Posted on 11/16/2010 11:51:17 AM PST by ironwill
But come November 24th, here's an idea you might try to make the day extra-special. It's a one-word idea: Kilts. Think about it -- if you're a male, and you want to bollix-up the nonsensical airport security-industrial complex, one way to do so would be to wear a kilt. If nothing else, this will cause TSA employees to throw up their hands in disgust. If you want to go the extra extra mile, I suggest commando-style kilt-wearing. While it is probably illegal to fly without pants, I can't imagine that it's illegal to fly without underpants.
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So the concept of operations here is for a small number of citizens to act up, and jam the system so that nobody can catch their planes?
This will endear the protesters greatly to those who just want to get on a plane and go somewhere.
Imagine if it were Muslims doing this- acting up so nobody could fly. The FBI would immediately declare that it was not terrorism, while most others would declare it a terrorist act and show how it was organized on the internets. With lots of jokes about “Oh those Amish are at it again!”
I think too that part of this concept is based on the “fact” that “they can’t arrest us all”, which might apply in a city park but not so well in the constrained areas of airports.
I’ll be flying then, I think, this will be fun to watch.
I LOVE a nice, juicy, tart Granny Smith apple; however, I have NEVER consumed one in my life that didn't have me outgassing like a champ before I took the last bite...I suppose it's something unique about my biochemical makeup, but it's so consistent you could set your clock by it.
I will indulge prior to my next flight. The TSA wants to search granny? I'll deliver her to them.
Your picture is too cute.
AND take Viagra an hour before............
Yeah ... who doesn't?
I wonder if Helen is flying more these days?
Agreed. If you fly, you fly on their terms.
This isn’t the government telling people they can’t fly to their destination of choice as in the USSR or China. This the government telling people you fly on their watch.
Sorry, but I fly a lot and prefer to be safe. It only takes a few seconds to be very dead along with a few hundred others.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3grHjibNdA
Check out what War on Everything in Australia did.
ROFL!!!!!
Even better. Drink the “Go Lightly” prep for a colonoscopy about 1/2 hour before you opt out. lol
May I suggest www.utilikilts.com The ‘Survival’ model boasts pockets enough for 18 bottles of beer.
I had the entrepreneurial idea of setting up shop renting out hijabs about 5 feet away from where the screenings are done, with a runner to return the hijabs to me right after the person gets past the screening.
I thought maybe the fabric of the hijab could say, “Screw you, Janet Napolitano”, or the word “Dhimmitude” crossed out with the cross-hairs symbol, or something like that.
Think it would work? lol
I prefer safety, too, but few of these techniques they use for screening actually do that.
I think the idea is to rely on machines, and have the humans for backup. Much better to have the machines and use them to reinforce and back up a human’s intuition and training.
I’m not a fan of these imagers.
I won’t be a fan even after TSA and HSA fake a bomb intercept on prime time news to convince us to take our shoes off and get pawed by bluegloves.
TSA really has no option but to push for stronger security to the point of being pushed back by the public. Otherwise when a plane blows up in the sky they’ll be blamed for lax security.
And the Utilikilt has a “modesty snap” to boot!
I can’t. My dangly parts are below see level.
Actually, don’t they separate the “opt out” folks into another line altogether? If so, it should make the “regular” screening line shorter and provide some great entertainment as well.
I'm thinking the pertinent hidden parts should also be coated with a thick coat of Vaseline petroleum jelly...a gift that keeps on giving.
"Well, you see sir, I have a condition...and I have to keep 'my junk' moisturized. Oh, I'm sorry, did you get some on you?"
What makes you think you're "safe" with a bunch of government functionaries groping elderly nuns? What makes you think any of this nonsense has anything to do with actual security?
They wouldn't have the foggiest idea what to do if they actually ever found a real bomb, though that'll never happen so I guess they're off the hook.
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