Lawmakers "Threaten" To Privatize TSA

Posted by khalling 11 years, 10 months ago to Government

"Connolly said it was inexcusable for TSA screeners to bark 20 orders at him and other travelers during his last trip over the weekend – back up, put your hands up, take your shoes off – without saying please."

Bend over, please

SOURCE URL: http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2014/01/14/tsa-private-screeners-airports-mica-orlando-connolly/4473961/

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Posted by richrobinson 11 years, 10 months ago

Privatization is a "threat"? Correction...Privatization is a good idea. I guess he thinks his subjects need to be more respectful.

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  Posted by Hiraghm 11 years, 10 months ago
  
  Transfer security to the airports, allow people to exercise their 2nd Amendment rights while on board... I don't think we'd be any worse off than we are now.
  
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    Posted by richrobinson 11 years, 10 months ago
    
    Agreed!
    
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  Posted by LetsShrug 11 years, 10 months ago
  
  Who are you barking at?
  
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Posted by cp256 11 years, 10 months ago

"Screening jobs are tough because the staffers must be constantly alert for contraband while still providing customer service, Hoggan said."

What "customer service" do they provide? Who exactly is the "customer" in this case?

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  Posted by LetsShrug 11 years, 10 months ago
  
  Yeah. No shit!
  
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  Posted by rockymountainpirate 11 years, 10 months ago
  
  Screening jobs aren't that tough. I did it for a long time and I didn't have to be rude either. Even when I found contraband I kept it professional.
  
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    Posted by khalling 11 years, 10 months ago
    
    yea, pirate with the candlestick in the study
    
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      Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 11 years, 10 months ago
      
      Clue!
      
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        Posted by khalling 11 years, 10 months ago
        
        yes, I have one of those
        
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        Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 11 years, 10 months ago
        
        Oh I think you have more than a clue. I think you have most of the answers... and that hubby of yours! Wow! I think he has the rest. I am seriously impressed. The thread he has been devoting so much time on reads like a fight among Titans...
        
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        Posted by khalling 11 years, 10 months ago
        
        ah shucks. I have my own fight going. it's like I went to bed last night and everyone started talking about me!
        
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        Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 11 years, 10 months ago
        
        Professor Plum in the conservatory with the candlestick!
        
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        Posted by khalling 11 years, 10 months ago
        
        ahem
        
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        Posted by LetsShrug 11 years, 10 months ago
        
        Hmmm I thought it was kh in Pirate's barn with the horse bit.
        
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        Posted by rockymountainpirate 11 years, 10 months ago
        
        It was NMA in the conservatory with the paint brush.
        
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        Posted by khalling 11 years, 10 months ago
        
        death by paintbrush-not good
        
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      Posted by rockymountainpirate 11 years, 10 months ago
      
      Lol.
      
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Posted by Hiraghm 11 years, 10 months ago

notice how nobody talks about the American war the way they talk about the Iraq war or the Afghanistan war?

This war on terriers had 3 fronts at one time; Iraq, Afghanistan, and the U.S.
For years the left has called to shut down operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and bring the troops home...
But not a peep about bringing the TSA troops home from the airport.

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  Posted by khalling 11 years, 10 months ago
  
  yes
  
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Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 11 years, 10 months ago

"This is the mess we've created." no kidding... any fool could have foreseen...

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  Posted by khalling 11 years, 10 months ago
  
  If the airlines had wanted it, they would have done it
  
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Posted by LetsShrug 11 years, 10 months ago

His biggest problem with the TSA is that they made him feel (oh whoa whoa whoa) less important than he obviously is. He was barked at!

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  Posted by khalling 11 years, 10 months ago
  
  where was he when Rand Paul was detained?
  
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    Posted by LetsShrug 11 years, 10 months ago
    
    He, like so many, don't notice until it happens to them personally. This would have been a perfect time to mention it though. But siding with Rand on anything in Washington is taboo. WEAK!
    
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      Posted by khalling 11 years, 10 months ago
      
      please!
      
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Posted by WillH 11 years, 10 months ago

I hope they do privatize the TSA. I am of the opinion private companies can run anything from healthcare to toilets better than the government.
This whole TSA thing as it is has honestly made me quit flying anywhere for any reason.

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  Posted by khalling 11 years, 10 months ago
  
  you and LS
  
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    Posted by LetsShrug 11 years, 10 months ago
    
    Word.
    
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Lawmakers "Threaten" To Privatize TSA

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