TSAngry

[Salty]

You.

Yeah YOU.

The one topped off with righteous indignation over having your junk groped or exposed for a TSA goon's phone camera. You think your whiny little Facebook posts are going to do anything more than offer your dying soul a brief reprieve from the overwhelming helplessness that is your waking nightmare of a life?



Oh man, YOU have no IDEA how much joy that brings me.
Listen, I know you just got to the party, but I've been expecting this since the very day of 9/11. And the REASON why I knew this was coming is because I've had my eye on YOU.

YOU let this happen.
YOU have sat back for the last nine years in maybe the most comfortable war America has ever been engaged in.
YOU let people go and die for no good goddamnned reason in the wrong goddamned country for reasons that you snidely brush aside as you focus on your precious and pathetic sense of wholesome security.
YOU watched as the TSA popped up and began their little theatre with ZERO complaints until BOOHOOHOO you had to take your shoes off.
YOU ignored all the people who would sweep by security with whatever they felt like bringing through, or picked it out of trash cans the TSA just left sitting there.
YOU didn't even notice that kind of thing to ignore it.

And now, NOW, after YOU comfortably gave away OUR liberties, now that the Wrong Man is in the White House and you don't want your junk fondled...well...now you're angry.

Well, not really angry. YOU lost the ability to feel anything like real anger a long time ago.

Bland, bland righteous indignation is all you have left.

I have news for you, friend. I'M not going to let YOU enjoy it. Your righteousness is weak and it fills me with a kind of rage you couldn't taste if you were eating it out my asshole. And I'm going to dump it all over you any chance I can get, because it's what you've earned.

Oh and BTW, even if you could get angry, it wouldn't do you any good. See, I've been angry since day one and it hasn't done any good. What do you think YOU can do about it now? YOU don't have tools or weaponry to fight this war. YOU are all done.

Fuck YOU.

OR KILL ME.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I'm an aging ball of horrible rage, and I approve this message.

[E.O.T.]

O.K.

           i like this a lot. what the hell are we talking about here?

[Don Coyote]

I have news for you, friend. I'M not going to let YOU enjoy it. Your righteousness is weak and it fills me with a kind of rage you couldn't taste if you were eating it out my asshole. And I'm going to dump it all over you any chance I can get, because it's what you've earned.

I especially approve this part.

[Salty]

O.K.

          i like this a lot. what the hell are we talking about here?

First one I could find.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_mlaAB95Yk&feature=player_embedded

I think that part is hilarious in a   way and opens up some great opportunities for mindfuckery.

The part where Americans wake up, look around surprised at where we're at is rage inducing, since, you know, I've been telling them.

[E.O.T.]

O.K.

           i like this a lot. what the hell are we talking about here?

First one I could find.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_mlaAB95Yk&feature=player_embedded

I think that part is hilarious in a  way and opens up some great opportunities for mindfuckery.

The part where Americans wake up, look around surprised at where we're at to be rage inducing, since, you know, I've been telling them.

THAT CHICK

          rocks. this shit was out of hand years and years ago. at least they're takin it to the wall

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Most of the people who are vocally bitching about it now have been outraged all along, it's just that finally, people are willing to listen.

You know, that cranky old man in the corner of the bar who's been warning everyone, whether they're listening or not, about the coming zombie hordes, and everyone ignores him, but as soon as the first zombie shows up they all turn to him for help?

It's a lot like that.

[Eater of Clowns]

Most of the people who are vocally bitching about it now have been outraged all along, it's just that finally, people are willing to listen.

You know, that cranky old man in the corner of the bar who's been warning everyone, whether they're listening or not, about the coming zombie hordes, and everyone ignores him, but as soon as the first zombie shows up they all turn to him for help?

It's a lot like that.

Especially the startling lack of BRRRAIIIIINNNNSSS

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

searching screaming children LOL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TCHSGvNwRY

[Salty]

Right.

So, when I saw your first reply to this I thought about being that old man, preparing all those years for the impending zombie menace (which isn't too far off) and while standing on my rooftop fortress, with plenty of ammunition and canned food, sitting there nice and pretty I can see a group of people running for their lives from a zombie hoard.

Dilemma: Do I sacrifice my own security and safety and make an attempt to save those people OR do I let them sit and rot in the bellies of the very same threat I had warned them about?

That little girl sort of answers that question for me.

Excuse me while I sit back and enjoy the last good IPA ever to be made by humanity and listen to the sweet sounds of their screams.

[A Villager]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_newsroom/20101114/tr_yblog_newsroom/san-diego-man-balks-at-scan

Things didn't get interesting until AFTER they threatened to touch his junk. 

[Nephew Twiddleton]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_newsroom/20101114/tr_yblog_newsroom/san-diego-man-balks-at-scan

Things didn't get interesting until AFTER they threatened to touch his junk. 

[Death]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_newsroom/20101114/tr_yblog_newsroom/san-diego-man-balks-at-scan

Things didn't get interesting until AFTER they threatened to touch his junk. 

[Triple Zero]

copypasta-service of article for those that don't like clicking links, plus bits of emphasis added:

San Diego Man Balks at Scan
By Mike Krumboltz, Sun Nov 14, 4:29 pm ET

Folks have been surrendering their dignity in the name of safe air travel for years. Most of the time, this happens without incident. But John Tyner, who was scheduled to fly from San Diego's Lindbergh Field to South Dakota for a hunting trip on Saturday, drew the line when he was asked to submit to either a full-body scan or a very personal pat-down.

As a consequence, he was threatened with a civil suit and a $10,000 fine if he left the airport's secured area.  An in-depth article from the San Diego Union-Tribune explains that Tyner was wary of full-body scanners for both health reasons and privacy concerns. He even went so far as to check the Transportation Security Administration's website before leaving for the airport to confirm that Lindbergh Field didn't use them. (When he arrived, he was surprised to see that the airport did indeed have them.)

The incident itself started when Tyner, 31, was directed toward the full-body scanner in the security line. Tyner refused, opting instead for the traditional metal body scan and a pat-down. When he was told that the TSA agent would have to conduct a kind of "groin check." Tyner balked, saying, "You touch my junk and I'm going to have you arrested."

That's when things got interesting. Various supervisors got involved, Tyner was pulled aside, the police came by, and a supervisor told Tyner that he wouldn't be allowed to travel unless he submitted to the check. Tyner opted to leave instead, getting a full refund for the ticket, but not before he was told that if he left the secured area he would be "subject to a civil suit and a $10,000 fine." Tyner left anyway.

After leaving the airport, Tyner wrote up a post on his blog detailing the incident as well as posted the video of his confrontation on YouTube. Both are drawing big clicks and even bigger searches. Many commenters on Tyner's blog are applauding him for standing up for himself. One person wrote, "My full admiration. Well handled, and well done." Another pledged to give Tyner $100 if the fine is actually levied.

In an email interview, Tyner said he isn't sure of what consequences, if any, he will face. He's not aware of any legal action "beyond what was threatened in the airport." When asked whether he was concerned about the possibility of being placed on the no-fly list, he said he wasn't "that concerned." However, he says he is troubled by the government's ability to limit his methods of travel because he exercised his right to privacy.

The TSA did not immediately returned to a request for comment.



Another article:

TSO saying "heads up, got a cutie for you"

Last week, one of my flying partners (Captain with Skywest) was going through security at DEN with his 18 year daughter. As his daughter approached the detector, the TSO working the NoS said on his headset, "heads up, got a cutie for you." He then confronted the TSA clerk with what he said and that neither of us are going through the NoS. The TSA clerk said you must have misunderstood me.

He said pat-down was pretty evasive [sic?], and his daughter felt uncomfortable.

He is taking it up with Skywest, with this behavior. Normally, crews there go through a different screening area, but since he was with his daughter, he got to see the TSA clerks at their finest in Denver.

Its stoiries like this, is why I will not go through the NoS (radiation/health issues) and even refuse the the pat-down thus (if it happens while on duty) canceling the flight due to a hostile work environment.

I hope this gets resolves soon!! Got to fly....no NoS checkpoints on this trip so don't worry about a canceled flight from me!!

[Triple Zero]

Schneier on the TSA Backscatter Backlash

Good insights, and contains a lot of links, but I suspect most of them have already been posted in one of the three threads on this subject.

Speaking of which, would it maybe be a good idea to merge those three threads? The message order would get intermingled (a merged thread is always sorted by time). I forget if they contain much non-TSA discussion, though.