You lying, cheating son-of-a-bitch.

Were the world a just place, you’d be in jail right now.

You should be forced to give back all the money you made on AGW hype. And repay all the monies that the taxpayers of this country have been forced to pay out in subsidies for ethanol and other “green” initiatives.

You should be horsewhipped and beaten.

Good thing dueling is against the law.

It is where you find stuff like THIS.

I especially like “We’ve handled more balls than Barney Frank”

All you whiny fuckers who were so officious, who were so formal, firm and unyielding in your drone like useless jobs ? You folks who have used petty tyranny to retaliate at the complaints when you go too far by making people endure even more rigorous searches The ones who are, at best, failed mall cops and Fast Food rejects,…You who do a non- productive job (and you have to know it), who replaced folks in polyester jackets being paid minimum wage……You useless money wasting child molesting assholes. You who garnered such praise as “Thousands Standing Around”….You 47,000 totally useless government workers.

Yeah, I am talking to you…Mr. or Ms TSA agent.

Now you are whining about how the flying public hates you, and makes your job so stressful, because those potential terrorists taxpaying passengers are calling you names, like “pervert”, “molester”, “creep” and worse:

The public put up with your stupid rules about cuticle scissors, and nail files on toenail clippers. They accepted, grudgingly, the restrictions on liquids. They decided it wasn’t worth arguing about taking off their shoes. We put up with your stupid rules because we just weren’t willing to fight over an inconvenience even though we knew that it was never going to stop even a single act of terrorism.

But if you think that for one minute that they think you have made even ONE flight safer, have stopped even ONE potential terrorist, if you think that they feel that you are anything but a waste of manpower, salaries and blue uniforms, then you are mistaken. If you think that the flying public feels that you are worthy of anything but derision, and have felt that way for a while, then you are mistaken. If you really knew what the public thought of you, your department, and the job you fail to do, you’d slit your wrists. If you knew how hard we laugh at you, even as we put up with your bullshit, you’d have to move and change your name.

Don’t like your job? Feel that it is stressful and demeaning? TOO FUCKING BAD. Where is your self respect? Would your mother and/or father be proud of you? Participating in a farce? Groping people just because you are told to? Willingly trampling on peoples rights just to get a paycheck?

Your boss said that if we didn’t like flying, we were free to choose another method of transportation.

So, by that same logic, if you don’t like your job and the accompanying derision, you can try to get your job at the mall stroller office back….Or see if Burger King will hire you.

Like your boss, we really don’t care.

And you and I both know that if you all quit, we would be just as safe, just as secure, and a lot happier.

It is raining here. Cold, dreary hard rain. I hate it.

And yet:

The weather is unseasonably warm for the week of Thanksgiving. Today we had a high of 67. Were this a “normal” winter, this weather pattern would be dropping a foot or more of snow.

There will be days in the not too near future where we will dream fondly of days like this.

But I got caught in the rain, and I am just wet and cold. And not thankful right now.

I guess it is all a matter of perspective.

“If you ask 10 gun owners what is the best .45 you’ll get 9 answers and some asshole telling you that you should buy a pistol in 9mm instead….”

Seen in comments on an EZBoard site

So he would like to ” raise the TSA to the next level” and “Fully integrate the TSA workers into us government efforts”

Next will be trains, subways, busses, etc.

Of course that will require an additional 47,000 (or so) workers on the government payroll.

And you thought TSA stood for “Thousands Standing Around”….soon it will mean “Ten thousand”.

Delusions of Grandeur? You betcha. But how else can you explain how you need an ever increasing share of an already bloated government budget?

“If you cannot be strong everywhere, then be strong where your enemy is weakest”

I mean, think about it….We spent the Soviets into the ground to destroy them and end the cold war……Perhaps this is what AlQueda has planned all along?

It is no wonder they think we are weak and scared…..That is the message that our government is giving them.

Don’t worry, you’ll get used to it soon. Really, when the searches are everywhere, you will soon get used to them…..

I mean, really Der Leader has spoken:  “at present naked body scanners and pat down searches bordering on sexual molestation are the best way to prevent Muslims in caves from attacking the American people.” Or something like that…..

What he said.

It doesn’t get much plainer than that.

Professor LaPaz would be proud:

Via Insty, you can read THIS.

I think it is a Good Idea. While tampering with the Constitution is best approached with caution and forethought, this idea, to have another hold on our federal government’s power, sounds like a good idea.

This will allow states to have the power override the power currently held by the political parties. (See also: Obamacare). It would give the states (should there be a 2/3 majority agreeing) the power to overrule our legislative and executive branch. While this may end up not turning out to be a Good Thing, I really at this time do not see the downside. After all, the state legislators represent us too, right? 

In fact, one wonders why it should be a 2/3 majority? If you cannot find enough people who will be satisfied with a law, and can, instead find a simple majority of states which oppose it, is the law really a Good Law?

While very Heinleinesque in form, it does have the possibility of turning out well. And I really don’t see the downside.

(and if you don’t understand the Heinlein reference, order this book and you will. If you haven’t read it, you should)

Via Insty we have THIS.

With a warning that you might want to wear a tinfoil hat, I think it is worth reading.

I have wondered for a while if we, as a people, are being conditioned. These scanners are just one example. TV shows are always setting an example of a Law Enforcement agency chasing the Bad Guy, and easily looking at his telephone, cell phone, and internet records without a warrant. They just enter his name in the computer and find all the incriminating evidence. Think about this. It isn’t reality….Yet. But it is always shown in a good light, as helping catch the Evil Bad Guy.The invasion of privacy is a Good Thing when Law Enforcement does it.

But the movies for many years showed similar scanners in a good light, even before they were real (or at least implemented).

Yet now we have the move to cow us into accepting an invasive scan. How much of this is fumbling on the part of the TSA, and how much is it an experiment to see if we are conditioned enough to accept it? (And how much of it is motivated by profit?).

Just something to think about after you get your shiny hat adjusted…..

Go here. Think good thoughts.

The time is coming, soon, when I too shall have to help an old loyal companion to the Bridge.

I fear very little, but I fear that day with all my being.

I hope and pray I will have the same courage when it is my task.