12-04-2011, 14:53
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TSA, raising the bar on STUPID
Transportation Security Administration raising the bar on stupid. This is what happens when you hire "all" the possible fast food employees and give them a badge..... 
TSA Now Protecting Us From Gun-Shaped Purse Decorations
Teenage Floridian Vanessa Gibbs missed her plane ride home from Norfolk, Va. the other day because her purse featured a gun-shaped applique that TSA agents deemed illegal as a "replica" gun. Commence adding bold western wear to your list of "TSA-banned fashions," underneath snake pants and hummingbird pants.
Gibbs told Jacksonville's WJXT-TV that the TSA agent who inspected her "was like, 'This is a federal offense because it's in the shape of a gun'... I'm like, 'But it's a design on a purse. How is it a federal offense?'" Gibbs escaped being detained by authorities but had to check her bag so that the fake gun's invisible bullets wouldn't go off inside the cabin, theoretically killing all of her fellow passengers as they ascended into the clouds and entered an alternative universe at 30,000 feet.
http://gawker.com/5864775/tsa-now-pr...s?popular=true
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12-04-2011, 15:49
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12-04-2011, 16:14
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Holy crap that is just ... ridiculous. Stupidity at its' finest.
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12-04-2011, 16:25
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next up...
I bet soon they will ban hunting/shooting magazines and pull them from the "newstands" that are behind the security barrier.
They are just as much of a threat to air travel as a design on a purse!
I wonder when they're going to start culling music or movies from passengers since it is common knowledge that violent movies, music, and video games cause violence. 
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12-04-2011, 16:35
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Originally Posted by Gypsy
Holy crap that is just ... ridiculous. Stupidity at its' finest.
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Agree completely! 
Have just decided that my next time on an airplane will be in my new sweatshirt...let's see the Tragically Stupid Assh***s try and get it off me...they will be in for a fight! 
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12-04-2011, 16:41
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Originally Posted by lindy
I bet soon they will ban hunting/shooting magazines and pull them from the "newstands" that are behind the security barrier.
They are just as much of a threat to air travel as a design on a purse!
I wonder when they're going to start culling music or movies from passengers since it is common knowledge that violent movies, music, and video games cause violence. |
...or travel in hospital gowns and paper slippers...no carry-on...
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12-04-2011, 18:34
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Originally Posted by echoes
Agree completely!
Have just decided that my next time on an airplane will be in my new sweatshirt...let's see the Tragically Stupid Assh***s try and get it off me...they will be in for a fight! |
Now you've done it. I'm sure you'll get some extra eyeballing from our national heroes next time you go through "security."
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12-04-2011, 19:05
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ret10Echo
...or travel in hospital gowns and paper slippers...no carry-on...
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...and after a thorough cavity search.
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12-05-2011, 08:15
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Originally Posted by commobuddha
Now you've done it. I'm sure you'll get some extra eyeballing from our national heroes next time you go through "security."
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Fixed it for ya.
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12-05-2011, 09:26
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LMAO!
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Originally Posted by echoes
Agree completely!
Have just decided that my next time on an airplane will be in my new sweatshirt...let's see the Tragically Stupid Assh***s try and get it off me...they will be in for a fight! |
Can I rub your crest?
Stay safe.
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12-05-2011, 09:49
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I had better stop wearing the NRA logo underwear when flying commercial!
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12-05-2011, 10:18
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I guess I better not bring anymore copies of American Rifleman to read while in flight, the mere image of a firearm might get me in a lot of trouble.
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12-05-2011, 15:50
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Originally Posted by Guy
Can I rub your crest?
Stay safe.
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Anytime, Guy...it will bring good luck, I am sure! 
Seriously though, am thinking of just going all out for my next trip, and bringing my handbag with the, "I AM THE NRA," sticker placed right on the front, next to a Ted Nugent color decal...hmmmm, now theres an idea!
The way I see it, they can get it all up front, before I stand in the full body perv camera! (Now if only there was SF bikinis for us chicks.....that would show up on the scanner! Ha! I would buy out the store on those items!)
In any case...
Holly 
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12-05-2011, 18:28
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But they miss the important stuff.
According to a class mate, they missed the 9mm round that was mixed in with his keys and pocket change when he came back from Kentucky.
Not sure how he missed them himself, though...
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12-05-2011, 19:24
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I flew recently and TSA missed a small pocket knife that I inadvertently left in my briefcase - I mailed the small knife home upon discovering the mistake.
So, yes IME “things” do make it through the “intense” screening.
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