I've written, from time to time, about various absurd excesses of TSA airport screening (and about its thievery, too). This is the first time, however, I've come across an incident affecting somebody I know (through blogging).
Friend and commenter Deborah Leigh was trying to get to Philadelphia for a funeral, when she got into trouble at the airport for...well, let Richard McEnroe tell the story.
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I have made a point of not flying whenever possible. This merely reinforces that point.
ReplyDeleteMy mom, a 70 year old non Islamic woman in purple stretch pants, had to be taken into the back room and groped because of the metal in her elbow provided by Medicare.
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Toothpaste? Oh, dear. I stopped flying because I could never remember to search my purse for stray ammo before catching a flight. And there was always stray ammo.
ReplyDeleteBefore TSA, I just handed the ammo to a guard if it was found when xraying the purse. After 9/11, I figured sooner or later I'd be in a federal prison awaiting trial, so better to just drive.
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Jonah, I flew home out of Ontario CA last year. An airport so far out in the middle of nowhere you would have looked for Kickback Jack Murtha's name on the gate.
As I sat waiting for my flight I watched one TSA blazer monkey shake down three little old ladies in a row.
Now there is something about MY demeanor at times that has police officers literally reach for their sidearms as I turn a corner. I have NEVER been stopped by TSA. Go figure.
Deborah Leigh said... Apparently, they have to go by what the number of ounces the tube says it holds, rather than drawing the conclusion that it no longer holds that since it has, obviously, been used. Can anyone tell me when a plane has been hijacked or taken down by six ounces of toothpaste or its' tube (soft plastic, at that)? Mel Brooks must have had a hand in writing TSA regulations.
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