$11,000 fine, arrest possible for some who refuse airport scans and pat downs

Palm Beach Sentinel ^ | 11/20/2010 | John Lantigua

[Flycatcher]

"Once a person submits to the screening process, they can not just decide to leave that process,"

Methinks it was easier to get out of East Berlin...

[Gandalf_The_Gray]

...such passengers would be questioned "until it is determined that they don't pose a threat" to the public.

The beatings will continue until morale improves...

Regards,
GtG

[no-to-illegals]

Since TSA personnel are not law enforcement officers, and therefore TSA not having proper credentials to act as law enforcement officers, including proper pat-down procedures, one would have to believe TSA personnel would be less professional during their sessions of dealing with the public. This is not to say ALL law enforcement officers are professionals and ethical in ALL of their procedures. To trust a TSA person verses a law enforcement officer, I would choose the later. I recognize Homeland Security considers TSA fully trained personnel. Yet if the truth be told, the TSA ranks is filled with persons of less reputable character, whose purpose could be less than ethical than professional law enforcement...imho

This is the problem as I see it. The solution would be to subject everyone (and I do mean everyone) to the same standards. At this point many persons are being given special treatment.

Would the above paragraph solve the problem. My answer is no. Treating everyone the same still creates problems. My belief is that many are witnessing special treatment given to certain groups of persons. Americans only want to be treated equally under the law(s) is what looks to be taking place. This is my opinion only.

Freedom isn't free. When certain groups of people are treated differently, other people notice. Equality is thrown out the window, with the baby still in the bathwater. Equality, under the law, means to me, ALL being treated the same, and none being given special rights, as is the current state of affairs. Janet N. are you ready to subject yourself to the pat-downs, every-time you fly? If not, then why should anyone else?

[truthkeeper]

The only thing they will understand is loss of revenue

BUMPO

[soycd]

Fine. We need to take all of these gestapo style tactics and wrap them around the democrat party and
obama from now until 2012. Every single incident and freedom smashing law needs to be attributed to
the scumbags running this country into the ground.

Start yesterday.

[Doc Savage]

The question is ‘how’ do you send a ‘message’ that will be clearly ‘understood’ by ALL TSA gestapo? Hmmmmmmm!

[stockpirate]

Yes don’t fly it is just what they want. reason, after the airlines are going under they will be deemed to big top fail and taken over by Obamafascists.

[houeto]

It’s fly or don’t see my grandson. No brainer.

Yep, no brainer. I wouldn't be seeing my grandson.

[truthkeeper]

I smell some great commercials. Let’s see if anyone uses them.

[grumpygresh]

Passive resistence - DON’T FLY.

Perhaps this is the plan. If enough people stopped flying, the airlines would fail and need a “bailout”. Then, we will have government owned airline with even greater power over the individual.

[Monkey Face]

I have seen my grandson exactly four times in his life. He will be 14 on December 2.

You stay away from your grandson if you choose. You will both lose. Especially you.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

Red Alert! Lame Duck Bites! TSR a divsersion.

Harry Reid: I’m bringing the DREAM Act to the floor — for a standalone vote
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2629618/posts
“And in a Twitter message on Wednesday evening, his office said he would try to do so in the current session as a stand-alone bill.”

President Obama has made it clear: He wants Congress to deliver the DREAM Act
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2630157/posts

BREAKING: Sen. Reid Will Bring DREAM Act to a Vote As a Stand-Alone Bill
http://gulagbound.com/8999/reid-promises-to-bring-dream-act-to-a-vote-as-stand-alone-bill

SIX RINOs !

Michelle Malkin IDs The RINOs On The Dream Act Fence - Including John McCain
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2629507/posts

[Doc Savage]

Use Skype. You can talk for hours for nothing and both see each other every day. Get a large iMAC and enjoy! Let them drive up to you on holidays!

[TexasFreeper2009]

More specifically OBAMA’s brown shirts!

Rememeber the TSA works for OBAMA

[La Lydia]

A modest request: I am not traveling this Thanksgiving, I am playing hostess. I think it would be interesting if all Freepers who ARE traveling would report, after they return home, whether they saw any Muzlims being scanned or body-searched while they were at the airport. I have not been able to find a definitive statement from the government saying that Muzlims are, or are not, exempt from what everyone else has to put up with. I would like to know what is actually occurring. Please email me with your observations and experiences, and I will compile a report for our forum. I plan to ask my family members who are traveling here what their experiences are, and will include that info. Please freep-mail me with your stories. Thanks.

[truthkeeper]

after the airlines are going under they will be deemed to big top fail and taken over by Obamafascists

Uh, no. Not in the current climate. We HAVE turned the corner. Keep the pressure on.

[SumProVita]

This sounds horribly unconstitutional!

[Graybeard58]

Passive resistence - DON’T FLY.

Easy enough for me but not for many who have long distances to cover for business purposes and do it on a frequent basis. Up until a couple of years ago, my wife traveled a lot on business, Not possible to take other means sometimes.

[P-Marlowe]

It’s fly or don’t see my grandson. No brainer.

Geesh. Just go to the airport, park your undependable wreck in the long term lot, take the tram to the car rental, rent an unlimited mileage car and drive to your grandson's.

No brainer.

[Monkey Face]

My son doesn’t have a computer. I live in Las Vegas.