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1 Daniel Ballard  Tue, Jun 26, 2012 3:14:28pm

Let's see now why do we have TSA? Because after 9/11 Federal employees will be so much better than those awful private security people who used to man the gates and terminals.

Howz dat workin out?

2 Obdicut  Tue, Jun 26, 2012 4:35:57pm

re: #1 Daniel Ballard

I don't think the point was replacing them with federal employees, but changing the system. ANd yeah, it's largely pointless, as every time the FBI has tried to sneak something through, they've succeeded. And if someone wanted to kill a lot of citizens, an airport security line would be a great place to do it.

3 EiMitch  Tue, Jun 26, 2012 4:54:51pm

We have the TSA because its "better than nothing," even though it isn't. Everyone knows the TSA is worthless. Yet, every time someone seriously suggests getting rid of them, the "better than nothing" crowd shriek in indignation at the thought of "doing nothing" and being "unprotected." Just keeping the TSA around makes the idiots feel safe. Whether or not they're actually any safer is completely beside the point.

In other words, TSA is still around for the same reason as good-luck charms: magic thinking.

4 philosophus invidius  Tue, Jun 26, 2012 6:31:10pm

It seems incorrect to me to say that "the TSA" spilled the ashes. Rather, a TSA agent spilled the ashes. That's a pretty important difference.

5 Obdicut  Wed, Jun 27, 2012 2:33:46am

I'd also note a lot of these stories have wound up being significantly less dramatic after the facts have come out.


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