first off you are a dick, why are you really bothering video taping security especially TSA.

Sam can speak for himself, but I'd say the fact that TSA is harassing innocent people, blatantly violating their fourth amendment rights, and extorting money from me to do it, is reason enough.

If you think TSA is Security theatre then lets go back to when it was people coudlnt even take scissors on the plans and a nail clipper.

Uh … that stupid rule was also TSA.

I think we all need to do our part on the plane. TSA is only ment to intimidate the terrorist from trying to do another 9/11 and hopefully when the day comes that a terrorist do decide to try the system TSA will catch them and if not well god help us all.

Yes, god help us all that the only thing standing in between us and terrorists is the joke that is TSA. They harass grandmothers for having too much toothpaste, but routinely let actual test bombs right though.

If we wanted real security, we'd let the airlines handle it. Want an airline that strips everyone to their undies, in order to make you feel safe? Go for it. Want an airline where you can maintain privacy, at perhaps slightly more risk to yourself? Also your choice.

Given that I actually value freedom, and do not live my life terrified of some vague threat, I know which one I'd take. More people die every month in this country in auto accidents than died on 9/11. It's a bunch of fear-mongering, in order to get us to give up our rights and privacy.

Also, they'd probably let pilots and flight crews have guns — if they'd done that in the first place, 9/11 would never have happened.

Instead, we're stuck with a one size fits all "solution" jammed down all our throats — government agents viewing nude photos of us and our children, and harassing us over toothpaste. Its absolutely abusive, absurd, outrageous, unconstitutional, and immoral.

But after one TSA agent told an ignorant prick like yourself when i was flying: “When the plane goes down, you will see”.

Yes, we'll see that yet another incompetent federal agency failed miserably yet again, and was too busy viewing pictures of naked kids, or harassing someone over having the wrong size baggie, to do any real security work.

If you want TSA gone start legislation…

Yeah right. The people in congress want more power — Rs or Ds. They'd give everyone full cavity searches if they could get away with it.

I think videotaping, to show the absolute absurdity, waste, and abuse of the giant bureaucracy that is TSA, is a fine way to effect change. One wonders, if they're so proud of the job they do, why so many government agents hate cameras so much?

I'm not sure what your intended meaning or theme was, aside from plugging two organizations of many.

Peace

There is no justification for messing with the autonomy of foreign peoples and as history has shown, it's ineffective in the long run and worse yet at the onset.

As an American abroad I would not think twice about bringing equal force against the aggressors of my friends, family, or children in particular… by any soldier or representative of any nation or flag.

Patriotism is crap, and it's a sign of weakness. As I've mentioned to my brothers and sisters in the Armed Forces on numerous occasions, while I love em and will always break bread with them, there may come a day instead when necks will require breaking and I wouldn't.. couldn't in good conscience make the distinction of family or aggressing soldier. I hope they come to their senses, grab their pitchforks, and get back to the harvest sooner than later.

Paul and LPViper thank you for your responses.

And thank you

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Paul, do you intend to insult me with your responses, or is it just a passionate reply? Just trying to keep things civil here, and LPVipers response was quite nice, direct and to the point… My respect increased significately for him(her?). Paul, yours has a different tone, and I want to make sure I am reading it right.

I don't intend to insult you, but your endorsement of aggressive war is very offensive to me. You are endorsing the killing of innocent people.

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Just to put myself out there a little as well:

I am Christian, and conservative… (Guess you couldn’t guess that.) But, I do not consider myself a far right type of guy, I am in the middle,

I find left/right can be kind of inadequate to describe people sometimes.

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Pro Choice, I have a good friend who is gay.

I'm actually pro-life, which might surprise you, after the fetus/baby has a pulse and brain waves. After that point I consider them a person.

I don't think the government should be involved in defining marriage at all — have whatever ceremony you want, call it whatever you want, and let others call it what they want.

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I really think the two party system is broke right now…

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and the term limits was just a glimmer of hope to start things in the right direction.

I'd support term limits — but I see nullification as a brighter glimmer. We need to increase state independence.

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I have not served in the military, but my father and brother-in-law have as well as a host of other family members.

I vote, and have never run for office, most likely never will. I have no problem with the oath of office, for we the people have let this problem develop over time and now it is up to us to solve it.

I don't understand your last statement — how does the fact that we've let the problem grow and that we need to fix it makes you OK with the oath?

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What I hope here, is to find different minded people and have a sharing of views, hopefully without attacking each other, or insulting each other and see what comes from it.

It's good to branch out, and very mature of you .

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And, Vix, I hold no illusions about what the Government is really capable of doing or not, but in a very broad way, they do pretend to be protecting the citizens of the US.

Lol, they certainly pretend to do so. And, they actually do to an extent — police and fire often do actually help people who are in trouble.

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Final question, what area of the country do you live in, big assumption that you are in the US. West, East, North Central, South Central… I am in the South Central…

I'm from New Hampshire, but I currently live in LA.

Again, thanks for the heads up, and don't forget to empty out your 401k accounts before the socio-fascists in government steal those, too. They're talking about it