Think People Are Over-reacting To The TSA Bullmeep?

that's me standing behind her in line going, 'GOD meepING DAMMIT'

'Radioactive X-rays?'

Nice use of ignorant paranoia to start a confrontation.

Land of the free, homeland security of the cowardly

Well, xrays are actually radioactive.

When I get xrays I get to wear a big leather/lead apron thingy over areas that are not xrayed, and the tech scurries to another room to poosh the butan. Is that all for dramatic effect?

Well, yeah. But it's a wave, not a particle. It doesn't leave any traces of radiation or (I'm pretty sure) effect breast milk in any significant way once the power's off.

and who wouldn't want mutant x men type babies?

Anybody got some FDA training for dairy products and an X-ray machine? Maybe we could X-ray the meep out of some breast milk and see if it does anything.

the point is they were not following their own policies. Who gives a meep whether Xrays actually do any damage to the milk? They have a POLICY to assuage those fears (legitimate or not), THAT THEY REFUSED TO FOLLOW.

The point is that they are being vindictive meeps.

You're right of course.

But I think it's a pretty natural reaction to being taken out of their normal cushy job and forced to take on real responsibility. They're becoming real cops. (And you know how they act.)

Cell phones are radioactive devices and I don't see anyone urging a national 'Hello Moto' opt-out day.

This isn't about radiation. It's about assholes who don't follow their own rules. It's also about the absolute ridiculousness of this whole thing.

Well, xrays are actually radioactive. When I get xrays I get to wear a big leather/lead apron thingy over areas that are not xrayed, and the tech scurries to another room to poosh the butan. Is that all for dramatic effect?

To be clear, something that is radioactive emits radiation. X-rays don't emit radiation, they are radiation; by definition, then, they aren't radioactive. In practice, though, there's no difference. You're still being radiated.

I am planning to opt out of any x-ray machine thingy and go for the full body pat down and then demand that they grab my meep.

ld50 got it in one sentence. I hope it's just a phase (like Mcarthyism, and slavery, and importing Nazi war criminals to build rockets)

ld50 got it in one sentence.

Not really. We didn't institute this, W did, and Obama has expanded it. We (them people) are not the cowardly ones.

Do you get exposed to more radiation on the airplane or from an xray scanner thing? The woman got uppity and was put in her place.

It's kinda funny that she doesn't even look like she could be in Al-Qaeda. Because that is who the TSA is supposed to be looking for.

i'm going to work up some wood before the pat down. That, or just pack a second.

Huh, so this is what happens when you put half-educated rent-a-cop failures in charge of 'security'? Who would have guessed?

In the immortal words of the great Alan Garner, 'Thanks a lot Bin Laden'.

If they need to search me then they better let me show em my meep!!!

It's obvious that the 450 lb swivel headed gunt was in charge. We need to install TSA screenings at every fast food restaurant in her neighborhood, post haste. I'd like to see her submit to x-rays and 2 hours in a glass box for each big mac she orders.

So, if I submit to a TSA screening, will the radiation turn me into a supahheero'h?

Also, I for one, welcome our new government masters.

Big Brother is Watching You. ;D

Ghostie: We didn't institute this, W did, and Obama has expanded it. We (them people) are not the cowardly ones.

Worth noting that this LOki predicted this. It progresses naturally from the premise that there is little fundamental difference between Bush's political party and Obama's political party . . . it's too bad so many of the electorate really think there is.