TSA agent confiscates sock monkey's toy pistol

KING 5 News ^ | December 8, 2013 | SUSAN WYATT

[mc5cents]

My our society has become oversensitive wienies nowadays.

Boy can you say that again! For example look how NFL games are officiated these days. Are those men playing or are some of them (qb's) women? It has crept into all aspects of our existence.

[Red Badger]

The worst is: We are ALLOWING these stupid people to do these stupid things.

[lacrew]

Before the TSA existed, we would travel on civilian aircraft from Topeka, KS to Fort Irwin, CA.

Nobody was dumb enough to send us through the metal detector...but we were required to remove the bolts from our weapons, tag them with serial number, and hand them over to one SGT as we boarded the plane.

Before takeoff, the Captain said, “Please put your seats in the full upright position, and place your M-16 under the seat in front of you.”

[gemoftheocean]

Classic with the headset. I can remember not long after 9-11 some Eager Beaver type was all hot and heavy about relieving a 2 inch swiss army blade from the pilot as he boarded. He said “son, you don’t seem to understand I have a fireaxe under my seat, and if I’m having a bad day I can nose this plane right into the ground.”

[greeneyes]

LOL. I enjoyed reading that.

[MaxMax]

That toy clearly has the ability to hijack a plane. I guess people are so
passive that a simple hand gesture on a note would make them comply
and must be protected from such aggressive violence.

[Travis T. OJustice]

[Portcall24]

Nobody knew where he came from
They only knew he came in
Slowly he walked to the end of the bar
And he ordered up one slug of gin

Well, I could see that he wasn’t a large man
I could tell that he wasn’t too tall
I judged him to be ‘bout five foot three
And his voice was a soft Texas drawl

Snip

He cussed once or twice in a whisper
And he said with a snarl on his lips
Nobody’s Mister to me, little man
And he grabbed for the gun on his hips

But the little man’s hands was like lightning
The bass forty-four was the same
The forty-four spoke and it sent lead and smoke
And seventeen inches of flame

For the big one had never cleared leather
Beaten before he could start
A little round hole had appeared on his shirt
The bullet went clear through his heart
Snip

Here’s the lyrics to the whole song, “Mr. Shorty” by Marty Robins:

http://www.metrolyrics.com/mr-shorty-lyrics-marty-robbins.html

[toldyou]

“The TSA agent made them run their rifles through the Xray machine!”

LOL! How funny!

[toldyou]

“I can remember not long after 9-11 some Eager Beaver type was all hot and heavy about relieving a 2 inch swiss army blade from the pilot as he boarded. He said “son, you don’t seem to understand I have a fireaxe under my seat, and if I’m having a bad day I can nose this plane right into the ground.”

LOL!

[Sequoyah101]

390 miles tomorrow. Fly or drive. Hmmmm let’s see.

Drive, 6 hours, almost all interstate, not many bottlenecks along the way. Work at home in the morning. Enjoy breakfast with wife. Leave at noon, listen to Rush, listen to Hannity, there by dinner. May listen to oldies and sing at the top of my lungs for a bit. Maybe see some interesting things along the road. Arrive a little tired but not bad.

Fly, allow 5 hours, 1 hour to airport, be sure to get there 2 hours B4 flight cause you never know, 1 hour flight time, 1 hour to get out of the airport, catch a cab and get to the hotel.
Strip off boots, belt and coat, move computer to tray, be sure to remove Leatherman and all change from briefcase, leave pocket knife at home etc. Stand in X-ray, hold arms over head like a criminal, be passive, grit teeth but try not to look angry, risk being frisked by Fat Albert and / or having all contents of bags manhandled etc. Oh boy! What fun!
Fly red-eye or late afternoon.
Up at 0430 for red eye, got to allow for 48 miles of rush hour traffic to go the airport and get there too early, about 1000. Kill rest of day at hotel working on something.
Leave the house at 1300 for afternoon flight and arrive by about 1800.
Arrive at destination having been run through the mill, tired, frustrated, angry... yeah buddy.

Return

Drive, leave in evening and drive until I get tired, hotel if necessary. Up early, drive to office.

Fly, leave at 1900 and maybe arrive home by midnight.

Oh, and did I mention that the only carrier is United? Blech!

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

Remember the original version of ET: The Extraterrestial from 1982?

Near the end of the movie, when Elliot, E.T. and Elliot’s friends were on their bicycles trying to evade the feds in order to get E.T. to the mountains to rendezvous with E.T.’s
fellow aliens, the feds in the street were all holding semi-automatic rifles or handguns.

In a later release years later, the guns were gone and the feds were carrying walkie-talkies.

[relictele]

Official TSA report:

‘After repeated attempts to open a dialogue with the sock monkey and explain TSA/DHS policy, it was decided to move the subject to a quiet area where further interrogation could take place. It was the opinion of the agents and supervisors on duty that the subject was remaining silent as an expression of belligerence and defiance and subject often refused to look in the direction of the agent or supervisor who was speaking. Subject offered no physical resistance but let self go limp and refused to walk to quiet room, forcing TSA staff to carry him and to make him sit upright. Recommend subject be considered for addition to the No-Fly List so that our colleagues are not hampered further by subject’s infuriating attitude.’

[Jaded]

Sigh.

[PowderMonkey]

I was working a case with our Special Agent in Charge at MIA when we were stopped by Shaniqua Queen of the TSA. Depite the fact we had office space there with an onsite rep, and accompanied by TSA capos, she refused to accept our credentials and haughtily declared, “Ya’all gonna’ hafa’ surrender your weapons to me. Ima’ keep ‘em here ‘til ya’all leave.” The Special Agent in Charge growled back, “I don't surrender my weapon to anybody…LEAST OF ALL TO SOMEONE LIKE YOU!” The remainder of the conversation was in a word “spectacular.” A major rhubarb ensued that cleared the benches, as startled travelers observed the swelling scene. Oh, to have had a video camera...

[OldMissileer]

That was great. Thanks for the laugh even though I can actually see our current crop of Government employees saying something like this with a straight face.

[OldMissileer]

I have been reloading ammo since I was 14 years old. I also pour my own bullets for my target ammo.

I will take my rejected cases, drill out the primer pocket and insert a loop of thin chain then pour molten lead into the bottom half of the case. The lead hardens and locks the chain into place. I then use my press to put a bullet on top.

I bet the TSA idiots would not let those key chains through.

[SES1066]

There’s a Mickey Mouse cartoon where Mickey grabs a shotgun from over the fireplace mantle.

I can top that one with ease. There is a Chuck Jones - Bugs, Daffy & Elmer cartoon focused around which hunting season, Duck or Rabbit Duck!_Rabbit,_Duck!. I pray that the 'editing' was done in station because whoever did it was even dumber than a TSA Agent. The running joke was, of course, fast talking Bugs getting Daffy to say it was Duck season and Elmer doing the shotgun bit. The editing PC Nazi took sizzors to the cartoon so that all you saw was Elmer lifting the shotgun and then Daffy adjusting his beak, not once, not twice but multiple times. The ending was so badly distorted that the viewer had no idea of why Daffy went from admitting to Duck Season to being a mess on the ground and saying to Bugs, "You're desthpicable!"

Amazing that I watched all of those classic cartoons throughout my childhood without having the least desire to go out and kill this TV PC IDIOT!

[JediJones]

She should have confiscated the plane too since it’s a weapon of mass destruction.