[Salamander]

Much like the earthly goods of those who were accused of witchcraft.

[Secret Agent Man]

Stockpiling doomsday bunkers for the elite.

[DManA]

That which the gods of government want to destroy the first make a privilege.

[tomkat]

             

T otalitarian
S tate
A pparatchik

[alpo]

They took my daughter’s insulin without her knowledge before a trans-Atlantic flight. Pilot had to radio NY to get permission to use the emergency supply on board.

[ConorMacNessa]

I would open that too-large bottle of shampoo and spray it all over those benighted bastards! And God help them if they tried to pat down my wife or daughter!



"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[Terry Mross]

The last time I flew, and it was the last time, my wife brought some very expensive hand lotion. It was an 8 oz bottle but she made sure it was less than half full. We made to our destination. But on the return flight she was told she couldn’t bring it on board because it was in a bottle that was too big.

But, to show how stupid they are, they sell little packages of 4 4-oz bottles. So, you can take 16 oz on board but not all in the same bottle.

[MacMattico]

My daughter’s first ever boyfriend bought her some expensive (for a teen) lotion and perfume in a cute little carrying case. It was, maybe,1 oz to big. The women wanted to take it but my daughter took both containers and threw them in the garbage and walked off teary eyed. Not a big deal but I think the TSA chick just wanted to steal it. She probably took it out of the garbage after we left.

[MarkL]

I had a business trip I couldn't get out of. I have a colostomy and a massive hernia at the site, so it's very obvious. I was escorted into a private room where a TSA agent tried to get me to remove my colostomy pouch. Since I use a 2 piece pouch, I "burped" it for him and that convinced him he didn't want me to empty it for him then and there. I didn't mention that I had deodorant spray with me, so I left that room REALLY stinking.

I found out later that there's a TSA regulation that PROHIBITS TSA agents from demanding the removal of a medical appliance (like a colostomy pouch) or an prosthetic, and if I ever fly again, I'll be printing it out and carrying it with me to present to the agents.

Mark

[Paladin2]

Pull out your heater and blast ‘em.

[ApplegateRanch]

Where’s the “just compensation”?

Where are the banks of coin-op lockers, like bus & train stations used to have?

[Jack Hammer]

The TSA is the biggest money-sucking boondoggle in the US government, far ahead of the BATFE - and that’s saying something.

[csvset]

TSA? Definitely Bush’s fault.

[Standing Wolf]

I used to love hopping on an airliner, flying somewhere I'd never been before, and enjoying a leisurely vacation.

Fly somewhere today? Not a chance.

[HomeAtLast]

If you fly you are sponsoring, enabling, and supporting tyranny.

“I have to fly.”

If you pay income tax you are sponsoring, enabling, and supporting tyranny.

“I have to work.”

No, you don’t, and no, you don’t.

[TSA-Watch]

Voluntary abandonment? VOLUNTARY? It isn’t voluntary. It’s compliance because the traveler doesn’t have any other frickin’ choice! IF a woman complies with a rapist who threatens her life, is that VOLUNTARY intercourse? Hell no. It’s rape. She didn’t have a choice.