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Friday, July 11, 2008 12:00 AM

Ask the pilot

Propped up by a culture of fear, TSA has become a bureaucracy with too much power and little accountability. Where will the lunacy stop?
By Patrick Smith

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  • Friday, July 11, 2008 10:41 AM

    Body Search Zone! Body Search Zone!

    Anyone remember the Tracy Ullman skit, where she played Shaneesha, an overzealous, full of herself airport security checkpoint worker whose delight in life was to haul someone out of line, and subject them to a full "body check."

    The minute someone got sassy with her, she'd start yelling

    "Body Search! Body Search!" and she'd haul the person off to the side and start waving her wand at them and threatening a cavity search.

    This is genius...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-QUUYsT0rE&NR=1

    So there, in a nutshell, is the typical person who now works for TSA. Fact is, she's probably been promoted to SUPERVISOR by now, so she can train all the new recruits...

    Some more fun with Shaneesha...

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=P_WeCJZagdQ

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=0EtLSelmwd4

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=xm_N6Y25EQ4

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