TSA - go figure

[TR6BILL]

I had some pickled mirlitons in a bloody mary the other day. MMmmm, indeed.


I'm tryin, Boss, I'm tryin.....

 

[Guest]

I had some pickled mirlitons in a bloody mary the other day. MMmmm, indeed.


I'm tryin, Boss, I'm tryin.....

Now ther's a twist. Did they taste all garlicy cool like the beans or just like pickels?

"Melly'ton" in a bloddy mary, I never woulda thought of that.

I can drink spicey V8, but can't drink a bloddy mary. Go figure!

My buddy had a bar and he would get so mad at me. I'd eat a whole jar of beans right out of the fruit tray. ( that's back when I drank)

 

[anthony7777]

a bud of mine flew n.y. to calif last week, plane less then one third capacity, pilot kept announcing they needed to restack luggage to balance c.g., 'HUH'?, shouldnt have taken 3 hours, all sorts of trucks and security around, looks to me some people were doing thier jobs. sad to say these days i find that comforting, think how our enemys feel every time they even think they hear a drone overhead.

 

[70herald]

Look to TelAviv for practical effective "screening" methods. Those folks have it figured out.

Israel is about the size of Connecticut. And they screen <span style="font-weight: bold">everyone</span> that wants to board a plane. And, you cannot travel to Israel from any other country in the Middle East, or vice versa.

Last time I checked, you could fly directly from Tel Aviv to Amman, Jordan or Cairo, Egypt both of which are in the Middle East unless someone has been playing with the maps again.


I think that the biggest problem getting the in trying to get the TSA to work like the Israeli system is that the TSA would need to start hiring significantly higher up on the food chain.

 

[Guest]

Mickey you're killing me !!!! I have a buddy that worked for TSA. He is a great guy. ( not that I take offense on his behalf, just sayin' aint all of them bad.)

 

[angelfj1]

I like old airplanes.

Do you mean <span style="text-decoration: underline">aeroplanes</span>?

 

[Guest]

I like old airplanes.

Do you mean <span style="text-decoration: underline">aeroplanes</span>?

Just as long as it's not Aerosmith. I don't care for new or old.

 

[angelfj1]

Look to TelAviv for practical effective "screening" methods. Those folks have it figured out.

Israel is about the size of Connecticut. And they screen <span style="font-weight: bold">everyone</span> that wants to board a plane. And, you cannot travel to Israel from any other country in the Middle East, or vice versa.

Last time I checked, you could fly directly from Tel Aviv to Amman, Jordan or Cairo, Egypt both of which are in the Middle East unless someone has been playing with the maps again.


I think that the biggest problem getting the in trying to get the TSA to work like the Israeli system is that the TSA would need to start hiring significantly higher up on the food chain.

Following is part of an email I received last year during the Christmas Holidays.


<span style="font-style: italic">"During the holidays there was some lively discussion regarding airport security and how efficient the Israelis seem to be. I did a little research based on the latest figures available for the airport in Tel Aviv, Ben Gurion. What I found, did not surprise me. This is a tiny country. This, their largest airport accommodated approx. 9M passengers in 2008. On average, that’s 24,155 passengers per day and assuming 12 hours of operation 2012 passengers per hour. Since there are three terminals the average would be 670 passengers per terminal per hour. If there were 10 security lanes per terminal , that only 67 security checks per hour or one per minute.

So, does Israel have an efficient airport security system? Perhaps, but due to the huge differences in scale this is not an equitable comparison.



For example, in 2008:

Note: US aid to Israel in 2009 will exceed $3 Billion. If we had that money to spend on improving our airport security do you think maybe we could improve it?"</span>

UPDATE:

A 10-Year Military Aid Agreement

In August 2007, the Bush Administration agreed to increase U.S. military assistance to Israel by $6 billion over the following decade. Israel is to receive incremental annual increases of $150 mllion, starting at $2.55 billion in FY2009 and reaching $3.15 billion per year for FY2013-2018.

Source: https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org

 

[Guest]

Some may not get the original reference. Ben should, he works with kids. If it wasn't for them, I wouldn't either.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whr-L78YRzA&feature=related

 

[Twosheds]

I like old airplanes.

Do you mean <span style="text-decoration: underline">aeroplanes</span>?

Indeed. My apologies!

 

[SilentUnicorn]

Another TSA Outrage

Posted by Erick Erickson (Profile)

Thursday, November 18th at 6:28PM EST
106 Comments

UPDATE: I’m getting a lot of emails asking if this is actually true and is this person actually someone I know. (1) Yes it is true — it is too absurd to be made up. (2) Yes, I know the person.

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A friend of mine sent me this about his TSA experience. He, unlike most of us, was coming back into the country from Afghanistan on a military charter.

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As the Chalk Leader for my flight home from Afghanistan, I witnessed the following:

When we were on our way back from Afghanistan, we flew out of Baghram Air Field. We went through customs at BAF, full body scanners (no groping), had all of our bags searched, the whole nine yards.

Our first stop was Shannon, Ireland to refuel. After that, we had to stop at Indianapolis, Indiana to drop off about 100 folks from the Indiana National Guard. That’s where the stupid started.

First, everyone was forced to get off the plane–even though the plane wasn’t refueling again. All 330 people got off that plane, rather than let the 100 people from the ING get off. We were filed from the plane to a holding area. No vending machines, no means of escape. Only a male/female latrine.

It’s probably important to mention that we were ALL carrying weapons. Everyone was carrying an M4 Carbine (rifle) and some, like me, were also carrying an M9 pistol. Oh, and our gunners had M-240B machine guns. Of course, the weapons weren’t loaded. And we had been cleared of all ammo well before we even got to customs at Baghram, then AGAIN at customs.

The TSA personnel at the airport seriously considered making us unload all of the baggage from the SECURE cargo hold to have it reinspected. Keep in mind, this cargo had been unpacked, inspected piece by piece by U.S. Customs officials, resealed and had bomb-sniffing dogs give it a one-hour run through. After two hours of sitting in this holding area, the TSA decided not to reinspect our Cargo–just to inspect us again: Soldiers on the way home from war, who had already been inspected, reinspected and kept in a SECURE holding area for 2 hours. Ok, whatever. So we lined up to go through security AGAIN.

This is probably another good time to remind you all that all of us were carrying actual assault rifles, and some of us were also carrying pistols.

So we’re in line, going through one at a time. One of our Soldiers had his Gerber multi-tool. TSA confiscated it. Kind of ridiculous, but it gets better. A few minutes later, a guy empties his pockets and has a pair of nail clippers. Nail clippers. TSA informs the Soldier that they’re going to confiscate his nail clippers. The conversation went something like this:

TSA Guy: You can’t take those on the plane.

Soldier: What? I’ve had them since we left country.

TSA Guy: You’re not suppose to have them.

Soldier: Why?

TSA Guy: They can be used as a weapon.

Soldier: [touches butt stock of the rifle] But this actually is a weapon. And I’m allowed to take it on.

TSA Guy: Yeah but you can’t use it to take over the plane. You don’t have bullets.

Soldier: And I can take over the plane with nail clippers?

TSA Guy: [awkward silence]

Me: Dude, just give him your darn nail clippers so we can get the f**k out of here. I’ll buy you a new set.

Soldier: [hands nail clippers to TSA guy, makes it through security]

This might be a good time to remind everyone that approximately 233 people re-boarded that plane with assault rifles, pistols, and machine guns–but nothing that could have been used as a weapon.

 

[Silverghost]

Imagine what might have happened if someone was carrying one of THESE!!

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[Guest]

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[Guest]

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TSA Guy: You can&#146;t take those on the plane.

Soldier: What? I&#146;ve had them since we left country.

TSA Guy: You&#146;re not suppose to have them.

Soldier: Why?

TSA Guy: They can be used as a weapon.

Soldier: [touches butt stock of the rifle] But this actually is a weapon. And I&#146;m allowed to take it on.

TSA Guy: Yeah but you can&#146;t use it to take over the plane. You don&#146;t have bullets.

Soldier: And I can take over the plane with nail clippers?

TSA Guy: [awkward silence]

Me: Dude, just give him your darn nail clippers so we can get the f**k out of here. I&#146;ll buy you a new set.

Soldier: [hands nail clippers to TSA guy, makes it through security]

This might be a good time to remind everyone that approximately 233 people re-boarded that plane with assault rifles, pistols, and machine guns&#150;but nothing that could have been used as a weapon.

Sounds like a SNL skit.