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On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:21:42 -0500, Harry
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On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:26:17 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
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Completely untrue and diengenous tripe. You and Demint are so
terrified of
unions that you would rather leave the general population at risk.
What
heros.
a couple days ago Thunder said there was no connection between not
having a TSA director and the attempted bombing. You folks have to get
your story together.

... and how will having a union make us safer?

When you look at the GSA benefits and salary I still don't understand
why we need the extra bureaucracy of a union in there gumming up the
works. These people make 130% of the private industry wage and have
the same benefit package as Harry Reid.

I and Thunder don't coordinate our posts.

So, it would be a bit more expensive. At least they would have some
voice.
Is this a reason to hold up the security of the nation? Are you telling
me
that we should not have a person at the top coordinating functions,
dealing
with Congress, etc.? Or, is Demint just interested in playing politics?
Occam's Razor.


For all the good they are doing, we could get Wackenhut back in there
and fire the whole damned department.


How do we know "all the good" they are doing...or not doing.
The problem is, we'll never know. Even if there is a hijacking or
bombing, it doesn't mean the system has failed because there are far
more flights and passengers than there are ways to check them.

Some redneck from SW Florida was cited for leaving a 4" long 3/4"
diameter firework on a plane the other day. He said he had been
carrying that stuff (implying he had more) in his carry on for
several flights and nobody caught it.
If that had gone off it may have been more dangerous than the silly
thing Farouk was carrying. At least it would have worked.
They keep calling it a firecracker but firecrackers are not 4" long
More likely it was a fountain or a rocket. Something that size could
be a half stock of dynamite.

People still seem to be getting on planes with weapons and prohibited
items every day. My wife had a half liter of water in her purse coming
back from California and didn't see it until we were in the air. Good
thing it wasn't a bomb and we weren't terrorists.


Couple years ago, on a flight to Rome. We changed planes in Cinncinati, and
while eating lunch, still inside the secure area, realise we have a 4"
folding knife in the backpack. Felt safer on that flight. SFO, TSA (Trained
to Steal Anything) screwed up.