Posted by deancameron on December 18, 2011 under The 'If I were a terrorist' game, The TSA, Unreasonable Search?, You're kidding me! | 
I don’t know if this is a joke. It seems like it might be… but I don’t think it is.
http://www.amazon.com/Playmobil-3172-Security-Check-Point/dp/B0002CYTL2
This is the Playmobil Security Check Point for sale on Amazon.com.
Here is the best review. I wish I’d written it:
Thank you Playmobil for allowing me to teach my 5-year old the importance of recognizing what a failing bureaucracy in a ever growing fascist state looks like. Sometimes it’s a hard lesson for kids to learn because not all pigs carry billy clubs and wear body armor. I applaud the people who created this toy for finally being hip to our changing times. Little children need to be aware that not all smiling faces and uniforms are friendly. I noticed that my child is now more interested in current events. Just the other day he asked me why we had to forfeit so much of our liberties and personal freedoms and I had to answer “well, it’s because the terrorists have already won”. Yes, they have won.
I also highly recommend the Playmobil “farm fencing” so you can take your escorted airline passenger away and fence him behind bars as if he were in Guantanamo Bay.
This has gotten horrible.
One of the things I’ve said about the TSA and everyone giving up their liberties for the feeling of security is that we know this stuff is wrong… invasive at the least, but our children are growing up in a world where, if they are NOT searched, they will think something is wrong.
Posted by deancameron on September 21, 2011 under Good News, The 'If I were a terrorist' game, The TSA, Unreasonable Search?, USA PATRIOT ACT |
The wildly unconstitutional TSA continue to suck out loud.
On the other hand, getting rid of 28 TSA Agents is a great start. How about a couple thousand more?
The reason they were “let go” is because they weren’t screening bags – bags were sent onto planes without being checked. Instead of playing the “If I were a terrorist” game, play the “I’m not an idiot” game and understand how important the implication is: Even the rotten TSA Agents understood that their jobs are pointless.
There is no reason to search law abiding citizens.
READ THE ARTICLE ON CNN.COM
(CNN) — The Transportation Security Administration fired 28 of its employees — in addition to three who resigned or retired — following a probe that revealed bags were allowed onto planes at Hawaii’s Honolulu International Airport without being properly screened, the agency said Sunday.
Another 15 people were suspended, the TSA reported in a statement.
The moves come after the agency “completed the adjudication process” it had announced in June, months after the allegations first surfaced. All those terminated or suspended “have the right to appeal the decision,” according to the TSA.
The firing is believed to be one of, if not the biggest, such action in the agency’s history, with officials previously stating that it underscores they will not tolerate employees who compromise security.
In March, Honolulu’s KITV 4 News reported that TSA officers assigned to a morning shift regularly allowed checked bags to be loaded onto flights on nine daily departures without being screened for explosives. Sources told the TV station that such lapses occurred for as long as four months and involved thousands of checked bags. CNN confirmed the investigation.
TSA officers are required to screen 100% of all checked bags before they are stored in the cargo holds of passenger aircraft.
In June, agency officials said they did not know exactly how many bags were allowed onto flights without being inspected but said the lapse took place during the last four months of 2010. The TSA said after it became aware of the problem, it took steps to ensure that every bag is properly screened at the airport.
A TSA official said in June that in addition to rank-and-file screeners and some supervisors, the airport’s federal security director and assistant federal security director for screening had also received letters proposing that they lose their jobs.
“TSA holds its workforce to the highest ethical standards, and we will not tolerate employees who in any way compromise the security of the traveling public,” TSA Administrator John Pistole said then in a statement.
The TSA said it uses closed-circuit TV, random inspections, covert tests and peer and management oversight to check on the integrity of the system.
Posted by deancameron on September 2, 2011 under Freedom Fighters, Good News, The 'If I were a terrorist' game, The TSA, U.S. Constitution, Unreasonable Search? |
U.S. Citized tires of feeling unwelcome upon return to own country… Hilarity ensues.
http://nomadlaw.com/2010/04/i-am-detained-by-feds-for-not-answering-questions/
I was detained last night by federal authorities at San Francisco International Airport for refusing to answer questions about why I had travelled outside the United States.
The end result is that, after waiting for about half an hour and refusing to answer further questions, I was released – because U.S. citizens who have produced proof of citizenship and a written customs declaration are not obligated to answer questions.
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“Why were you in China?” asked the passport control officer, a woman with the appearance and disposition of a prison matron.
“None of your business,” I said.
Her eyes widened in disbelief.
“Excuse me?” she asked.
“I’m not going to be interrogated as a pre-condition of re-entering my own country,” I said.
This did not go over well. She asked a series of questions, such as how long I had been in China, whether I was there on personal business or commercial business, etc. I stood silently. She said that her questions were mandated by Congress and that I should complain to Congress instead of refusing to cooperate with her.
… read the rest here!
There is also a wonderful list of replies to the folks calling him a… wait for it… DOUCHEBAG for refusing to answer some questions.
http://nomadlaw.com/2010/09/10-brief-responses-700-comments-about-refusing-answer-questions-at-passport-control/#comment-21860
Posted by deancameron on June 7, 2011 under The 'If I were a terrorist' game, The TSA, U.S. Constitution, Unreasonable Search?, You're kidding me! |
There are a couple of horrible things about this article about a more efficient “metal” detector.
http://gizmodo.com/5809441/security-checkpoint-of-the-future-could-mean-youll-get-groped-a-lot-less
The first is that the method of personal invasion is getting less intrusive and more “efficient”.
The second is the game of “If I were a terrorist” that is being played in the comments.
The game “If I were a terrorist” is an impossible game to play. It’s pointless and silly. Mainly it’s a game that the people who want to take away our freedoms want us to play. Don’t play it.
The game to play is “If I had the right to be secure in my person, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, and no Warrants issued, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized, what would that be like?”
