TSA Cuts No Slack for ‘Special Needs’ Man and His Plastic Toy Hammer
- Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:11pm by
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ROMULUS, Mich. (WJBK) – The Mandy family says they were on their way to the happiest place on earth (Disney), but had to go through hell to get there.
“I realize they’re trying to keep people safe, but come on, does he look like a terrorist?” said Dr. David Mandy.
The family was going through security when two TSA agents singled Drew Mandy out for a special pat down. Drew is severely mentally disabled. He’s 29, but his parents said he has the mental capacity of a two-year-old, which made the experience that followed at metro Detroit’s McNamera Terminal that much harder to deal with.
“You have got to be kidding me. I honestly felt that those two agents did not know what they were doing,” Mandy told us.
Dr. Mandy claimed they asked Drew to place his feet on the yellow shoe line, something he didn’t understand. They proceeded to pat his pants down, questioning the padding which was his adult diapers. When the agents asked Drew to take his hand and rub the front and back of his pants so they could swab it for explosives, his dad stepped in and tried to explain that Drew was mentally challenged.
“They said, ‘Please, sir, we know what we’re doing,’” Mandy said.
The TSA agents saw Drew holding a six-inch plastic hammer.
“My son carries his ball and his hammer for security. He goes everywhere with (them),” said Mandy.
The TSA it seems saw the toy as a weapon.
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Comments (325)
kickagrandma
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:58pm1. All AMERICANS stop flying! Just STOP!
Report Post »2. tsa needs to be STOPPED, however possible by AMERICANS. (Nobody flies….no need for tsa)
3. Nobody, I mean NObody touches this “kid”.
debkk9
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 9:07pmIf all Americans stopped flying for ONE day..do you think that would get their attention.Just think if NOT ONE PLANE took off. and I agree with Teaparty grammy…..if I can’t get there by car–I don’t go. period.
Report Post »zman173rd
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 10:45amThat would work. Because there will be a few who will still fly, and the arlines would lose millions daily by flying a plane 90% empty. Unlike Beck, I believe in BOYCOTT. but it must be organized. The news org’s wont mention it so how do you get the word out to the general public to do this? It would only take a week of boycotts before the TSA is a thing of the past.
Report Post »suzy000
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:58pmMy heart went out to that family. I cannot even imagine that happening to us. What a nightmare…there is no way law abiding Americans should go through that having to watch their families humiliated…what a crying shame!!!
Report Post »theamericanvision
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:57pmReminds me of elementary school bullies. They always pick on the kid that is least likely to pose a physical challenge to them. I wonder if they are afraid of confronting the strong and choose the weak to make their day go by easier?
Report Post »Cold War Vet
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 8:27pm@ THEAMERICANVISION
That sounds about right!
Report Post »RamboTheDog
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:50pmEnough! the last time I flew was the year after 911..there was NONE of this BS. no pat down or other un-constitutional behavior.
Until the majority of fliers start protesting with their wallets and their VOTEs this gestapo like behavior by our government under the auspices of “keeping us all safe” will be your childrens future in EVERYTHING they do.
Q. How many people die each year in auto-accidents? over 50k and no one feels me up before I go drive my car..COME ON FLIERS/CARRIERS – get a clue and stand up for your rights.
Report Post »Teaparty-grammy
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 7:07pmI don’t fly anymore. If I can’t get there by car, I don’t go! I refuse to be party to this legalized molestation. Cold War Vet is right–this is clear violation of our right to be free of unreasonable search and seizure. Every time they enact something like this and get away with it, our rights become a little less secure.
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 11:53pmI’m with you Grammy. I have said if I can’t drive, swim or paddle a boat, I’m not going. This can’t work for everyone, but it’s my choice. When the father tried to explain, they wouldn’t listen. Can’t blame the workers, they’re only following the rules (most are dumb as dirt) but I do blame we the people for putting up with this Gestapo search & seizure. Stop flying for a few weeks and see if they make changes.
Report Post »I want to see the type people who’ve done these dirty deeds get patted down every time and leave the babies & mentally challenged alone, especially when they are with parents who can be vouched for. If the police don’t have to feel up crotches in a pat down, why should TSA?
dupaws
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:49pmwelcome to the new world of Obumas dream. A place were the government has goons without the brains to know the differance between mentally disabled white man and a young Muslim male yelling “Allahu Akbar!”. Humiliate the mentally disabled with acts that if you or I did would be call molestation, but oh,were not the government. But then they let the Muslim right though. A big part of the problem is all the PC crowd. Remenber what old Ben said,” If you bive up a freedom for security, you deserve neither”. Our founders would be so proud.
Report Post »Texas Grasshopper
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:48pmnot good ……………….
Report Post »ICEDRAGONNITE
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:46pmJust click your heels together and yell heil. follow the law blindly and give no room for the helpless and disabled. Just send them to the showers.
Report Post »1Wolverine
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:41pmWho’s the “mentally challenged” in this story? Well, just like every story you read lately it’s the government goons wearing the state sanctioned costumes. You have to be a damn imbecile to work for the government in any agency or level.
Report Post »Alan
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:40pmJanet Napolitano insists that using common sense is not within the TSA’s job discription. Does seem she’s correct.
Report Post »Hula Calhoun
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 7:21pmYou’re right. She said it in those words herself and it is recorded for all time. There are not enough bad words to describe that creature.
Report Post »lynnissmart
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:38pmI hope this family sues the pants off the tsa (small caps for small minds) and wins…..this is disgraceful, if not pathetic….I think it’s the tsa and government that are mentally challenged!
Report Post »Wayne
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:37pmWhen has a non muslim destoryed any building are crashed a plane in the USA????????? this government makes me sick, i have been on this earth over 70 yrs and Obama is the worst I have seen and getting worst by the day. not only him but it seems all in the White House are thye same. just plain DUMB.
Report Post »Teaparty-grammy
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 7:01pmUm Timothy McVeigh comes to mind. He was an entirely different species of nut case (they come in all flavors). But he’s the only one I can think of who was non-Muslim. The other difference was, he was attempting to target the government (not that this excuses what he did, mind you). The Muslims tend to favor targeting civilians, including children whenever possible. Because that is the kind of moderate, peace-loving folks they are.
Report Post »BelievinginAmerica
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 10:43pmI couldn’t agree more Wayne! Obama is the WORT president (if you want to call him that) EVER>EVER>EVER!!
Report Post »oteb767
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:36pmUsually I’m with you on the TSA, but, think about this – what if someone was using him to get things beyond the gate – terrorists have been known to use the mentally handicap to achieve their ends. On the other hand, it‘s a shame that the agents wouldn’t listen, they could have been thorough in their duties but also compassionate to this individual and family. Shouldn’t be to hard to see this man was challenged.
Report Post »1Wolverine
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:48pmYeah, what if?
Report Post »CrazyJ
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 7:43pmexactly, the ignorant masses don’t get it. they live in a freakin bubble. TSA has even said the reason they do these types of searches is because the terrorists will exploit the norms of society to harm us. so yea, search that little toddler, and that special needs guy, we have no idea who is being used by the muslims to kill us.
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:33pmThe TSA is run by Democrats. They hate Special Needs people. They wanted Trig Palin dead. They ruined the day in Madison for the Special Olympics kids/young adults. So why should this be any different. Democrats are the lowest form of life on this planet, lower than Muslims, and anything they run is rotten & corrupt.
Report Post »Teaparty-grammy
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:48pmWell, you know those folks are into eugenics — breeding the master race. Hitler did not just kill Jews, yaknow. He also killed “special needs” people, because they were not useful to him. I think there is a lesson in there for those who admire this crowd so much. They only tolerate the “useful idiots” as long as they are useful. The minute they are not, shove ‘em on a train and off to the camps they go with the rest of the “undesirables”.
It has been said that a society is judged by how it treats its weakest members. What would this little TSA scene say about OUR society? SHAME on these liberal fools who pretend to be sooooo tolerant, while harboring all kinds of spite and hatred toward just about everybody else. Kind of like the Muslims. No wonder these two groups like each other so much–they have so much in common . . .
Report Post »The Gooch
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 10:29amWorking with the developmentally disabled population, it is odd to see how many left leaning people are drawn to this field of service. Not all Ds are hateful, abortion loving eugenecists, but there is often a real disconnect between some folks who clamor about the need to have abortion as an option (or mandate)… and then advocate for a program that serves the MR population. You can hold conflicting views when your bread and butter is at play. It’s called cognitive dissonance.
Report Post »Lots of Medicaid money trickles down to the MR population throughout the states; this mean govt. jobs and being able to write policy and procedure. If there’s one area where progressives excel, it’s telling other people what to do. I work with some fine folks, but some of the administration up the govt. food chain, in my opinion, could just as easily be working towards meeting the needs of stray dogs and cats. Policy first, people second. Fun to butt heads with when they start telling families they must meet insane demands like a govt. approved crisis plan. ‘Cause see, the program wants to encourage normalcy. Don’t we all have a written evacuation and emergency response plan that includes a chain of custody in our homes? Let me just go grab mine…. Yep. This is the level of genius one can expect. I’ll review the TSA story on Monday… always amusing to see bureaucrats circle the wagons.
Mess23
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:32pmHow could a person ever work for the TSA (Torture Some Americans)?
Report Post »Teaparty-grammy
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:43pmA person never could. Brain-dead liberal zombies, however, could and DO . . .
Report Post »P4cooler
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:32pmI can’t post my thoughts here because every cell in my body is boiling hot angry at Obama, JANET, and the Dems. This TSA has to be defunded. Hopefully we will have gutsy conservatives in 2012 that won’t allow this crap! BEWARE….TSA pat-downs are preparation for mandatory vaccinations of the American public. The biggest obstacle to the leftist agenda is liberty and free Americans. Yes the Constitution is an obstacle for Obama. I am very sorry that this young guy was HARASSED!
Report Post »axel@25
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 7:31pmThe TSA is about as messed up an agency as there is in present day Amerika. But it‘s a beyond silly to jump to the conclusion that they’re going to start vaccinating people in airport screening lines. All levels of government already have LOTS of practise getting people to stand in lines.
And as a “stop-and-think about-it” moment…I wonder how much C4 can be hidden in an adult sized diaper? (answer.. a lot) And, If the average TSA agent is a stupid as we fear they are…do we REALLY want them “thinking”on their own? (that would be like giving a 3 year-old a bottle of whiskey and the car keys).
The reality is … any system that requires thousands of people to check millions of people quickly, 24/7/365 is going to do something incredibly callous/stupid/non-sensical several times a day. Regs are written to ban “hammers”…who’d have thought that it would be neccesssary to stipulate “plastic toy hammers carried by mentally handicaped persons as security ”blankets“ are OK”? Even if the TSA managed to hire the best people they could, at what they were allowed to pay..there will be a situation several times a day. The laws of probability make sure that after billions of prople get searched by thousands of TSA agents some guy wearing a diaper would eventually cross paths with some TSA agent that may have just been chewed out and put on probation by a supervisor, for missing a knife hidden in a box of tampons.
Report Post »Cold War Vet
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 8:17pm@ P4COOLER
They just keep chipping away at our freedoms, one chip at a time. Only this TSA thing is more like a cinder block. We are going to shut it down or die trying.
Report Post »This_Individual
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:29pmAnd yet we all just sit back and do nothing. We’ve become too comfortable.
Report Post »Cold War Vet
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:22pmMaybe I should attempt to board an aircraft dressed like a mentally-challenged Muslim, with a little plastic toy dynamite stick, while yelling “Allahu Akbar!”
I bet they’d step aside and let me pass unchallenged.
Report Post »BLACKDIAMONDSKIER
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:32pm@ Cold War Vet
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:22pm
Maybe I should attempt to board an aircraft dressed like a mentally-challenged Muslim, with a little plastic toy dynamite stick, while yelling “Allahu Akbar!”
I bet they’d step aside and let me pass unchallenged.
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Report Post »dryflamingo
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:33pmthats wiser then anything i ever heard our president say.
Report Post »desertdove
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:57pmLOL HAHAHAHA Got me going TOO FUNNY lol
Report Post »OhSuzieQ
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 7:33pmlol…OMG!
Report Post »RED_JOHN
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 7:41pmExactly
Report Post »BelievinginAmerica
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 10:51pmI bet they would roll out the RED carpet for you too! Like someone else said, do they check their brains out as they clock in? It makes no sense to me that they couldn’t tell just by looking at this beautiful young man that all he had to offer was a smile.
God Bless the Mandy’s!
Report Post »whatthecrazy
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 10:16amditto
Report Post »adventpro
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 3:40pm@Blackdiamondskier…They would just waive you on by. Everyone knows the next attack is coming from a 86 year old, mentally challenged woman in a wheel chair. Or a baby.
Report Post »BibleGunClinger
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:22pmWhere’s the duct tape? I think my head is gonna explode!! I am posotive that there has to be a couple of good people within the TSA, but hardly a week goes by that some dufus TSA agent or two makes complete fools of themselves. Is there a requirement that each agent hand in his/her brain when they sign up? Sure seems like it.
Report Post »dmforman
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:25pmThe government makes sure that the TSA agents can‘t think for themselves and that they aren’t the brightest crayon in the box, so that they follow orders. TSA agents have a great gig-good pay, low stress, benefits, job security. They aren’t going to speak up and mess up their gig. They’ll be unionized before we know it and will add to the drones that we already have working in our corrupt government.
Report Post »The Fellduck
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:22pmThis is absolutely ridiculous. Poor man.
Report Post »SlimnRanger
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:55pmThe poor boy and in all actualailty he is just a boy,i am surprised they didn’t arrest the Father for protesting,T.S.A. Terriosts Sucking Americans
Report Post »miles from nowhere
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:19pmThe TSA is a JOKE in action.
Report Post »Restored One
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:19pmHow pathetic of these TSA agents. I hope, can only hope that this may be the tipping point for TSA. Yeah, I can only hope.
Report Post »dmforman
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:30pmThis is just the beginning. It will get worse before it gets better.
Report Post »Cold War Vet
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:18pmThis is horrible and unfortunate on more than one level. You’d think the TSA could figure this out, but apparently not.
This is one example of big, out of control government going way too far. TSA patdowns and “porno scans” are a direct violation of the 4th Amendment. Putting every member of the general public through a criminal-style search is “unreasonable search and seizure.” Where’s the supreme court on this issue?
This travesty of power abuse is laid directly at Obama’s feet. He and his administration are allowing it for corrupt, profitable purposes, at the expense of the people.
Let’s shut it down in 2012 or sooner!
Report Post »Jediusetheforce
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:38pmScrew the Government and all its agencies!!!! I would focus on the Arabs. The only good muslim is a Dead muslim!!! Let it be said, so Let it be written.
Report Post »jcannon98188
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:47pmactually, you volunteer to go through the “porno scanners” to use a service that is offered to you. You have no god given right to fly in an airplane, and as such they can do whatever they want before you can fly and it will not fall under the authority of the constitution.
Report Post »anbarn03
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 7:23pm@JCANNON98188 -”You have no god given right to fly in an airplane, and as such they can do whatever they want before you can fly and it will not fall under the authority of the constitution.
To clarify, airline companies, EX: Delta or SW, are private companies, whereas TSA is a government agency run by Homeland Security. With this in mind, you are incorrect, it does fall under the authority of the constitution.
With that said, we do have the right to purchase a private commodity and fly without assault, harassment and unreasonable search & seizure..
I do appreciate your comments and any form of interest or investigation into how the government is treating us, the citizens protected under the constitution.
Report Post »jmmulkey
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 7:41pm@JCANNON98188 You said: “You have no god given right to fly in an airplane, and as such they can do whatever they want before you can fly and it will not fall under the authority of the constitution.” Here’s the problem with that statement. We have the FREEDOM to fly in an airplane that is owned and operated by a private company. They may require that we submit to security checks before boarding their airline. The problem is that this is a government entity that is violating our 4th Amendment, not a private company. Even if the airline was owned by the government it would still be a violation of our rights for them to “unreasonably” search us before boarding the plane without a warrant. There is nothing, absolutely NOTHING, in the Constitution that gives the government this kind of power over us. The only thing that has happened over the years was terrorists hijacking planes, killing passengers etc…which caused all of the extra security concerns. If these TSA hacks would be given some classes from the FBI as to how to spot (read: PROFILE) the bad guys and learn how to talk to them and determine if they are worth a second or third look, then there wouldn’t be this problem. I’m with KICKAGRANDMA…Nobody is groping this man, or my wife. We need to ask the TSA people, every time they want to single us out for a enhanced examination, if they have a search warrant. This has got to stop!
Report Post »Cold War Vet
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 8:03pmWe Americans have plenty of rights. Including the right to unrestricted travel as we see fit. That’s part of our life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Unless a certified law enforcement official has a warrant, signed by a judge, or at the very least, probable cause, they may not search my person, my vehicle or my premises.
It’s all in the Fourth Amendment, and I will not accept TSA’s unconstitutional violation of our rights.
This is not going to quietly fade away into “accepted” normalcy. This gross infringement on the people of the United States must end now. We need this evil government stupidity replaced with a more reliable and FAIR system.
Let’s do it the way the Israelis do it. They have trained professionals, even psychologists, to screen and PROFILE EVERYONE, just by observing them. If they think you might be a security risk, they’ll pull you aside for further evaluation. Kind of like what we might call “probable cause.” I bet you’ve never heard of terror onboard an El Al (Israeli airline) flight. They don’t have terrorists passing through Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv either. And nobody gets offended. THAT’S the way we should do it here. Secure skies are good for business. The TSA is thuggery.
Dismantle the TSA, and replace those filthy, perverted, brain-dead dirtbags with a new system!
Report Post »SpeckChaser
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 9:20pm@cannon
I’m going out on a limb and assuming you have been in the military or put your neck on the line for freedom, correct?
Report Post »Professional Infidel
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 10:00pmdon’t you think it is also “hire anybody that applies, skilled or not, literate or not, citizen or not!!” try DMV, try IRS, try anything they touch. don’t even have to give correct answers, and it’s your fault if you use there wrong answers to your questions
Report Post »anOpinion
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 10:08pm@JCANNON98188
By your logic, the government could install TSA checkpoints at entrances to shopping malls, subways, bus stations, train stations, schools, …
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” – Ben Franklin
Report Post »His Lamb is Satanic
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:17pmTSA should be T & A. Stop flying or try this. When the TSA gropes you, make sexual satisfaction noises…and loudly. Act like you LIKE it, and tell them to touch closer and kiss the representative weiner.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:35pmMeg Ryan … When Harry Met Sally … LOL….
Report Post »Rubicon
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 8:28pmThis is the perfect way to combat TSA. I love it !!!!! hehehehehehehehe!!
Report Post »whatthecrazy
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 10:08amthat is freakin funny
Report Post »gunslingerpatriot
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 2:48pmI typically wear a kilt on most days, so it would be interesting to see the look on their faces if I suggest that maybe they ought to tie a blue ribbon on it while they’re down there…Only my gf is my “Official Kilt Inspector”!
Report Post »Bob_R_OathKeeper
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:17pmIf it were a red hammer with a sickle, it would have been fine.
Report Post »last frontier
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:20pmNo, they would have seized it, and hung it on the wall.
Report Post »rayblue
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 7:05pmRight next to Osama…I mean Obamas portrait.
and it‘s not the letter that’s different. It‘s the rest that’s the SAME.
Report Post »RED_JOHN
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 7:39pmI was laughing at your comment and my 4 year old asked me what was so funny. How do I explain to her how absolutely insane the TSA and our government have become.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 11:37pmRED_JOHN: Tell her clowns have taken over America.
Report Post »PrfctlyFrank
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:17pmHere we go… Don’t offend the *******, but go ahead and torture challenged citizens.. The TSA makes me sick..
Report Post »Louie Louie the Progressive
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:21pmRemember Edward Norton in that movie with Robert Di Nero…………………yeah that one
Report Post »Justthefactsmam
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:32pmRemember that the TSA conficated a toy flintlock that a family had gotten from Disney after riding the “Pirates of the Carribean” because it was a weapon…
Report Post »CatB
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:34pmThis is Detroit … the largest concentration of Muslims outside of the middle east live nearby in Dearborn .. and they harrass a mentally challenged man … I too would wager that there WERE middle eastern young men going through the TSA screening that we NOT subject to ANY search. This is exactly why I refuse to fly .. it is unsafe since they are targeting the WRONG people for searches.
Report Post »taskmaster78
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:37pmWho’s the mentally challenged here, why yes the TSA. Brilliant.
Report Post »EddardinWinter
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:38pmI don’t know about you, but with these guys looking out for our security, I feel perfectly safe!
Report Post »Teaparty-grammy
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:39pmWell, if he had been named “Achmed” and dressed like an Arab, they would have let him pass right through. You know, you would almost swear they’ve been given orders not to bother the poor Arabs, whom, as we all know, are such fine, upstanding human beings with so much love and compassion for everybody that they would never commit a terrorist act.
Report Post »Professional Infidel
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:46pmI could throw up on obozo, with glee. if i wasen’t empty tsa would get the rest.
Report Post »BLACKDIAMONDSKIER
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:53pmAren’t progressives / liberals great!!! The TSA is just another wonderful manifestation of big govt. ideology. I know it must be hard for some to wait until the full PROGRESSIVE agenda is realized. Just let me go ahead and introduce their vision for a brighter more hopeful America. It’s also known to the little man as “HELL.”
WAKE UP AMERICA – The TRUTH will set you free !!!! Seek it out !!!!
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 7:01pmWhen are we finally going to stop the oppression of everyone who is a American by the TSA?
This group has gone beyond out of control, and I honestly feel they are just a smokescreen by the Homeland Security and the administration to put even more pressure on all that travel, so the admin will have a reason to put even more regulations into effect for more control – thus causing even more restrictions to the system and more pressure.
Report Post »calebgs83
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 7:22pmThe TSA are BROWN-SHIRTS plain and simple…too stupid to think for themselves and will follow their orders no matter how barbaric.
Report Post »Outlaw_Josey_Wales
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 7:25pmWhat up with JUMBLES today, sounds mad, did he burn his welfare steak, or run out of free tokens to ride the bus. Could be the food bank ran out of free cheese while he was standing in line
Report Post »anvil440
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 7:36pmLouie Louie the Progressive
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:21pm
Remember Edward Norton in that movie with Robert Di Nero…………………yeah that one
It was norton and richard gere. c’mon.
Report Post »anOpinion
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 8:07pmThe TSA reminds me of the Stanford prison experiment (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment).
I did a quick google search and see I’m not alone in that thought: http://dailycaller.com/2010/12/08/the-stanford-prison-experiment-at-americas-airports/
People are so deeply offended by the TSA, that I believe ANY candidate that states that their first order of business will be to disband the TSA is guaranteed a victory in the next presidential election.
Report Post »Cold War Vet
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 8:19pm@ CALEBGS83
That DOES seem to be the case here. I think you’re right!
Report Post »They need to upgrade to some much smarter system than this!
Cold War Vet
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 8:21pm@ BLACKDIAMONDSKIER
We’re trying hard. With any luck, we can kick the bastards out in 2012! They richly deserve it.
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 8:26pmoooooooooooooo tough guys…did they feel him up first?
Report Post »Get rid of the TSA now!
THE-FINAL-ACT
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 8:31pmYou mess with Drew Mandy, you mess with me
Report Post »NanNJ
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 8:38pmHere in NJ, we went on a practice run thru security before our flight. At Continental Airlines they were great. They gave us fake tickets so my we could practice going thru. They even asked us if we wanted to jump the line we said No. They were kind and understanding. Next Saturday we fly for real. Hope it goes as well. Our son is similar to the man in the article.
Report Post »boomboom
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 8:48pmCruelty is the TSA’s real name.
Father God, I pray the TSA thugs get the justice they have so rightfully earned.
Report Post »Jesus, keep your hand of healing on Drew Mandy. Help him to forget the cruel
treatment he received. In Your name,
Amen.
walkwithme1966
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 8:49pmThe TSA people can not think for themselves – can they not understand when someone is mentally challenged and has the mind of a 2 year old? Who trains these people? This is just a joke – a real joke on all of us who just want to be safe when we fly!!! http://wp.me/pYLB7-13c
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 9:07pmIts not really the TSA, its the American Governments policy. The TSA doesn’t do what it is not mandated to do buy higher authortity. But I will give you that since their inception and like so many other start ups, people wishing to punch their tickets within TSA came up with all kinds of nonsensical stuff to put the American people thru in the name of fighting terrorism. They said this would happen, now look at us.
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 9:10pmI have a brother just like Drew. For anyone who hasn’t had experience with people like Drew & my brother, this kind of abusive treatment is VERY SCARY to them. The same terror you would feel if someone was holding you by one pinkie over the grand canyon and you were slipping. And taking away his “security blanket” is nothing short of intentional cruelty and abuse. Anyone who agrees with this TSA action should be shot where they stand.
I’m done – this is my straw. I have no desire to save a country where people get away with doing this and everybody else stands around and lets them. Screw it. Let the destruction begin. Me & mine are prepared to and will survive. And all those jack-booted thugs and the ignorant sheep who allow them to exist can go straight to he!!. When the evil ones are all burning, maybe we can start again.
Now I’m going to have a good cry and thank God for blessing me with my brother – he’s the purest, most loving person I’ve ever known.
P.S. @Snowleopard – I agree 100%.
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 9:22pm***** forgot to mention, my brother is 34 *****
Report Post »The_Hut_In_Co
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 9:39pmMan this is SFA!
Report Post »DTOM_Jericho (escaped PA)
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 10:17pmYou people keep “voting” so stop complaining. You’re voting for an illusion of a choice. The only wasted vote is the one you cast.
“When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another…”
“That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.”
Yeah, keep on “voting”. The very premise that this nation was founded on now seems to be “radical” or “homegrown”. And then you have Beck make sure you stand down and stand by just long enough for the elite to take over. WAKE UP! STOP VOTING! You don’t have to vote for something that is your RIGHT to abolish.
Report Post »ecurbyy
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 10:40pmHell is a place without reason. We are there. Just get out and enjoy the few precious freedoms we have left in this once great country.
Report Post »Anti_Spock
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 10:50pmAnd Muslims “walk on by”.
What a sick country America has become… on all levels.
Report Post »Rice Water
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 10:59pmHe looks brownish to me…if I were a smart, enterprising terrorist, I‘d hide a bomb in a retarded guy’s diaper. Chalk this one up to TSA.
Report Post »Av8tor056
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 11:13pmEddardinWinter
I don’t know about you, but with these guys looking out for our security, I feel perfectly safe!
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I feel perfectly safe when I’m not on an airplane whose passengers and baggage were not screened by the tsa.
Report Post »BLACKDIAMONDSKIER
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 11:31pm@ DTOM_Jericho (escaped PA)
“When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another…”
“That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.”
Do the American people have it inside them to take this step? Is this step already necessary? My hope is that the TRUTH will start to have the biggest effect. The reason voting has not worked in the recent past is because the American people have had the TRUTH witheld from them through normal media outlets. As the truth starts to come to light for those who have been asleep I believe that the country will correct itself. I believe it already has started the correction. We must have the TRUTH to continue this correction. The American people will rise to the occassion!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 11:37pmTSA should have to get a warrant for search and seizure for anybody and everybody.
Report Post »DTOM_Jericho (escaped PA)
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 11:42pm@BLACKDIAMONDSKIER
Report Post »Has it come to that? It’s at least 2 years past that if not decades. To “correct” this country you would need 2/3 of the house and the senate to be constitutionalists (non-gop and non dem) and you would need 3/4 of state’s government. You need this because you will need veto majorities AND amendments to correct this country. You are a fool if you think that is possible. EVERY single one would have to get in. I mean this with every fiber of my being, you are a fool if you think this correction can be legislated at this point. Go tune in to Beck.
kreese
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 12:15am“Does he look like a Terroist!”
Dumb question—does he look like an Arab?
Report Post »kreese
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 12:21am@Caleb
Maybe the TSA will evolve into Obama’s Civilian Security Force????
Report Post »Julie2010
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 12:22amI quit flying in 2003. I don’t plan on flying either.
Report Post »SHASTADIANE1
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 1:19amI flatly refuse to fly…I am 60 plus years old, have 4 grandkids, but I am not allowing any TSA agent to feel me up or restrict my flying…last time I flew, they held me up for 15 minutes for an empty tube of wipe on lipstick I left in my purse to help if my lips got dry in flight. You could see the tube was empty..but they held my purse and checked and double checked it..and I sure don’t look like a terrorist. Blonde, blue eyed, middle aged grandma…yeah right…….Kiss my rosey red TSA, I want to go to Hawaii, but I ain’t going, because I’ll not put up with your bull crap….
Report Post »The Noodle Fish
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 2:57amI couldn’t read the story through my tears. The headline was enough to call them out…. a man who is broken and incomplete through no fault of his own.. bullied and beaten further into himself by an insensitive idiotic government. It’s too much.
Report Post »BLACKDIAMONDSKIER
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 9:04am@ DTOM_Jericho (escaped PA)
Has it come to that? It’s at least 2 years past that if not decades. To “correct” this country you would need 2/3 of the house and the senate to be constitutionalists (non-gop and non dem) and you would need 3/4 of state’s government. You need this because you will need veto majorities AND amendments to correct this country. You are a fool if you think that is possible. EVERY single one would have to get in. I mean this with every fiber of my being, you are a fool if you think this correction can be legislated at this point. Go tune in to Beck
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First of all, I have watched every single episode of Glenn Beck on Fox for the last 2 years at least. The correction of the U.S. ship will be made ONLY by the TRUTH being told. You are right…..change cannot be legislated. My point is that TRUTH causes the correction……. The American people must have it in order for change to occur and they are starting to get it. Whenever “any form of government becomes destructive” we have the constitutional right to abolish it. First, the people must be informed as to how government has become destructive. So many people don’t have the truth and therefore idolize big govt. as the answer. They don’t see it as destructive at all. The truth about big govt. is not pretty. In fact, it is pretty ugly. Always has been. People are the answer…..if given the TRUTH.
Report Post »DTOM_Jericho (escaped PA)
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 9:46am@BLACKDIAMONDSKIER
Beck does not speak truth; he speaks MOSTLY truth. He leaves much out for fear of looking like a radical, being shut down or targeted. (worse than sorros targeting). Additionally, he is dead wrong when he speaks on religion and refuses to take correction. (not even talking about mormonism)
Only two thing can stop this: god(if He chooses) or abolishment. If you believe in Him and read Scripture you would know that His method has been abolishment. (speaking of human governments not forgiveness). As I have said that leaves ONE choice and that is TRUTH — the non-Beck kind.
You have done exactly of which I spoke. You did not unshackle your mind. You traded your shackles for a new set of Beckerton Window shackles.
Shalom in Yeshua(“jesus”)
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 10:37amThey confiscated a plastic cap gun (UNWRAPPED) i had bought my son for Christmas one year.
I was allowed to leave the area and mail it to myself or to my destination,
OR, I was allowed to throw them away (right next to the tsa agent)
OR, I was allowed to not fly at all.
The entire packages weighed some 8 ounces!
The caps were not included, either.
Absolutely no brains involved – mindless bots flexing their authority at every opportunity.
They said that nothing that ‘resembles’ a gun could be allowed on board.
I threw them away in the trash can 6 inches from the tsa agent.
Wonder who took it home with them?
If a photo resembles a gun would they prohibit a photo?
What if there is a hyperlink to a gun photo on your computer?
“Those who would sacrifice freedom for temporary security deserve neither” – Ben Franklin
Of course, obama and even bush 2 wouldn’t let a little thing like the U.S. Constitution stop them! No, siree!
Report Post »408 CheyTac
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 10:39amTSA= Terrorists Serving Airports
Report Post »Jonathan Burkhart
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 10:49amThat‘s Janet Napolitano’s policies for you! She’s the one that suggested all of this crap, and TSA played along! I don‘t know how this doesn’t violate the constitutional law of unecessary search and sezure, but appearently the Obama administration can do whatever the hell it wants to do and doesn‘t have to answer to anyone because he’s “The President.” He is doing all of this on purpose. This specific deal with the TSA is making the American people feel resricted and scared. When he has fear in the eyes of the people, and when a crisis breaks out, people will think there is no hope and nothing they can do to correct the action. Thus, everyone is going to look to the governement to save them, and Obama will be more than happy to help, but with more laws and more freedoms taken away! Always look at the big picture and understand what they are trying to do. This is all being done on purpose, don‘t think it’s not! God bless you!
Report Post »Bluefish49
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 10:58amI often wondered where all the people that get GED’s go to work….I now Know.
Report Post »BLACKDIAMONDSKIER
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 2:17pm@ DTOM_Jericho (escaped PA)
You have done exactly of which I spoke. You did not unshackle your mind. You traded your shackles for a new set of Beckerton Window shackles.
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Now that is hilarious. A mindless slave I am. No doubt. Ohhh someone please release me from these shackles.
And he said to man, ‘The fear of the Lord–that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding.’” Job 28:28
“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.”
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PubliusPencilman
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 2:27pmSorry folks, but in a free and equal society, rules and laws apply to EVERYONE. I find it quite hypocritical that you folks would wave around the Constitutions as the supreme law of the land while complaining that white people aren’t allowed to be exempt from suspicion, and that Muslims are not instantly targetting just for being Muslims.
The thing about the Tea Party is that you folks don’t stand on principle–just the opposite. The Tea Party is defined by the fact that it has no consistent principles. You’re all for freedom of speech when you like what is being said; you’re all for freedom of religion when you like what is being preached; you‘re all for defending a person’s right against unreasonable search and seizure as long as they are white. You like to proclaim “We the People,” but you only really mean the people that agree with you.
Can we criticize the TSA workers’ decisions here, perhaps. But to suggest that they just should have let the man go simply because he is not an arab is stupid and ignorant. In a free society, the laws apply to everyone. If this is confusing to you, go back and read the Constitution. But this time, pay attention.
Report Post »*************************
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 6:35pmT.S.A. … plastic hammers are NOT the way to deal with them. NEO and TRINITY know what’s needed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_NqhTG70ow
Report Post »“Obama TSA’s Illegal No-Warrant Searches – Neo & Trinity OPT-OUT And FIRE-FIGHT For LIBERTY!!”
Kev-
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 8:05pmHe made a critical mistake in his analysis of the situation.
“I realize they’re trying to keep people safe”
They are doing no such thing. The TSA is no more than “security theater” and a method of massive government expansion, creating overpaid, unionized(soon) do-nothing jobs. Nevermind the borderline illegal relationships between the “security” device companies and the government and TSA (the makers of the nudie-scope machines are also the consultants who said such machines are needed. Hmm.)
It is easy to demonstrate that the TSA on the whole accomplishes nothing useful, and many true security experts have spoken out on this.
Yet here we are, with the TSA continuing to grow in power, continuing to trample on our civil right of unimpeded interstate travel.
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on June 14, 2011 at 7:34ampubliuspen….
YOU injected race into this discussion / see tsa through a racial lens
MLK – I have a dream… ALL MEN WILL BE JUDGED ON THE CONTENT OF THEIR CHARACTER!
Terrorists’ content of character seeks to muder others, hiding behind ‘allah’ in the guise of a ‘religion’, using our own Constitution to subvert suspicion & scrutiny.
NOBODY that I have EVER heard has said that WHITE people shouldn’t be screened by TSA. That is just outright BS, & YOU KNOW IT!!
The ONLY thing I have heard them say is that we have limited TSA resources. When you have limited resources, you must utilize them as efficiently as possible. Does it make sense to wave the SELF-IDENTIFIED 27 yr old islamic cleric right on through security WHILE sticking your fingers part of the way INTO THE ****** of the 88yr old African American Great-Grandmother in a wheelchair?
NO, IT DOES NOT. PERIOD.
Nobody is saying to wave all non-muslim-looking people through tsa unchecked.
Nobody (EXCEPT YOU) is injecting race into the TSA issue.
Racism is UGLY. It is DISGUSTING. It is AGREGIOUS!
As such it is equally as UGLY DISGUSTING & AGREGIOUS to falsely accuse someone of it.
Doing so DIMINISHES and STEALS the ability of true victims to speak up & identify REAL racism.
SHAME ON YOU! YOU ARE DISGUSTING!
You should be ASHAMED.
Playing the racism card is the refuge of a weak argument or mind.
LET’S RESPECT TRUE VICTIMS OF RACISM by not using claims of racism as a weapon, but as the DISGUST
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