It's kind of surreal that the group doing the most to harm freedom in this country are the farking airport baggage screeners. No grand conspiracies or black helicopters, just a cretin making 10 bucks an hour and hassling you for papers at a bus stop.

I thought those things were called apostrophes.

Uhh you mean the Jews I believe. The cretins at the airport are not the problem. They are just doing what they are told.

cgraves67: I thought those things were called apostrophes.

Single quotes. Not apostrophes.

It's not them, it's the cowards who say they're protecting us.

dorko16: It's kind of surreal that the group doing the most to harm freedom in this country are the farking airport baggage screeners. No grand conspiracies or black helicopters, just a cretin making 10 bucks an hour and hassling you for papers at a bus stop.

Actually, I'm pretty sure the folks doing the most to harm freedom in this country are the politicos that put the TSA there. They're the ones making the money, they're the ones keeping the TSA in business, and they're the ones that make other decisions that also invade peoples privacy, such as internet monitoring, mobile phone monitoring, public cameras, and censorship laws. The TSA is simply a tool. Congress is the group you should be talking about.

I "volunteer", but I'm not taking off my pants. I'm not falling for that trick again...

Clear case of a government agency out of control and power hungry if I've ever seen one. It may be a cliche, but the terrorist are clearly winning by making us deal with these $10/hr thugs every time we travel. Papers ! (Notice I didn't even say please, comrad)

Ihre papeire, bitte?

cgraves67: I thought those things were called apostrophes.

FTFA: TSA is planning the beef up some of its existing security assessment programs for highway-related truck and bus operators -- as well as public and private bridge and tunnel owners -- by making approximately 750 face-to-face "voluntary" visits to such transportation organizations each year to review their current security programs and suggest best practices they might adopt.

There aren't any apostrophes in the above sentence. There are, however, quotation marks. And lots of dashes.

How long before they put a nudie booth and a TSA molester at the end of everyone's driveway and charge you $2.50 $5.00 every time you leave?

dorko16: It's kind of surreal that the group doing the most to harm freedom in this country are the farking airport baggage screeners. No grand conspiracies or black helicopters, just a cretin making 10 bucks an hour and hassling you for papers at a bus stop.

but these are planes man, planes!! do you have any idea what kind of collateral damage can be done with planes?!? well, not so much any more what with the locks on the cockpits, and the air marshals, and the people who grew a collective conscience not to be harassed by any angry jagoff with a pair of boxcutters, but i digress...

sounds like the TSA is makin a power grab and reasons to justify the existence of the bloat

Meanwhile...

A man leaves jail, boards flight without ticket

Nice stock photo selection. Your children will now be freedomfondled twice a day before boarding their school bus. You're welcome.

Well, you've got to admit. Someone is really good at finding ways to justify the TSA's existence. No matter how useless.

Obama would be an absolute HERO if he totally disbanded the TSA because, anyone with an ounce of intelligence realizes these organizations do ZERO to protect the citizens from terrorists.

But he's as spineless as all the rest of those overpaid jellyfish that warm seats in the government.

Hooray for the new brownshirts! You cant run a very effective totalitarian regime without a good 'security' force to hover over everyone!

Inverted commas?

TSA is planning the beef

stopped reading

dorko16: It's kind of surreal that the group doing the most to harm freedom in this country are the farking airport baggage screeners. No grand conspiracies or black helicopters, just a cretin making 10 bucks an hour and hassling you for papers at a bus stop.

But after all, it was you and me.

-M. Jagger

dorko16: It's kind of surreal that the group doing the most to harm freedom in this country are the farking airport baggage screeners. No grand conspiracies or black helicopters, just a cretin making 10 bucks an hour and hassling you for papers at a bus stop.

No. Its kind of surreal that among the biggest complaints of Americans is having bags searched and a patdown. TSA might brush my junk with the back of their hand. Police, at the behest of the bulk of Americans, would lock me up for years for various amounts of marijuana. But hey, that TSA, they are so scurry!

The fact that more Americans, ime, are upset about the TSA than torture, drone strikes, setting up puppet governments, military used for capital expansion and to support our private enterprises, the complete sellout of government to the 1%, etc is sickening.

/and yea, I consider TSA to be a mostly worthless, and certainly not cost effective, security theater.


fark all you retards who can't spot, or don't care about, destruction of life and freedom when it doesn't personally affect you. Oh noes, half a farking hour at the airport!

And by 'voluntary' we mean 'mandatory' and by 'assessments' we mean 'anal probes'.

Well, you just keep whining and biatching about it on Fark......that'll learn 'em.

Want to put a stop to all this crap? VOTE THE farkERS OUT OF OFFICE!!! Better yet, run for office yourself and make change happen. Dont just sit on your ass biatching about how everything is going to shiat around you while you do nothing about it.

It's in quotes because GSN is trying to scare you, meanwhile the actual Federal Register notice does not have it in quotes.

Smackledorfer: dorko16: It's kind of surreal that the group doing the most to harm freedom in this country are the farking airport baggage screeners. No grand conspiracies or black helicopters, just a cretin making 10 bucks an hour and hassling you for papers at a bus stop.

No. Its kind of surreal that among the biggest complaints of Americans is having bags searched and a patdown. TSA might brush my junk with the back of their hand. Police, at the behest of the bulk of Americans, would lock me up for years for various amounts of marijuana. But hey, that TSA, they are so scurry!

The fact that more Americans, ime, are upset about the TSA than torture, drone strikes, setting up puppet governments, military used for capital expansion and to support our private enterprises, the complete sellout of government to the 1%, etc is sickening.

/and yea, I consider TSA to be a mostly worthless, and certainly not cost effective, security theater.


fark all you retards who can't spot, or don't care about, destruction of life and freedom when it doesn't personally affect you. Oh noes, half a farking hour at the airport!

if I wanted to be treated like a criminal I'd move to the middle east. FREEDOM ISNT FREE, apparently I have to pay for it with a shiatload of freedom

Dick Gozinya: Well, you just keep whining and biatching about it on Fark......that'll learn 'em.

Want to put a stop to all this crap? VOTE THE farkERS OUT OF OFFICE!!! Better yet, run for office yourself and make change happen. Dont just sit on your ass biatching about how everything is going to shiat around you while you do nothing about it.

Out votes and our voices don't count. When will you learn that? Once someone gets into office, the rest of us are out of the picture and the cycle continues.

For added accuracy and laughs, with any article to do with TSA or DHS, substitute "stupidity" in place of "security" in every instance.

Baseline Assessment for Stupidity Enhancement

Now 749 to go.

Day_Old_Dutchie: Obama would be an absolute HERO if he totally disbanded the TSA because, anyone with an ounce of intelligence realizes these organizations do ZERO to protect the citizens from terrorists.

But he's as spineless as all the rest of those overpaid jellyfish that warm seats in the government.

The TSA is a cabinet level position created by Congress. Obama can't disband it. Doing so would require another act of Congress.

Large and unnecessary bereaucratic agency implemented by the GOP is "improving" our safety. They are nearly done developing a magic rock that keeps bears away.

untaken_name: There aren't any apostrophes in the above sentence. There are, however, quotation marks. And lots of dashes.


But no slashies.

If you stop me and attempt an illegal 4th amendment violating detainment, be ready for my loud 1st amending, whilst pulling my 2nd amended custom 0.45ACP as I hand out my "papers" including CCDW license. Now don't make me plead the 5th...

Tadpole: If you stop me and attempt an illegal 4th amendment violating detainment, be ready for my loud 1st amending, whilst pulling my 2nd amended custom 0.45ACP as I hand out my "papers" including CCDW license. Now don't make me plead the 5th...

While you were doing all that, I quartered some troops in your house.

If you want training in how to frustrate illegal checkpoints, search 4409 on YouTube and celebrate a true Libertarian Christian gentleman's way of sticking it to the Man. Especially funny is the fruit nazi series.

moothemagiccow: Smackledorfer: dorko16: It's kind of surreal that the group doing the most to harm freedom in this country are the farking airport baggage screeners. No grand conspiracies or black helicopters, just a cretin making 10 bucks an hour and hassling you for papers at a bus stop.

No. Its kind of surreal that among the biggest complaints of Americans is having bags searched and a patdown. TSA might brush my junk with the back of their hand. Police, at the behest of the bulk of Americans, would lock me up for years for various amounts of marijuana. But hey, that TSA, they are so scurry!

The fact that more Americans, ime, are upset about the TSA than torture, drone strikes, setting up puppet governments, military used for capital expansion and to support our private enterprises, the complete sellout of government to the 1%, etc is sickening.

/and yea, I consider TSA to be a mostly worthless, and certainly not cost effective, security theater.


fark all you retards who can't spot, or don't care about, destruction of life and freedom when it doesn't personally affect you. Oh noes, half a farking hour at the airport!

if I wanted to be treated like a criminal I'd move to the middle east. FREEDOM ISNT FREE, apparently I have to pay for it with a shiatload of freedom

I didn't realize that not liking the TSA precludes me from finding fault anywhere else in government. Thanks for setting me straight.

You have to admit, the money that the x-ray scanner companies spent on lobbying produced amazing return on investment.

Its sad how your US government is basically devolved into a payola racket.

Tadpole: If you stop me and attempt an illegal 4th amendment violating detainment, be ready for my loud 1st amending, whilst pulling my 2nd amended custom 0.45ACP as I hand out my "papers" including CCDW license. Now don't make me plead the 5th...

Sounds like something a terrorist would say.

As long as the Bang Bus is safe from terrorists, this is all worth it.

WhoIsNotInMyKitchen: You have to admit, the money that the x-ray scanner companies spent on lobbying produced amazing return on investment.

Its sad how your US government is basically devolved into a payola racket.

The return on investment for purchasing a senator is staggering.

moothemagiccow: if I wanted to be treated like a criminal I'd move to the middle east. FREEDOM ISNT FREE, apparently I have to pay for it with a shiatload of freedom

Can you rephrase this so I have some clue what it means?

/still early
//no caffeine yet

GSN? Since when was the Game Show Network worried about the TSA?

We might be in

dorko16: I didn't realize that not liking the TSA precludes me from finding fault anywhere else in government. Thanks for setting me straight.

You said "doing the most harm". I responded on the basis that the words you typed reflected your views, and my rant was focused on how it was not, in any respect, anywhere near the top of the list in terms of harm.

If you meant "tsa is an annoying little bugger and not a big deal relative to all those things smackledorfer listed" then I wholeheartedly agree.

Superlatives... how do they work?

So, what happens if the TSA shows up at a bus company and the company owner refuses to talk to them? What authority does the TSA have over this company? Can they prevent their busses from operating on the road? Can they shut them down? Does anyone know?

Tadpole: If you stop me and attempt an illegal 4th amendment violating detainment, be ready for my loud 1st amending, whilst pulling my 2nd amended custom 0.45ACP as I hand out my "papers" including CCDW license. Now don't make me plead the 5th...

oh watch out, we got a badass over here!

Dick Gozinya: Well, you just keep whining and biatching about it on Fark......that'll learn 'em.

Want to put a stop to all this crap? VOTE THE farkERS OUT OF OFFICE!!! Better yet, run for office yourself and make change happen. Dont just sit on your ass biatching about how everything is going to shiat around you while you do nothing about it.

Implying that voting actually helps

WhoIsNotInMyKitchen: You have to admit, the money that the x-ray scanner companies spent on lobbying produced amazing return on investment.

Its sad how your US government is basically devolved into a payola racket.

Less payola and more LICENSE TO STEAL availible to high bidder.

oblig

Mock26: So, what happens if the TSA shows up at a bus company and the company owner refuses to talk to them? What authority does the TSA have over this company? Can they prevent their busses from operating on the road? Can they shut them down? Does anyone know?

Good question. farking mission creep. Yeah, the US gov't does worse things, but this isn't helping. Our education system is in the sh*tter, infrastructure in dire need of repair, and they want to spend more money on crap like this.

So why is the bloated defense budget such a sacred cow?