LOS ANGELES - A Texas woman who said she was forced to remove a nipple ring with pliers in order to board an airplane called Thursday for an apology by federal security agents.... Full Article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080328/...nipple_rings_9 I mean come on... Really? Really? I don'...
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03-28-2008, 04:49 AM
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| 100% L.A. Livin'  Independent Los Angeles, CA 
| TSA Abuse Again: Woman had to removed nipple piercings to board plane! LOS ANGELES - A Texas woman who said she was forced to remove a nipple ring with pliers in order to board an airplane called Thursday for an apology by federal security agents.... Full Article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080328/...nipple_rings_9 I mean come on... Really? Really? I don't know what to say anymore, I'm glad I just stick to the privacy of my own home. One day I'll be pulled over and an FBI Agent will tell me to take off my pants, because they think UFO Terrorists implanted a bomb in my asshole. 
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03-28-2008, 05:02 AM
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| Left Wing Hack  Democrat Hastings, NE
| Jesus Christ. Unless her nipple ring was attached to a grenade... | ||||
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03-28-2008, 07:04 AM
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| Dirty Liberal  Democrat South Jersey
| the TSA is the most useless agency ever created by our governmnet. That is one area that I definately think should have remained private. Durrr 9/11 changed everything... durrr. | ||||
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03-28-2008, 07:22 AM
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| America Fuck Yea Election Moderator  Republican In Name Only
| I hate everything about flying, I would rather drive somewhere than fly if I can. | ||||
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03-28-2008, 07:57 AM
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| Dirty Liberal Democrat South Jersey
| Originally Posted by kinggovernor Airports suck. Imagine doing it while toting around a car seat, a diaper bag and an unhappy child. We flew up to visit my parents about a year ago with our daughter. She was probably 7 or 8 months old at that point. Yeah next time we are taking the Acela. I'm not flying again until Hannah is old enough to carry her own crap. 
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03-28-2008, 08:18 AM
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| Give me liberty or give me death!  libertarian Lake Stevens, WA
| Originally Posted by WickedLou9 Seriously. Traveling with my wife and kid is a nightmare on top of it already being a pain even when I go alone
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03-28-2008, 08:36 AM
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| Ignore list is for pussies.  Realist
| Originally Posted by WickedLou9 from where in jersey to where?
when you factor in airport time on both ends, it's faster to drive from boston to NY than it is to fly. | ||||
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03-28-2008, 09:03 AM
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| Dirty Liberal Democrat South Jersey
| Originally Posted by 7960 It's from basically Philly to the south shore. It is very close in time actually. I think flying, door to door, we save an hour at the very best. We really flew just because Hannah would not tolerate sitting in her car seat for 5-6 hours. When you fly it's short burts. 20 minutes to the airport. then we walk around and stuff. Then sit in the plane for 40 minutes. Then get out and walk around. you know. It breaks it up. That's why we want to take the Acela. The Acela can make the trip in 5 hours, which is similar to driving, but on a train we can get up and walk around with her.
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03-28-2008, 10:20 AM
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| Banned by Super *********s  Moderate
| Originally Posted by kombayn
I heard a radio report, she even offered to show them her titties  I'm guessing they didn't want to do that for fear of rules, but I don't know why they wouldn't have just asked a female agent to come look. that's government agency thinking for you though. | ||||
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03-28-2008, 12:42 PM
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| no es mi culpa  Independent Beantown
| dude. if they ask me tonight to remove ANY of my piercings I'm getting arrested. plain and simple.
__________________ There is small disproportion betwixt a fool who useth not wit because he hath it not and him that useth it not when it should avail him. | ||||
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03-28-2008, 12:56 PM
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| ipsa Scientia Potestas est  Pragmatist Greensboro, NC
| Originally Posted by Linzyhop What all is pierced?
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03-28-2008, 01:18 PM
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| Dirty Liberal Democrat South Jersey
| They don't ask people to remove metal plates from thier body do they? I mean what if you had a pin in your bone because of an injury... would they require you to remove that? In either case some piece of metal has been surgically attached to your body. It's ridiculous. People will get fired over this. | ||||
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03-28-2008, 01:53 PM
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| Banned  Libertarian Party DFW
| Originally Posted by WickedLou9
 I have a metal plate & screws in my right wrist, have since 2000. I've never set off a metal detector with it, not even when I went to and from NYC in March 2002. If a TSA scanner moved a wand over my right arm and it beeped, would they require me to open my skin and pull out the plate before I could get on the plane? No, that's ridiculous. It's the same sort of thing, just her metal was a choice on her part and is visible if she is naked. My metal was surgical necessity and is only visible on X-Rays and the like. Both have been surgically attached to the body though. | ||||
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03-28-2008, 02:35 PM
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| Friend to all.  Socialist Maryland
| I travel with my piercings all the time...nobody has said a thing. But just to play devil's advocate...I am not buying her story when it comes to removing them unless they are fairly recent. I have seen people take them in and out of nipples all the time to put in different ones. I do the same thing with the ones I have. They also have piercings made of different material such as bioplastic. That's as far as I'll go with this one because I think the situation was fucked up. She should have just said no. | ||||
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03-28-2008, 05:23 PM
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| Political Genius  Republican Yorba Linda Ca.
| Originally Posted by Simius
 In that case it is your duty in TSA to hold it in place! 
__________________ Sock It To Me!  "Bureaucracy is a Parasite that Preys on Free Thought and Suffocates Free Spirit!" - Douglas Adams | ||||
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03-28-2008, 05:28 PM
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| Political Genius Republican Yorba Linda Ca.
| Originally Posted by kombayn
I like this Newbie!  He is doing my thing!  | ||||
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03-28-2008, 05:38 PM
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| Leges sine Moribus Vanae  Liberal University City, Philly and Buffalo
| I can't stand TSA. They are the most over-officious, completely useless, pain-in-the-ass federal agency ever created. I loath them. This is what happens when you take a bunch of working-class people willing to work for $40K/year and tell them that they're important. They're fucking brainwashed into thinking they matter. | ||||
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03-28-2008, 05:38 PM
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| Leges sine Moribus Vanae Liberal University City, Philly and Buffalo
| Originally Posted by WickedLou9 Amtrak is expensive as hell.
I do whatever I can these days to avoid taking it. I changed trains four times to get to Boston last spring rather than take Amtrak because I saved like $120. | ||||
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03-28-2008, 05:43 PM
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| Political Genius Republican Yorba Linda Ca.
| Originally Posted by A_C_E
Obviously that does not buy good people skills or independent judgement. Just like the lady and her kid with the sippy cup!  | ||||
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03-28-2008, 06:52 PM
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| Dirty Liberal Democrat South Jersey
| Originally Posted by A_C_E yeah I know it's expensive, but we have to get up to visit my family this summer with our daughter and we can't drive and I don't want to fly
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