Comments on: The Farce That Is TSA http://brentdanley.com/2008/11/26/the-farce-that-is-tsa/ Science, technology, humor and wisdom. Mon, 12 Jul 2010 11:55:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Kirsten Uhler http://brentdanley.com/2008/11/26/the-farce-that-is-tsa/comment-page-1/#comment-1504 Kirsten Uhler Thu, 27 Nov 2008 16:30:37 +0000 http://therhetoric.net/?p=443#comment-1504 “Counter­terrorism in the airport is a show designed to make people feel better.” --Exactly! What a joke...and waste of money. “Counter­terrorism in the airport is a show designed to make people feel better.”

–Exactly! What a joke…and waste of money.

]]> By: Brent Danley http://brentdanley.com/2008/11/26/the-farce-that-is-tsa/comment-page-1/#comment-1498 Brent Danley Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:05:11 +0000 http://therhetoric.net/?p=443#comment-1498 @Steven Pam - Yes, I was being kind. Thank you for your 2¢. @Steven Pam – Yes, I was being kind. Thank you for your 2¢.

]]> By: Steven Pam http://brentdanley.com/2008/11/26/the-farce-that-is-tsa/comment-page-1/#comment-1497 Steven Pam Wed, 26 Nov 2008 23:44:01 +0000 http://therhetoric.net/?p=443#comment-1497 Brent, it gets worse. The TSA, like any organism, including bureaucraies, wants to survive and grow. They are now proposing introducing the same Security Theatre to *private* aircraft over 12,500lb (that includes the larger King Airs and probably all Learjets). So operators of private and corporate jets would need to go through the same ridiculous hoops (submitting passenger manifest to an agency for checking against the no-fly list, etc) as airlines do. Even though there has never been any demonstrated threat of terrorism using private aircraft! (And besides, anyone can go and rent a Truck from Ranger and fill it with explosives without the TSA or anyone else taking any interest at all) And of course this is only the thin end of the wedge. If they succeed with that, who's to say they won't eventually expand it to *all* aircraft? What business does the government have interfering with people moving about the country in their own vehicles? It's quite absurd. More: <a href="http://www.google.com.au/search?q=TSA+LASP" rel="nofollow">LASP</a> Brent, it gets worse. The TSA, like any organism, including bureaucraies, wants to survive and grow.

They are now proposing introducing the same Security Theatre to *private* aircraft over 12,500lb (that includes the larger King Airs and probably all Learjets). So operators of private and corporate jets would need to go through the same ridiculous hoops (submitting passenger manifest to an agency for checking against the no-fly list, etc) as airlines do. Even though there has never been any demonstrated threat of terrorism using private aircraft! (And besides, anyone can go and rent a Truck from Ranger and fill it with explosives without the TSA or anyone else taking any interest at all)

And of course this is only the thin end of the wedge. If they succeed with that, who’s to say they won’t eventually expand it to *all* aircraft?

What business does the government have interfering with people moving about the country in their own vehicles? It’s quite absurd.

More: LASP

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