Topic: TSA ... follies?

[Pandora]

Is there any activity that can't be subjected to arbitrary conditions in this manner?

No.

The streets are "public", so merely stepping out of one's house would trigger a voluntary surrender of rights should this bullsht continue.  Forget driving; the right to travel freely has already been commandeered and twisted into a privilege subject to regulation and checkpoints.

[charlesoakwood]

But see, it just takes discipline. If one plans his schedule correctly he may hook the lead from his electric car to the trolley cable and travel without concern of exhausting his battery reserves.  There is absolutely no restriction to travel, one simply must be disciplined with his planning.

[Pandora]

This was included in the Chicago Sun-Times write-up of the story:

It was the third disturbance of the day in U.S. airspace.

During the afternoon, a Continental Airlines flight from Houston to Chicago diverted in St. Louis after a 34-year-old man from Illinois tried to open a plane door during the flight, officials said.

Continental spokeswoman Julie King said Flight No. 546 landed around 1:30 p.m. and was grounded about an hour before resuming it journey.

FBI and airport police questioned the passenger. No charges have been filed.

Shortly before that, a Delta Air Lines flight from Detroit to San Diego was landed instead in Albuquerque, N.M., because of a security scare but authorities found “no suspicious devices” on the plane, an FBI spokesman said.

Agency spokesman Frank Fisher declined to clarify the nature of the “potential security threat” that caused Flight 1706 to land in New Mexico. He said agents searched the plane and interviewed the crew and 107 passengers before clearing the aircraft to fly again.

Albuquerque International Sunport spokesman Daniel Jiron also declined to say what the potential threat was. No one was arrested.

The Fox News piece (linked by Hotair to Malkin's link) mentioned it, but excluded some of the info.

[IronDioPriest]

I want to know more about the Continental and Delta flights. Then there was the case a few days ago of a pilot returning to the jetway and forcing a 'Slim to disembark. I want to know more about that too.

It would seem to me that we've possibly undergone a flurry of Muslim terrorist attempts, and nobody wants to talk about it.

[Libertas]

Keeping a tight lid on it serves two purposes for proglodytes -

1 - Bad form to disparage such a noble and peaceful group of people. (gag!)

2 - Makes deniability easier to sell if something bad happens/and allows Obamakov more time to manufacture a victory if something bad happens.

Either way it's a win-win for the bad buys and the rest of us get bent over again!

[hemm]

totus ain't figured a way to benefit politically from it, and that includes the complicit lsm pretzleizing it for him as they continue to keep their firm lip to his ass airtight grip.

[IronDioPriest]

...yeah, I mean, if they were to report every instance of 'Slims trying to blow sh*t up, people might get the false impression that 'Slims are prone to wanna blow sh*t up.
 

[Pandora]

Contrast these reports with the photo of the infant being "inspected".

Tell me there's anything normal going on in this country these days except in rare pockets of sanity.

[charlesoakwood]

Clearly a case of racism on the part of the pilots.

[charlesoakwood]

http://www.wfae.org/wfae/1_87_316.cfm?action=display&id=7297

 At least three Muslim clergymen were denied access to flights bound for Charlotte over the weekend. ...The airlines are saying little about why the men were not allowed to fly.

Imam Al-Amin Abdul Latif ... American Airlines refused to let him on the plane.

…”What’s happening here is an issue of lack of education and ignorance,” says Safaa Zarzour, Secretary General of the nonprofit Islamic Society of North America.
...
American Airlines would not explain the decision to bar Latif, but only said in a statement there was "no ill intent on the part of any of (its) employees."
...
Delta Airlines apologized for the inconvenience in a statement and called the incident "extremely rare," but refused to answer questions about the pilot's actions.

[LadyVirginia]

"You voluntarily surrender your 4th Amendment rights as a condition of participating in air travel"

That's the general argument. It's an incredibly insidious, dangerous rationale that is becoming widespread. Is there any activity that can't be subjected to arbitrary conditions in this manner?

No there isn't.  The same for taxes--anything can now be taxed.

[Sectionhand]

You're never too young to be groped by the TSA!

Now there's a campaign slogan...

 

Have any airlines begun to offer  "Grope Rates" ?

[Libertas]

You're never too young to be groped by the TSA!

Now there's a campaign slogan...

 

Have any airlines begun to offer  "Grope Rates" ?