The Consumer Traveler reports:
In fact, these new machines have already been rendered obsolete by terrorists who are packing explosives up their anus. Don’t laugh. This technique has already been tested with lethal effect in the assassination a Saudi prince. The whole-body scanners can not detect that kind of hidden explosive. I only worry about TSA’s coming anus-scanning system. I’m sure it is in the works.
So, the scanners are only to increase the control of the State, pay off the big corporations that make the machines, and of course, for the airport guys to have some fun seeing you naked.
Oh, and the solution for stop being attacked is simple: (1), stop bombing the sh** out of the Middle East, and (2), let the airlines do the security.
Simple, huh?
Why have them?
Did you notice the new TV commercial where 2 ceramic knives are sold
to anyone with $19.99? They are razor sharp
and 100% non-metallic. Metal detectors will
never detect these. Scary stuff.
Travel by Amtrak. There is a book called “Faster” by James Gleick. In it, we discover that before there was a way to “absolutely, positively, get there the next day”, nobody HAD to “absolutely, positively, get there the next day”.
The world was a much better place before the advent of jet airliners. Travel at 600 miles an hour is unnecessary. If you need to get to fucking New York so damn bad, take a few days off and take a train. Back in the days of rail, everyone was so much less stressed out. Can’t you all imagine how relaxing it is to watch the USA go by as you travel from place to place? Instead of looking at the tray in the upright and locked position for a few hours? On edge, scared to shit all the way?
Anyone that’s simple minded enough to think the moo-slimes will play nice, leave us alone and not hurt and kill us anymore as soon as we leave their lands and stop bombing them, is just smart enough to work anywhere in the Obama administration, perhaps for the outstandingly prescient Janet Napolitano and her TSA.
If the Terrorist has an explosive powder sewn into their clothing, sealed to prevent detection – no scanner is going to see it.
They could be wearing jewelry made up of explosives, crushed into a powder when needed.
This is not brain surgery here.
“No way to save or transmit the image” …
except the guy can take out his cell phone and take a snap of the screen and upload it to the web for all the world to see. Woohoo!
Dogs. We need lots of bomb/chemical sniffing dogs. (I am assuming they are effective.)
@ #1
Actually that’s nothing new. Ceramic knives have been around for quite a few years.
Composite weapons (firearms) have also been in existence for some time now.
The problem is that every scare, real or imagined, creates more reasons for the TSA to get funds to buy more equipment. (think $500 hammer history). It’s the same phenomenon.
This is instead of actually training and paying skilled agents to work at the gates.. which would make absolutely no sense at all.
I have seen reports that dogs get tired (or maybe bored) quickly (20 minutes?). They are great at the detection, but LOTS are required to rotate, and each dog needs LOTS of down time.
I object to being searched by a man. I want to be able to select which agent searches my body, and the agents should be decent appearing, well groomed, women (straight, lesbian, or bi) and no transexuals or transvestites please. If the government is going to objectify my body, then I want the right to demand treatment that I find acceptable. Otherwise, I’m perfectly happy to stop spending my money on flying commercially.
Having some potentially gay male agent squeeze my body for his enjoyment wierds me out.
Cherman: I agree with almost everything you said, except the middle east part. It’s not going away if you leave them alone. It has been tried and failed just as miserably as the scanners.
#3 My thoughts exactly.
If the system has “no way to save print or transmit the image” then how can it be used as any sort of proof that someone is carrying a prohibited item in a court of law? Are we supposed to believe the testimony of the TSA thugs manning the checkpoints?
Oh and #1, the ceramic knives all have small amounts of metal in them specifically so detectors and scanners CAN see them.
“So, the scanners are only to increase the control of the State…”. Don’t worry, there are scanners in your bedroom right now but wearing a tin foil hat will help.
Or maybe just do airport security that just works? But paranoia way more fun.
“Oh, and the solution for stop being attacked is simple: (1), stop bombing the sh** out of the Middle East, and (2), let the airlines do the security”
should read
“Oh, and the solution for stop being attacked is simple: (1), abandon support for Israel and leave the Middle East, and (2), convert the population of the United States and Western world to Islam.”
because that’s the only thing that will stop these radical jihadists.
Christoper Walken must be hard up for work these days.
Ya gotta love
“Simple, huh?”
Happy New Year guys.
RBG
How about we have a “muslim air” where we put all muslims on a separate flight….TOGETHER.
#5, Look at Question #10:
Can the Secure 1000 images be saved?
And the answer:
If saving images is enabled then the images acquired with the system can be saved on the system’s hard disk or transferred to floppy disk for training and legal documentation. The stored images can be recalled and viewed on the system monitor or on any IBM compatible personal computer with color graphics.
The Saudi prince was not assasinated but only slightly injured. The explosion killed the bomber, no surprise there, and left a large crater in the floor.
Cherman,
You’re a simple-minded idiot. Happy new years!
Statistically it’s less likely to die of terrorist attack in a plane, than it is of “natural” technical failures. That being said, it would be an interesting exercise to compare what’s being spent on this Theatre of Security vs. what’s being spent on “Real” technical and procedural security.
This is just rampant paranoia, and the end result will be that less and less people will put up with that to fly to the USA.