Comment on a Colleague's Work #2

Link to An Nguyen's Original Blog Post "TSA: Thugs Sexually Assaulting"




This post really reinforces the fact that we need to make the government government get rid of the TSA. They are quite honestly the epitome of incompetence, and are only "stepping up security" to look less ignorant and more intimidating. As you said, "Over 64 percent of Americans say they approve of the new body scanners and 32 percent said they opposed. They polled only 514 people." WOW! A whole whopping 514 people! That's almost the size of Weir, Texas. The credibility of this poll is highly suspect, and a much more reputable source (CBS) found that 83% of people polled believed that the scans and pat-downs are an invasion of civil liberties, and that 96% of people polled will actually change their vacation plans to avoid having to deal with the TSA.

A college student named Rebecca Solomon had to deal with an a**clown of a TSA employee. The worker planted a bag of white powder in her luggage, then made her explain how it got there. After she cried and tried to explain how she'd never seen the bag in her life, the employye tells her he's just joking. WOW, great prank! The man was fired, but deserves far worse. However, what really gets me is the molestation. Sure you can make the claim that there's a need to pat down people who beep at the metal detector, but there's hardly a need to pat down most people, especially the children. Do they REALLY believe children are terrorists? Sure, they terrorize adults every once and a while, but who's really going to strap a bomb on a kid and send them to an airport? The body scanners are completely unnecessary, expensive, and no studies have been tested on the radiation exposure. Dr. Michael Love from John Hopkins University School of Medicine claims that "statistically someone is going to get skin cancer from these x-rays." Sounds safe to me!

Hopefully more people read this blog so that we're all informed about how vile the TSA is and how we can put an end to the abuse and ignorance.