tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216011953770444735.post3738524759850121565..comments2024-01-07T00:58:01.364-05:00Comments on SON OF THE CUCUMBER KING: "You're Going... I'm Staying"Ray Errol Fox / Son of the Cucumber Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09244270231118696818noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216011953770444735.post-35430812632217044172010-01-27T01:39:30.656-05:002010-01-27T01:39:30.656-05:00I don't know what it will take for airport sec...I don't know what it will take for airport security to be where it should be, but I hope it's nothing more terrible than what we have already been subjected to.<br /><br />As for me, I will gladly subject myself to Germany's uber-generous searches if it makes the rest of the world sleep easier. I just hope I'm not the only one Hans keeping pulling his moves on. For something like that, they should at least offer you a drink while you're waiting.Jacopohttp://www.cracked.com/members/Jacoponoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216011953770444735.post-52937714919411355592010-01-11T16:44:09.554-05:002010-01-11T16:44:09.554-05:00Why is it that elitists will refer to someone like...Why is it that elitists will refer to someone like the good Senator as "DeMented" but when someone points to the Obamanation in the White House they run off screaming epithets at that person? Senator DeMint is one of the brighter bulbs in an extremely dim lit (and dim witted) senate chamber. Wouldn't it be great to have a unionized TSA go on strike and put the entire transportation system at risk? Maybe Usama Bin Obama could get some balls and go outside the country for a TSA head...perhaps someone from the Israeli air safety system. Nahhhhh, the 57 Islamic states might find THAT offensive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216011953770444735.post-3210109395767105682010-01-08T01:47:00.779-05:002010-01-08T01:47:00.779-05:00I missed a flight from Milwaukee by arriving at th...I missed a flight from Milwaukee by arriving at the airport only 90 minutes before my flight..I was on my way to Eastern Eurpoe ---so Cindy and I headed off to Ohare so I could catch another flight. At Ohare I was in a long line going through the scanners and noticed a lady fidgeting with her carry on--something didn't look right. She made it through security without hassle. I told the TSA that she had something she was hiding in her bag. They began a keystone cop chase but got to her--went through her bag and found what turned out to be a mock-up of an explosive. I had enough toime to find out what went down. It turned out she was a government agent and her job was to smuggle her ersatz explosive past the TSA. It didn't leave me feeling very safe. <br /><br />A few days ago I read how the Slovakians put actual explosives into the suitcases of 8 unsuspecting passengers. The found seven the eighth made it all the way to Ireland where the police were dispatched to fetch it. Obviously using real explosives was completely nuts--but the pride of the Slovakians who explained they had found seven of the eight was absurd. <br /><br />The world has changed. We have a long way to go before we figure out security at home and even longer to figure it out abroad. <br /><br />Scan me please!!!<br /><br />JerryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216011953770444735.post-84388815740135113272010-01-06T18:07:45.034-05:002010-01-06T18:07:45.034-05:00Same old story... reminds me of the mid-level FBI...Same old story... reminds me of the mid-level FBI agent who reported suspicious activity at a flight school, with "aspiring pilots" learning how to take off but not land airplanes... and the brass dissed him. That was in I believe August 2001. WTF Senator?!girlontapehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12107411738753899518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216011953770444735.post-2478929956763859852010-01-06T15:22:21.675-05:002010-01-06T15:22:21.675-05:00Love the title of this post, Ray, and the sharp bu...Love the title of this post, Ray, and the sharp but simple point it drives home.<br /><br />Would that we could only have El Al's level of security here. But doesn't El Al have private, highly-trained security agents, paid by the airline... rather than our usual solution of poorly-trained government agency employees, unionized or not?<br /><br />Witness the TSA guard at Newark airport out here, who wandered away from the checkpoint to take a cell phone call as a stranger strolled through the wrong way. And the TSA cameras just happened not to be working. Where'd they find video of the guy? (the airline's private cameras.)<br /><br />I understand Erroll Southers does have a great background with the FBI & LAX... except for the part about using government computers to check out his wife's new boyfriend and "misspeaking" about it to the Senate confirmation committee - and that wasn't even part of DeMint's objection... I imagine it is now. But if Southers is the guy to straighten things out, go for it.Dick Atkinsnoreply@blogger.com