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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?

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  • Friday, July 11, 2008 02:00 PM

    I heart TSA

    Every time I go through screening (I fly about once a month) I am thankful that the TSA shows off the full glory of this administration (fear - stupidty - power - profits).

    Why am I glad??? Because 97% of the citizens of this country don't give a thought to the crazy shit going on under this administration until they are standing in their socks being questioned about their hand lotion. Then those regular folks who don't pay a whole lotta attention to FISA or GITMO and only fly once every couple of years start to pay attention and they don't like how they are treated. I hope and pray that those TSA experiences stick with these folks and they do something about it come election time.

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