So now the DHS has naked pictures of me!

[W1GUH]

I flew out to LA for the weekend and coming back yesterday "they" decided to put me through the machine that takes nice images of my body parts. Hope the enjoy!!!

So, OK, there's been a heightened security level lately & maybe they had a quota of "enhanced checks" they hadta fill. I'm happy to have helped them. But I can't shake the feeling that my check had nothing to do with dangerous stuff. It sure seemed like they were looking for an even greater threat to the nation...that killer weed!!!!!

Hope the guy enjoyed feeling me up!

[N8YX]

The terrorists have won, plain and simple.

[W4GPL]

Again.. the xray is COMPLETELY optional. Do not let them tell you otherwise. If they insist, insist they're wrong. TSA are thugs, plain and simple. I fly dozens of times a year, I do not let those bastards intimidate me. If they do, sue them. The only way these thugs will stand down is if we all stand up.

Not to mention, if you fly as often as I do, it becomes a serious health concern.

[W1GUH]

Again.. the xray is COMPLETELY optional. Do not let them tell you otherwise. If they insist, insist they're wrong. TSA are thugs, plain and simple. I fly dozens of times a year, I do not let those bastards intimidate me. If they do, sue them. The only way these thugs will stand down is if we all stand up.

Not to mention, if you fly as often as I do, it becomes a serious health concern.

Well, here's one guy who "opted out" -- look what happened to him.

[kc7jty]

The terrorists have won, plain and simple.

That's it!

The 2 most pertinent bumper stickers for America are that & Stupid people don't deserve freedom!

[W2NAP]

The terrorists have won, plain and simple.

Indeed, welcome to the policed state known as america

[W1GUH]

Indeed, welcome to the policed state known as america

And it's not only at airports. So many, many tourist attractions now have xray machines and metal detectors and LEO's that are going to ensure that you Comply!!! as you enter. They are NOT just looking for weapons or dangerous implements. Going over to Ellis Island earlier this year I had the first ORDER to put my wallet in the tray that went through the xray machine. When I had a surprised look on my face, the guard said, "You'd be surprised what we find in wallets." Drugs was the first thing she said.

Yea, I'm cynical. Yea, I'm suspicious of this kind of thing. But it really, really feels like we DO live right next to a police state where EVERYTHING we do is going to be how THEY want us to do it. Seems only a matter of time til they just "drop" the public safety issue and come right out and order us to COMPLY OR ELSE!

Meanwhile the elites (See the post in the Forbidden Zone about mortgaging our children and my link to an article in The Nation) get away with taking all of our money. Is it any wonder I no longer think there's any use to vote or be involved in politics at all?

[W4GPL]

Insist they give you a pat down and then act like you really enjoy it. You can opt out of the scanner, Denver has one, I've never gone thru it. I make them feel me up. ;)

[W1GUH]

This guy did both. First the scan...THEN the feel-up. He paid particular attention to my rolled-up shirt sleeves. (Guess that'd be an obvious place for doobies...or, I guess, a ceramic knife.)

Anyway, the obvious message here is...don't take anything through security hat you don't want them to find.

[W1GUH]

Oh, how I wish airport security people were as cool as a lady I dated for a while. This is back in '75, & she worked as a private security guard at a small airport. She told me that if the searchee looks a little uncomfortable when she went though his suitcase, she'd look up and say, "I'm only looking for bombs, relax!") Won't happen now!

But to reply to your words, he made no mention that it was "optional." He simply told me where to stand and all that... He didn't seem particularly thug-like...besides, in the state I was in...and all that...

(It was about 5:00 AM, and I'd stayed up all night after getting home from partying!!!)