Wednesday, January 6, 2010

To fly or not to fly…that is the question












Every since 9-11 people have been beefing about all of the new security measures that are in place at airports throughout the country (the world for that matter). We have to remove shoes, take off coats, hats, and everything else. Last time I traveled I asked the TSA agent for dinner after they were done. While some of these measures are bothersome, they are nonetheless necessary. Over the Christmas holiday season we had another attempt at blowing up an airplane and inflicting American casualties. Fortunately his efforts were thwarted by a combination of his incompetence and the proactive actions of other passengers. Personally I think that fool should have done some research before trying to do anything in the way of terrorism around Detroit. Somebody should have told him…LOL.


A couple of years ago they started using the full body scans in some airports. Some folks in the US got all bothered by it claiming privacy issues, etc. Now, this argument is resurfacing. It’s funny how folks want to have it both ways. They want to be safe and enjoy all the freedom they think they deserve. I’ll be the first to admit, I’ve said in the past, and will say in the future, we have too many freedoms in this country. Stop making that face. You know it’s true! If you don’t you will by the time I’m done. Look…we have to make some concessions to assure that everybody who gets on a plane is able to get off on the other end; plain and simple. All of the safeguards they had in place didn’t find this fool’s panty bomb. However, had he been scanned it would have been detected. I’ve actually seen the picture from one of these machines. There’s nothing obscene or perverted about what you see. They can’t actually ‘see’ any body parts. Think burlesque dancing and you’ll get the picture


I’m sick of some of these liberal, whiny, wanna have it both ways idiots who complain about the security measures put in place, but would be the first one to try and sue if their family member was killed on a plane citing the airline for not protecting their passengers-hence the name of this offering. Either you deal with the safeguards put in place or drive where you want to go. Oh yeah, you can take the train too. Either way it goes, we have folks out there who will try to harm you either because you’re American, because you’re rich, because you’re tall, because you’re fat, or just because it’s Tuesday. Deal with it, shut up and live life.


It’s just my opinion, but I’m not wrong.

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