What Not To Wear? Clothes A TSA Issue

AP via The Pittsburgh Channel ^ | November 23, 2010 | DAISY NGUYEN

[rightwingintelligentsia]

LOS ANGELES -- Travel experts say the more thorough security pat-downs at airports underscore the need for better fashion choices that can help people breeze through screenings with their dignity intact.

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Experts suggest avoiding clothes loaded with metal studs and bras with underwires. Slacks instead of skirts are preferred. Any baggy clothing can require extra scrutiny.

[Fletcher J]

What are they doing with pregnant women these days, to make sure that it's really a baby in there??

I think they check for dilation...

[Moonmad27]

I have 1 non wire bra, used only for air travel. In fact I bought it on a trip to New York at a store across the street from Ground Zero just because of the airport delay a wired one caused before the flight to NYC!

[AndyJackson]

David Stempler of the Air Travelers Association said he's been hearing about women complaining of TSA officers searching under their skirts.He recommends going through the full-body imaging machines, saying they're "more comfortable than these aggressive pat-downs."

Let us just keep a clue what is going on here. David Stempler is another "inside the beltway" K-street lobbyist, who is far more concerned about not rocking his sweet little boat on the Patomac than the storm that is washing this filth away.

[The Great RJ]

Issue disposable hospital gowns, force passengers to strip naked placing clothes in the tray for scanning, receive a body cavity search from TSA workers and then be allowed to dress and board your plane. Of course Muslims would be exempted. TSA workers can soon be telling male passengers to turn your head and cough.

[Nickname]

Would it make their jobs easier if we wore vertical-striped prison uniforms like the ones that were fashionable in the 40s?

[Disambiguator]

But it’s Julie Newmar in the picture.

All those catwomen look the same to me.

[Paine in the Neck]

I don't want to be stuck behind them at a TSA screening station. The line won't move for a week.

[Buckeye McFrog]

“F&@# You!” spelled out in lead foil strips across my
undershirt would be my preferred choice.

[Hulka]

LOL.. .darned fine and excellent point!!

Bears repeating.

[GailA]

Toll-Free number to the Congressional Switchboard
(866) 338-1015

[Grampa Dave]

A good choice might be a good size Burka. Be sure to carry a copy of the Koran, Muslim prayer beads and a Prayer rug. When you are signaled to approach by the TSA SS trooper, throw your prayer rug on the floor, kneel on it, face to the East, and shout, "Ali AkBar and Death to America!"

[houeto]

[Inspectorette]

I think most bra underwires are now plastic. I’ve had a couple of them break in half (and I’m NOT that well-endowed - LOL!)

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

OH It’s STUPIFYIN’ JONES from LI’L ABNER!

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

OH It’s STUPIFYIN’ JONES from LI’L ABNER!

Or perhaps I should say Stupifyin' Jones pretending to be Catwoman!

Oh Julie! Why wasn't I born ten years earlier!

[Reeses]

So now the Total Sexual Assualt is the fashion police too?

For women I suggest wearing a skirt and a maxipad containing fake blood. That ought to make their day when they feel up in there.

[They'reGone2000]

Stay out the bushes!

[onemiddleamerican]

Maybe they should start issuing these on entry to airport:

I don't think I'm gonna fly no mo'.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

That's what I say. If they're exempt everybody get one of these bags and put it on just before screening. We guys can tell them that we're Muslim transvestites.

[SomeCallMeTim]

HEY! Where was that picture taken??

That looks a LOT like me!