tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post8926398469373180433..comments2024-01-03T05:18:54.650-05:00Comments on CDR Salamander: Nashville StandoffCDR Salamanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05981221786954902349noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-43247147558060438522012-01-26T10:11:24.487-05:002012-01-26T10:11:24.487-05:00US Senators are a pretty safe bet. The incidence o...US Senators are a pretty safe bet. The incidence of hijacking and multiple murder suicide by self detonation is relatively low.<br /><br />Kind of like merchant mariners, except the mariners have to have a background investigation by the FBI to get the job.Grandpa Bluewaternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-18710795377014804842012-01-26T07:54:13.255-05:002012-01-26T07:54:13.255-05:00Yep. And a few years back, the younger of the Ken...Yep. And a few years back, the younger of the Kennedy Political class claimed it whan pulled over for DUI in the DC area....and got away with it...but then, he was a D, and we have come to accept such behavior as...like "OK."xformednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-41111128093997249882012-01-25T18:54:31.218-05:002012-01-25T18:54:31.218-05:00The spork is the preferred weapon of Bucky Katt in...The spork is the preferred weapon of Bucky Katt in the comic strip Get Fuzzy.SCOTTtheBADGERnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-39556507541812843422012-01-25T06:04:37.335-05:002012-01-25T06:04:37.335-05:00I practice spork combatives. I practice spork combatives. LT Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-90746428465602050052012-01-25T02:44:53.181-05:002012-01-25T02:44:53.181-05:009/11 changed the equation of hijacking forever. B...9/11 changed the equation of hijacking forever. Before 9/11 the best option was to sit quietly and wait for it to be over. After 9/11? .... you had better be prepared to kill all of the passengers as they will no longer be sitting quietly in their seats.Seannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-27503221960281984592012-01-25T01:42:14.297-05:002012-01-25T01:42:14.297-05:00Can you imagine the trouble I would be in, if I, a...Can you imagine the trouble I would be in, if I, as a police officer, decided to start searching people randomly?SCOTTtheBADGERnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-26985150790803331342012-01-24T20:30:20.430-05:002012-01-24T20:30:20.430-05:00While i can agree with the armored cabin and armed...While i can agree with the armored cabin and armed guards you cant short the planes on fuel. Sometimes they have to wait that would be bad.<br /><br />And no one is going to accept just losing planes full of people that would bring another TSA anyways and the truth is we just need to profile its simple as that. IS it Nice or PC? nope Does it make you feel happy about how enlightened you are? Nope does it work? Ask the israelies.Jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-85514815199565581022012-01-24T20:16:34.497-05:002012-01-24T20:16:34.497-05:00I always had a "Random" "enhanced s...I always had a "Random" "enhanced screening" when returning from a (merchant) ship job overseas and boarding a domestic flight after clearing customs and immigration, or going to one. Always on a short notice one way ticket. My passport read "occupation - Merchant Seaman". Every time. Ditto cross country flights to a US port.<br /><br />Random, oh yes. One time they confiscated a pair of nail clippers from my shaving kit. My fault, the cab from the ship was early so I grabbed the kit and tossed into my laptop, plotting tools and license never leaves my hand roller bag on top of my rainslicker, and ran for the cab.<br /><br />Random.Grandpa Bluewaternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-59204487037632093392012-01-24T17:54:31.504-05:002012-01-24T17:54:31.504-05:00SJS,
It was Tampa, think Latina, w/ just a wee ...SJS,<br /> It was Tampa, think Latina, w/ just a wee bit of makeup, curves, and hair done just so. Oh yeah, there is a good one in the bunch of bad ones every once in awhile.LT Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-45361029365557348032012-01-24T17:52:17.095-05:002012-01-24T17:52:17.095-05:00My ankle set off the machine due to all the scar t...My ankle set off the machine due to all the scar tissue. They have to pat down my ankle once in awhile as it shows up funny on the scan. It is his right to deny the pat down. LT Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-77360164509364635142012-01-24T17:34:26.147-05:002012-01-24T17:34:26.147-05:00He went right to the press:
http://www.washington...He went right to the press:<br /><br />http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jan/23/tsas-intrusions-undermine-security/<br /><br />Time for the TSA to go. It amazes me the powers that agency gives it's employees to detain citizens with no cause and without them having proved to be qualified to do so in any way. I don't feel my right to travel should be at the whim of the high-school dropout, 2 year TSA employee. Abolish the TSA, arm the pilots, reenforce the cockpit door, and place strict limits on the amount of fuel planes can carry based on their destination. Once the terrorists realize that they (at best) will only be able to kill the passengers on the plane and some people on the ground, the risk/reward goes way down, and they will likely find other targets.speknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-49919300254619534542012-01-24T13:41:40.567-05:002012-01-24T13:41:40.567-05:00my like was for you - I'd joke like that too.
...my like was for you - I'd joke like that too.<br /><br />But I'm wondering where the 'hot' agents are.Wharf Ratnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-9441617332505421362012-01-24T12:54:35.290-05:002012-01-24T12:54:35.290-05:00Physical pat downs fall under the Terry v. Ohio li...Physical pat downs fall under the Terry v. Ohio line of cases.<br /><br />They are searches. They are searches that do not necessarily require a warrant, but htey do require reasonable suspicion. A random buzzer (and I believe the Senator, as I too have been told by a TSA Agent that the buzzer was random) is not reasonable suspicion.Actus Rhesusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-56812633191675366832012-01-24T11:10:37.061-05:002012-01-24T11:10:37.061-05:00Again - not a lawyer here - but I would think that...Again - not a lawyer here - but I would think that "detainment" in this example with Paul does not rise to the level of "Arrest" per the intent of the Constitution, as Paul was free to go at any time.LazyChopnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-22733084416672774652012-01-24T11:04:35.671-05:002012-01-24T11:04:35.671-05:00Not a lawyer here, but I don't know if you can...Not a lawyer here, but I don't know if you can consider it an unreasonable or "illegal search," even in the case of a Congressman or Senator. Paul was not arrested, but was denied the privilege of commercial air travel for failure to comply with existing regulations. I certainly have my own low opinion regarding these TSA practices, but several prominent cases have tended to uphold the legal authority of the Dept of Homeland Security to conduct these pat-downs.<br /><br />I'm not defending TSA actions in the least, but this is a very nuanced issue...LazyChopnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-74781455816740453302012-01-24T10:34:24.787-05:002012-01-24T10:34:24.787-05:00Pfft. Bourbon. Whisky is the best, followed by Rum...Pfft. Bourbon. Whisky is the best, followed by Rum.<br /><br />Had some Bourbon beer a few weeks ago have to admit that stuff was great. Sorry whenever i hear the word kentucky i feel the need to strike.<br /><br />Hell my sisters inlaws are going to be kentuckians............sigh.Jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-37897379798333395492012-01-24T10:17:52.440-05:002012-01-24T10:17:52.440-05:00I think the Senator has standing to force this to ...I think the Senator has standing to force this to the Supreme Court. I would like to see the TSA go away... bang for buck they are face palm fail...MR T's Haircutnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-91675207848865791092012-01-24T08:34:11.551-05:002012-01-24T08:34:11.551-05:00nope. Sportsbra all 4 times. And the TSA worker ...nope. Sportsbra all 4 times. And the TSA worker told me on one occasion that it was random.Actus Rhesusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-62675157597257523472012-01-24T08:33:29.668-05:002012-01-24T08:33:29.668-05:00Mark,
You impugn the actions of the Senator with ...Mark,<br /><br />You impugn the actions of the Senator with no evidence. I may have spent most of law school in a drunken haze, but I do recall that defending one's constitutional right against unlawful search does not create probable cause or reasonable suspicion, despite what some law enforcement types would like to claim. Actus Rhesusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-24588902755764618542012-01-24T07:52:28.533-05:002012-01-24T07:52:28.533-05:00AM,
Regardless of the mode or comfort level of tr...AM,<br /><br />Regardless of the mode or comfort level of travel, the intent of the law is to forbid an chief executive from arresting a Congressman or Senator to prevent him/her from voting on a measure which the chief executive wants to block or defeat. <br /><br />Shades of Charles I and the Rump Parliament. And with good reason.UltimaRatioRegisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-81289028535280850302012-01-24T07:46:57.678-05:002012-01-24T07:46:57.678-05:00With Congress in session, when are the Members of ...With Congress in session, when are the Members of Congress not "going to and returning from the same?" This was written when the Members were riding horseback to get to the Capitol, hardly seems that a Member is at the same level of inconvenience when boarding a plane and then to their chauffeured SUV limo.<br /><br />BTW, carrying a firearm onto a plane would be a felony and could result in the privilege of an arrest. TSA, like them or not, are caught in a catch-22 - enforce their own rules or make an obvious exception for a member of the privileged class. No win in either case. I think the TSA has to follow through and I wonder how the Senator is going to get back to Washington, DC, if not by plane? Except now he is "clean." Makes you wonder if he was hiding something...<br /><br />Suspect - what is your source regarding the programming of the scanner. If you are not an employee of the scanner manufacturer, you cannot know this. If you are an employee, I would say not for long.Acquisition Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-53509167286336229922012-01-24T07:46:41.455-05:002012-01-24T07:46:41.455-05:00I know that underwires will cause metal detectors ...I know that underwires will cause metal detectors to go off.SCOTTtheBADGERnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-84540771589497666712012-01-24T07:41:55.201-05:002012-01-24T07:41:55.201-05:00@LT B:
And what airport do you go through? That o...@LT B:<br />And what airport do you go through? That or our definitions of "hot" diverge... ;) <br />w/r, SJSsteeljawscribenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-19819209840357198092012-01-24T07:36:15.702-05:002012-01-24T07:36:15.702-05:00PS. the "like" is for your wife.PS. the "like" is for your wife.Actus Rhesusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-90251341340636479852012-01-24T07:34:04.079-05:002012-01-24T07:34:04.079-05:00this has happened to me 4 times in a row at Norfol...this has happened to me 4 times in a row at Norfolk airport.Actus Rhesusnoreply@blogger.com