Almost arrested for refusing the TSA pat-down.

Mike Evers

[PERKY2004]

Yuck. I am sooo not looking forward today to flying out of a California airport, through a Texas airport, and landing in a Florida airport.

:: rolls eyes ::

(sigh)

[pillut48]

Facebooked AND Twittered. This is getting out of hand! (No pun intended!) >:-(

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Don't fly, or bend over.

Simple as that.

If enough people choose the former, there will eventually be no TSA to speak of.

[Grunthor]

I suppose, if I had submitted to the pat down, I would have made the entire thing quite uncomfortable for the TSA union goon. Start making farm animal noises. Squeal. Grunt. Moo for your life.

When the public rectal exam is over, say “Will you still respect me in the morning?”

[Paladin2]

I know from a recent personal experience that they are looking for folks to pat down rather than testing their lame electronic screening devices for false positives.

They all need to go on the National Sex Pervert Registry.

[Uncle Miltie]

Everyone should do this.

We need to overwhelm the fascists with civil disobedience.

[justlurking]

Not persuaded by my argument, the supervisor told me to submit or he would have me arrested. I asked what law I was allegedly violating. He said refusal to submit to federal authority. I replied that I thought there were less intrusive alternatives. He said “No,” and once again demanded that I submit. I declined, so he brought over his superior and three Sheriff’s deputies.

At this point, I would have asked them to cite the charge against me, chapter and verse. And show it to me from an authoritative source.

And if they insisted, I would have asked each one of them to write their name and badge number on a piece of paper, so that my lawyer would know exactly who each of them were.

When I was done, I might have an arrest record. But, I'd be rich enough to retire.

[relictele]

He said refusal to submit to federal authority

I don't know what's worst:

1) That this tinhorn actually used such language

2) That the tinhorn believes it

3) That such a concept has wide circulation among government employees of any stripe

[HEM]

Aren’t you supposed to stay with your belongings? How can you be sure they weren’t tampered with while you were separated?

[Paladin2]

Get some Barium Sulfate from a source like this:

http://www.kamapigment.com/store/index.asp

Mix with linseed oil to make a paint and paint a message on underwear for the TSA to read in their X-ray scanners.

[pigsmith]

Being a pilot, I (used to) love to fly, but I refuse to subject myself to this invasive humiliation.

If I can't get there in my own vehicle, I don't need to go.

[Paladin2]

I say, piss on ‘em.

[lightman]

By the end of the decade passengers will be forced to drink a laxative, then sit in open view on a glass toilet bowl until they crap

[trisham]

Unbelievable.

You write good. :)

[TexasCajun]

What if the male TSA employee was a homosexual and getting his rocks off feeling you up?

This would be a dream job for a homosexual TSA worker, male or female.

[kcvl]

My first thought was I know the number to my attorney since she is a good friend. She would have given them an earful and we would have seen them in court (all of them)!

[Cricket24]

I am definitely NOT flying again until this crap is over which it probably never will be!
Thanks for posting your experience.
Maybe a boycott of all flying is in order!

[Reagan69]

SUE THEM. I’m serious. Everyone needs to sue them for detaining you... unlawful imprisonment.

For sexual harrasment.

For anything and everything.

Where did our country go?