By: Jess
“I can’t explain the women who hate TSA with a passion,” That’s because Mr. Baker lacks two important attributes (1) empathy and (2) the understanding that women have the right to say NO.
View ArticleBy: Matthew Cline
From one of the comments to the VC article: Why do the women I repeatedly hit on keep calling me a jerk? It's so hard to understand. I've spent a lot of time puzzling over it, and finally figured it...
View ArticleBy: Dan Weber
I guess rape victims who get flashbacks when they are penetrated during patdowns should just get over it.
View ArticleBy: Bear
"That’s because Mr. Baker lacks two important attributes…" Three. 3 things. – 3) A penis. Unless you count the one the TSA slipped him. (Sorry, Ken. It was called for.)
View ArticleBy: Pete
Note that Stewart Baker spent 3½ years at the Department of Homeland Security as its first Assistant Secretary for Policy. This sexually frustrated nut job is not just a defender of the TSA, but an...
View ArticleBy: Jess
@Bear – I actually forgot the third one (3) a brain – but maybe he keeps that in his uhm – - – -well your #3 @Dan Weber. While I can’t speak for all women, I suspect many have a different sense of body...
View ArticleBy: doug
i have felt for awhile that the VC has started to jump the shark. this is bit of the proof.
View ArticleBy: Jack B.
You gotta admit, "privacy skeptic and national security conservative" sounds a bit more sexy and mysterious than "bootlicking authoritarian". Seriously though, it's good to see you and Scott Greenfield...
View ArticleBy: Mercury
I can't help but notice that this story is relevant to my comment on the previous post about the right-to-record case. When everything or almost everything is illegal in some way, shape or form and/or...
View ArticleBy: Thad
@RogerX: "Excellent use of a Simpsons reference, Ken!" Myself, I find that no TSA discussion is complete without "This rock keeps tigers away."
View ArticleBy: Jess
A quote from Mr. Baker Notwithstanding the venom of the TSA-haters, polls show that most Americans support TSA, including the decision to use whole body scanners. But for a very vocal minority opposing...
View ArticleBy: Victor Milán
Because nothing says "Alpha Male" like the eager willingness to bend over and spread 'em….
View ArticleBy: Amy Alkon
also consider the privacy of the individuals involved. Why should a government worker, searching a citizen's body sans probable cause, be allowed to remain anonymous? This is not the same thing as...
View ArticleBy: Personanongrata
The petty-tyrants that staff the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) have screened billions of flying-folk since it's freedom destroying inception in 2001 and have not uncovered a single...
View ArticleBy: Dan Weber
and have not uncovered a single "terrorist" at it's check points. This doesn't necessarily mean they aren't working. A metal detector, for example, doesn't need to find any guns to stop people from...
View ArticleBy: StrangeOne
Dan that's kind of the point of that post. You may be able to say the security checkpoints serve as a deterrent, but you would have to ignore the TSA's luggage policy to do so. Anyone can check a bag...
View ArticleBy: Gal
Does the Blawg 100 thing have rules as to which blogs are eligible? because it seems to me that if you allow an argument that goes "my theory only applies to men, and I'm going to go ahead and claim...
View ArticleBy: Kevin
"privacy skeptic" – I've never heard that phrase before. I find it disgusting that these two words, each of which I have great love for when taken individually, have been combined to form something...
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