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TSA Confiscates Cupcake
Semi-News/Semi-Satire ^ | 14 Jan 2012 | John Semmens

Posted on 01/17/2012 10:15:15 AM PST by John Semmens

Those mocking the Transportation Security Administration for recently confiscating a passenger’s cupcake are missing the point says Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.

“It’s not that we’re saying that a cupcake, per se, is a dangerous weapon,” Napolitano explained. “But the risk of a random confiscation of any item is a way of throwing a monkey-wrench into a potential terrorist’s plot.”

Napolitano also cited the collateral benefit to the TSA from “foraging off the land. You know, Sherman’s march to the sea wouldn’t have been possible if his troops didn’t take opportunities to seize supplies from the inhabitants of Georgia and South Carolina. Seizing passengers’ property helps supplement the TSA’s resources and enables us to accomplish our mission under existing budget constraints.”

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TOPICS: Food; Government; Politics; Travel
KEYWORDS: airlines; napolitano; satire; tsa

1 posted on 01/17/2012 10:15:18 AM PST by John Semmens
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To: John Semmens

Dang it!! You did it to me AGAIN. It didn’t take me long, but it took me to the Sherman’s march thing to get it.Congrats


2 posted on 01/17/2012 10:17:31 AM PST by chesley (Eat what you want, and die like a man. Never trust anyone who hasn't been punched in the face)
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To: John Semmens

Please pay no attention to that woman behind the curtain eating the cupcake!

Janet, I know our economy is bad, but stealing cupcakes is a nono.


3 posted on 01/17/2012 10:19:42 AM PST by mardi59
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To: John Semmens

Can even a Snickers bar be safe?


4 posted on 01/17/2012 10:22:27 AM PST by Daveinyork
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To: John Semmens

“You know, Sherman’s march to the sea wouldn’t have been possible if his troops didn’t take opportunities to seize supplies from the inhabitants of Georgia and South Carolina. Seizing passengers”

Thousands starved after the seizure food and supplies in Georgia and South Carolina


5 posted on 01/17/2012 10:27:12 AM PST by bushpilot1
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To: John Semmens
Should have brought in a big bowl of couscous. The TSA would have let it go so they didn't look like they were profiling.
6 posted on 01/17/2012 10:27:22 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Herman Cain: possibly the escapee most dangerous to the Democrats since Frederick Douglass.)
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To: John Semmens

There was a real story very similar to this.
I’ll see if I can find it. Don’t hold your breath, it will take a while.


7 posted on 01/17/2012 10:36:57 AM PST by moose07 (The truth will out, one day.)
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To: John Semmens

http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2011/12/24/tsa-confiscates-cupcakes.html#comments


8 posted on 01/17/2012 10:45:37 AM PST by moose07 (The truth will out, one day.)
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To: John Semmens

And then they feel their balls...........

9 posted on 01/17/2012 10:55:38 AM PST by Species8472 (Photography is not a crime)
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To: John Semmens
“But the risk of a random confiscation of any item is a way of throwing a monkey-wrench into a potential terrorist’s plot.”

An idiot's approach to security.

10 posted on 01/17/2012 11:03:54 AM PST by GingisK
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To: John Semmens

But everyone else can walk right through with a prune danish. Denmark always gets all the breaks.


11 posted on 01/17/2012 11:08:53 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: John Semmens
John, you are an aficinado of satire and interesting takes on things. My latest work might amuse you.

Signed,

A Velociraptor in a Wool Suit

12 posted on 01/17/2012 11:13:28 AM PST by Lazamataz (Every single decision Obama makes is to harm America.)
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To: bushpilot1
Thousands starved after the seizure food and supplies in Georgia and South Carolina...

War is Hell. Supply lines to Lee were cut, and his soldiers were demoralized. Mission accomplished

13 posted on 01/17/2012 11:22:32 AM PST by gundog (Help us, Nairobi-Wan Kenobi...you're our only hope.)
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To: John Semmens

:)


14 posted on 01/17/2012 12:11:24 PM PST by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will, they ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: John Semmens

You know things are getting bad when the satire is a better explanation for what is happening than the truth.


15 posted on 01/17/2012 12:37:42 PM PST by Dr. Sivana (May Mitt Romney be the Mo Udall of 2012.)
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16 posted on 01/17/2012 1:57:56 PM PST by TheOldLady (FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list)
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To: gundog

Young children starved to death..


17 posted on 01/17/2012 3:47:41 PM PST by bushpilot1
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