Seriously, have we reached a point where we, as a nation, are so pants-pissingly scared of a bunch of self-immolating neolithic goatherds that we are willing to inflict any indignity on any citizen at any time rather than expose ourselves to the slightest bit of risk?It seems we have, Tam. If people will sit still for this, they'll bend over for anything.
Jean Weber of Destin filed a complaint with the Department of Homeland Security after her 95-year-old mother was detained and extensively searched last Saturday while trying to board a plane to fly to Michigan to be with family members during the final stages of her battle with leukemia.
Her mother, who was in a wheelchair, was asked to remove an adult diaper in order to complete a pat-down search.
C'mon. We all know the answer to terrorism, such as it actually is. It's this, times three hundred million:
If some fanatic wants suicide he can have it any time, but not on his terms. Think that'd solve any terrorism epidemic that might arise? Because I think it would, and I also think anybody who claims to believe different is selling something bad. Which, of course, they are.
UPDATE: Oh, hey, we were all wrong. It turns out the whole thing is completely cool.
"We have reviewed the circumstances involving this screening and determined that our officers acted professionally and according to proper procedure."So, um...sorry to have brought it up. Go back to what you were doing.
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There was a time in this fair land when it was worth your life to lay your hands on some good ol' boy's grandmama, and it didn't matter how shiny your tin star was.
Then we got 911.
I will never set foot in a "scareport", because it would result in a quick trip to the slammer. If someone did that to my Grandma, they'd be making an appointment for dentures the next day, because I'd put their teeth out the back side of their head. And don't touch my "junk" unless you want to bleed. The real "terrorists" wear government uniforms...
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