In another episode in the continuing saga of The Buffoons in Blue Overreact to Every Squeak, Burp, and Fart at the Checkpoint, a 26-year-old man at Bradley Airport in Connecticut was detained by the TSA and arrested by police for being a smart-ass.
When he was singled out for a scan or a grope—we don’t know which yet—and asked if he had anything else in his pockets, Jordan Rickard said, “Yeah, a bomb.”
The blue-shirted crusaders immediately swooped down upon him and called the police. Because, don’tchya know, if you really did have a bomb in your pocket, the first thing you would do would be announce it to all and sundry ahead of time.
The complicit media, of course, is playing up this story to the hilt, especially now, in our time of bogus “high alert” abroad and in “the homeland.”
Sieg heil.
The man was promptly carted off to jail; his girlfriend wasn’t.
Before you get all “he was so stupid to have done that, he got what he deserved.” blah blah blah, perhaps you shouldn’t be so quick to kiss the asses of every authority figure who comes down the pike. Perhaps you shouldn’t allow yourself to be so manipulated by fear. Not to mention by lies and propaganda. Perhaps you should learn to be a little more skeptical and to stand up for yourself and for your fellow man.
Perhaps you should even—heaven forfend—stand up for your rights.
For the umpteenth time, as I’ve written before, cracking a joke at the checkpoint is not against the law.
Just because some of you are willing to bend over and spread ‘em every time an authority figure tells you to doesn’t mean we all are. That’s why Frank Hannibal is suing, and why he’ll almost certainly win.
Lisa Simeone is a writer, editor, political activist, Glamour Girl, and radio host. She publishes ABombazine, where this originally appeared.
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TSA overreacts—again—to a wisecrack
Posted on August 8, 2013 by Lisa Simeone
In another episode in the continuing saga of The Buffoons in Blue Overreact to Every Squeak, Burp, and Fart at the Checkpoint, a 26-year-old man at Bradley Airport in Connecticut was detained by the TSA and arrested by police for being a smart-ass.
When he was singled out for a scan or a grope—we don’t know which yet—and asked if he had anything else in his pockets, Jordan Rickard said, “Yeah, a bomb.”
The blue-shirted crusaders immediately swooped down upon him and called the police. Because, don’tchya know, if you really did have a bomb in your pocket, the first thing you would do would be announce it to all and sundry ahead of time.
The complicit media, of course, is playing up this story to the hilt, especially now, in our time of bogus “high alert” abroad and in “the homeland.”
Sieg heil.
The man was promptly carted off to jail; his girlfriend wasn’t.
Before you get all “he was so stupid to have done that, he got what he deserved.” blah blah blah, perhaps you shouldn’t be so quick to kiss the asses of every authority figure who comes down the pike. Perhaps you shouldn’t allow yourself to be so manipulated by fear. Not to mention by lies and propaganda. Perhaps you should learn to be a little more skeptical and to stand up for yourself and for your fellow man.
Perhaps you should even—heaven forfend—stand up for your rights.
For the umpteenth time, as I’ve written before, cracking a joke at the checkpoint is not against the law.
Just because some of you are willing to bend over and spread ‘em every time an authority figure tells you to doesn’t mean we all are. That’s why Frank Hannibal is suing, and why he’ll almost certainly win.
Lisa Simeone is a writer, editor, political activist, Glamour Girl, and radio host. She publishes ABombazine, where this originally appeared.