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- thoughtless, on 02/02/2008, -3/+50Why can't terrorists just combine their minimum liquids? I'll tell you why... they're muslim. And muslims are from the middle east where they have terrorists. You see, terrorism is everywhere. And we're fighting terrorism. America has to fight this new battle with new tactics. Terrorism, america, fight them, 9/11.
Thank You. - InfamousAtheist, on 02/02/2008, -3/+33I live this frustration. I travel for work weekly... but am constantly amazed at the sheer idiocy of the "security" policies employed by TSA, which is only outdone by the even more amazing idiocy of the screeners this agency employs.
Every time I fly I wonder how a group of high school dropouts is supposed to keep us safe. - onnastick, on 02/02/2008, -3/+28Kevin and Alex should drink bomb juice on the next diggnation.
- honus, on 02/02/2008, -2/+21"Threats evolve? "
Rights erode. - SniperGX1, on 02/02/2008, -1/+19The liquid rules are so ridiculous, liquids aren't metal.
1 - Leave liquids in pockets
2 - Walk through metal detector
3 - ???
4 - Terrorism! er Profit! - ferrell, on 02/02/2008, -3/+21These policies have NOTHING to do with security.
Their sole purpose is to condition the public into unquestionably accepting arbitrary restrictions placed on freedom. - thoughtless, on 02/02/2008, -0/+17Whats that even mean? Anyone?
- rspeed, on 02/02/2008, -0/+16That's it, it has to be done. This weekend I'm going to create a new mixed drink called "binary explosive". Not sure what it'll be, but it'll be strong and impossible to make in an aircraft bathroom.
- thomoore, on 02/02/2008, -5/+19The TSA is utterly ineffective. We all know that the 911 bad guys had good IDs so checking IDs is a waste of our time and our money. This article
http://www.scragged.com/articles/show-your-handgun ...
explains how to keep terrorists from stealing airplanes. The only problem with the idea is that a) it would solve the problem so they couldn't study it any more and b) it wouldn't create any jobs for the bureaucrats. This article
http://www.scragged.com/articles/cynicism-and-teh- ...
explains that government not only doesn't create value, there is no limit to the amount of money the bureaucracy can spend. As bureaucracy grows, it becomes more and more difficult to get anything done. When government gets too big, the society collapses. Government not only destroys value, it destroys society over time. - Audacitor, on 02/02/2008, -0/+10You inspire. I'll fight them with my America lapel!
- aldenhg, on 02/02/2008, -0/+7Bomb Juice:
2 parts Everclear
2 parts Amaretto
2 parts Kahlua
1 part Gin
1 part Campari
1 part Rye
1 part pickle juice
1 dash bitters
Mix all ingredients in microwave safe container. Nuke until lukewarm and chug. - Audacitor, on 02/02/2008, -0/+7I think I'll create Bomb Juice™ brand H20, and try to take it on a plane with me.
- kreneskyp, on 02/02/2008, -0/+6you don't even need liquids. liquid explosives are unstable and prone to exploding from movement aka nitroglycerin. You can easily take any other solid explosive through the metal detected hidden under your clothes. As that official test showed, even if they intentionally get padded down there are still ways to hide it. The detonator is the size of a cigarette and easily hidden within electronics and other pieces of metal in the bag.
Airport security is an illusion. The only thing it does is prevent wannabes from trying to blow up planes. Dedicated terrorists aren't dumb. They spend months if not years planning and training. If they want to blow up a plane they will, end of story. The only thing that we can change is whether or not we die with dignity (so far were doing a bad job of it) - OBDriftwood, on 02/02/2008, -1/+7Mmmmmmmm.... bomb juice. It's dynolicious.
- lobofanina, on 02/02/2008, -2/+8I guess you missed the TWO-HUNDRED + announcements about taking your ***** laptop out of its bag. People like you slow the whole process down and make it an even bigger pain in the ass then it already is.
- DoorFrame, on 02/02/2008, -2/+8"just do with what they are told and move on."
You sound like a bad person. - kreneskyp, on 02/02/2008, -0/+6arguing the semantics of sneaking liquid explosives on board is ridiculous.
Liquid explosives are unstable and probably wouldn't survive the car ride to the airport. You also can't make the explosives on a moving aircraft because the turbulence will cause it to fizzle out before you ever finish it.
Its more likely they would just sneak explosives on board at a tiny airport that has neither "puffers" nor bomb dogs.
air security is an illusion - aywwts4, on 02/02/2008, -0/+5Sir There are no blades allowed past security, Please remove your pin for immediate confiscation, and proceed to the cubical on the right for a body cavity search.
- octurian, on 02/02/2008, -0/+5"just do with what they are told and move on."
Just how long until that follows "National Mandatory Turn in of all Firearms"
National ID System
National Random Surveillance Act (Vehicles driving up and down our roads looking for seditious commentary)
Wide scale data mining of our book check outs at public library's (opps my bad thats already going on)
The ability to seize AMERICAN Citizens, hold them in Military "prison" facilities without right to council, charges, etc. Just because your labeled an enemy of the stae (Opps my bad again, already going on.)
SO yeah, just do what your told and move on is probably one of the most ominous phrases in the English language today. - sgtpppr, on 02/02/2008, -0/+5The illusion of security. It's no different than a store that has the obvious security devices you walk through when you leave...that don't actually do anything. They're just for show to deter people from stealing. The illusion of security only works on those that don't know anything about TSAs security methods (the masses). Unfortunately, this keeps old ladies and insane postal workers from hijacking a plane and does absolutely nothing to stop a terrorist who does his research. That is the real reason they rotate procedures.
- williamdyer, on 02/02/2008, -1/+5It means Error601 has a closet full of blue polyester and HATES being told what a stupid pig he is.
- aldenhg, on 02/02/2008, -0/+3Kidneys, liver, stomach and brain go boom. The worst part is that the pickle juice curdles the cream in the Kahlua.
- JasonMaloney101, on 02/02/2008, -0/+3Bomb juice. Don't drink this.
- greenlight2001, on 02/02/2008, -0/+3more like ***** go boom the next morning.
- niczar, on 02/02/2008, -0/+3Since you asked nicely, I dugg you down.
- TheActionCombo, on 02/02/2008, -1/+4The word "blog" and all of its variants, especially "blogosphere", piss me off. Digg me up.
- tightscrummy, on 02/03/2008, -0/+3I've wondered what the TSA reaction will be when someone packs a kilo of plastic explosive in their colon. Is everyone going to get body cavity searches?
- CatsAreGods, on 02/02/2008, -1/+4He sounds like a cop.
- EuphopiaB, on 02/02/2008, -2/+5It sure is a good thing we have security like this to protect us against that enemy that is hidden among us, wants to kill us completely irrationally and will do absolutely anything to kill us at any possible moment and theoretically cannot be beaten. I am so glad that my government is making sure to restrict me at every possible turn and chip away every possible freedom I have, because by gosh I would rather be alive in fear than die free. America: The land where more people have statistically died from heart conditions because of the terror alert than actually died from terrorism.
- candre23, on 02/03/2008, -0/+3Since you clearly know everything there is to know about liquid explosives, please explain how the current TSA regulations make one bit of sense. I contend that there is no legitimate threat from liquid explosives. Furthermore, I contend that if there was a legitimate threat, the TSA regs would not prevent determined terrorists from carrying it out. But please, go ahead and prove me wrong.
- mobilexile, on 02/03/2008, -1/+3Despite the press releases, increased budgets, and War on Liquids ( WOL ) we're no safer today than we were on September 10.
I have a middle finger pointed at the TSA. - greenm1981, on 02/02/2008, -0/+2Kind of like the Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers? Yeah, that was mindless dribble, wasn't it?
- inactive, on 02/02/2008, -0/+2Clever. (-1)
- Tippis, on 02/02/2008, -0/+2Kidneys go boom?
- inactive, on 02/02/2008, -0/+2There is really no point in having a conversation with someone that believes it is just as easy to get 3 terrorists with bomb juice onto a plane as it is to get one on.....or that the conversations/planning required to do so wouldn't increase the chances of them being caught prior to heading to the airport....um....like it did in the UK not too long ago, sparking this TSA rule in the first place: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/ne ...
- worxman02, on 02/03/2008, -0/+2So why couldn't I take my jar of peanut butter through, but I was allowed to make a sandwich out of it and take it through? I guess the bagel doesn't have a false bottom to it. Like everyone else said, it's really the show of security to stop the idiotic nutjobs who are amateurs and just want to make a scene.
- Roryking, on 02/03/2008, -0/+2You are a moron if you have ANY debt being passed to a collection service. Pay yo bills, damn.
- nitemareglitch, on 02/02/2008, -1/+3Its all so confusing to me why they have to take something safe and reasonable, and turn it into a big hassle.
- lex0nyc, on 02/02/2008, -0/+2Take one 5,000 gallon drum of propane...
- hansolo007, on 02/02/2008, -1/+3no cop, common sense, the less you cooperate the more you're going to have to do.
- vertinox, on 02/02/2008, -0/+2Good god man!
- CoheednCambria, on 02/02/2008, -0/+2There's cream in Kahlua?
- ohhoe, on 02/02/2008, -1/+2Dugg for KevinFederline.
- Awap, on 02/02/2008, -1/+2I asked about the laptop thing last time I was at the airport. I was told it is because the electronics/disks/batteries are packed so tightly in the laptop that the scanners can't see anything past it. So you could presumably hide something in your bag with a laptop on top of it, and they wouldn't be able to detect it.
Of course, it's not clear what is to stop someone from just hiding the bomb _in_ the laptop/battery. - EndUser99, on 02/03/2008, -0/+1Why is it that I can't bring ICE on a plane, it's not a liquid? There is no restriction on water, just liquids, right? TSA needs to specify the temperature range that substances must be at and still not be in liquid form.
- protogenxl, on 02/04/2008, -0/+1did you know if some one in your party has a prosthetic limb you can carry on a cordless drill and drill bits. You can do a lot of damage with one dill.
- smooth44, on 02/07/2008, -0/+1Laptop computers appear very similar to an IED on the X-RAY. When you add other components inside of a bag on top of the laptop image, it is nearly impossible to determine that it IS NOT a bomb. That is why the screeners need to see the computer by itself.
- hansolo007, on 02/03/2008, -0/+1"I have a middle finger pointed at the TSA."
It's not TSA, it's Homeland Security. The Federal Government.
Don't be so quick at pointing fingers until you've done some research on how this all really started. - hoostasauce, on 02/03/2008, -1/+2I always wondered what would happen if you froze your water. It would be no longer a liquid but would any of the TSA workers actually be able to tell since I doubt they even got through high school chemistry. And if they can't tell a solid from a liquid then wasn't this all for nothing?
- strictnein, on 02/02/2008, -0/+1That's the best part!
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