Comments on: Power Elite Struggles For Control

By: Danny Lucas

Danny Lucas — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:03:09 +0000

I looked back at him 4 feet away and the guards had their backs to me. I wanted to tell them to pick up this stuff before it was stolen. A warning went off internally. "Don't get involved or YOUR pants will come down too"…as if I knew this stranger. I left, added a prayer for the safety of his goods, and took my eyes off the bra too. I love Hamilton, so maybe I will walk across the Tundra of a Lake and see your sons goods.
Far easier than flying, eh?
I was embarrassed for you as a Canadian, for on 9/11/2001, no International inbound flights were permitted, yet they could not return from whence they came (fuel gone). Canada stepped in and took care of the "Stranded Yanks", for which we are eternally grateful.

By: Danny Lucas

Danny Lucas — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:02:36 +0000

I tried to help a fellow in front of me once. He put his belt, wallet, change, keys, and lint in the gray box, then walked through the "Terrorist Detector". He rang intense interest; they made him step in front. At the time, I wore hearing aids, and the batteries would always make me a candidate too. But, they are too expensive to be shoved in a gray box and picked through as fruit at the market.
I learned to inform TSA BEFORE I went through the detector, and while wearing the aids.

The stranger had his pants down and was in boxers. Women were showing as much interest as men do when a bra is in the distance clearly exposed. (We are a corrupt bunch, all of us).
I gathered my goods from my box after passing and noticed the boxer brief fellow had ALL of his items in the tray next to mine. ANYONE could take his money and ID.

By: JudyBerg

JudyBerg — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:02:14 +0000

God Bless us all, Danny!

I think there must be a 'wisdom' out there, that believes if we introduce enough" rules" we will be able to offset the need for anyone to have to use common sense.

- I have been sent to Dept of Agriculture at an airport because I was in possession of a single banana I forgot to toss before going through Customs

- I have drunk a full bottle of water while holding up the security screening lineup because they told me the water was too cold to pour on to a plant in the vicinity, and I was not about to give up my special bottle with its built-in filter, so I had to drink its entire "toxic" contents in front of the security folks

- I once had to forfeit my lunch of roast beef meat sandwiches at a US border crossing during the Mad Cow fiasco.

.. if you are in the Hamilton airport there is a special potted plant with my sons wonderful army knife he refused to give up… just waiting for his return one day

– my airport stupidity stories are endless

- and then there is my brother, who is a double black belt, who shows me how easily one could maime a pilot or crew with a 39 cent Bic pen… sigh… read my post tomorrow!

Appreciate your comments!

By: Danny Lucas

Danny Lucas — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:54:56 +0000

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You are NO safer. You just feel safer, like when you take your shoes and belt off and throw away a perfectly good bottle of $2 water as you get scoped in line, and proceed to immediately buy a NEW $2 bottle of water on the other side. The agency needs torn down. Seal off the cabin completely with separate entrance for the captain and buddies. Problem over.
Fliers happy again.

On a personal note, I laughed at my brother, in front of the TSA, as he began diving into a waste basket and mulling around. He came up for air with a cigarrette lighter. It was pitched by a departing soul.
My brother was an arriving soul. He told me they took his at the airport he left, so he was replacing it here, where we landed. I looked for handcuffs appearing at any moment, and thought the insanity plea may work.

By: Danny Lucas

Danny Lucas — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:51:52 +0000

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James K. Robinson used to work for the Justice Department and is also an attorney.
On the "No Fly" Watchlist of terrorists, who are not permitted to be airborn period, (not just a Canadian thing here), happens to be the infamous terrorist, James K. Robinson. As you can see, from the name, it is difficult to tell this person's gender. Further, the system as originally designed, failed to incorporate that more than ONE person, may have the same name.

Hence, many mistaken and inconvenience "No Fly" applications have occurred to innocent people (including US Senators!). This is embarrassing to the TSA. The false claims mount daily.
Terrorists have apparently learned the value of using a John Smith name as opposed to Kalid el Kalid type name. The new rules are designed to rectify falsely detained MORE than catch a terrorist.

By: Danny Lucas

Danny Lucas — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:47:55 +0000

"Sorry. Your comment is too long. Try splitting it into multiple comments"

These are not TSA directions. This is the entrance protocol for "Deaparting" comments to this article. Decide for yourself if this comment is too long. I will relay in two parts, instead of one part.
My gender is classified. My date of birth is embasrrasiing.
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