangerous weapon in the right hands. The dangerous part is the MIND.
He goes on and raises a couple other very good points. Interesting reading.
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Posted by DaveH at October 27, 2004 11:02 AM