UPDATE: Yesterday, when I posted this, I wrote:
As a father of six (including a 3 year old little girl of our own), words fail me…
Well, I’m over that now that I’ve had some time to consider what has happened here. I’ve revised the title for accuracy and inserted some additional thoughts below the video.
Editor’s Note: The video on YouTube keeps getting pulled by the producers. They cite copyright concerns (funny how the media will pull some things, but not others). Fortunately, there are many people posting it out there, so I’m able to keep linking to versions that are still working till they also get pulled. If this one stops working, please advise michael@fedupflyers.org.
I understand she was cranky – I can see that. But Mr. Simon, your daughter seemed more than “a little bit scared” to me when she was frantically fleeing to your wife and fighting to get away from the agent who just kept right on pawing her.
If the balance between sacrifice and security “just didn’t feel right” when your little girl was screaming, “STOP TOUCHING ME!”, whose responsibility do you believe it was to make it right and protect her?
You, father and sovereign citizen, were the ranking authority in that situation. You failed your daughter and breached the natural trust between parent and child – big time. So did your wife.
This detestable event illustrates several of the most important issues that factor into the embarrassing nightmare we’re facing right now in this land. It’s certainly true that the actions of the state in our airports are utterly appalling and have raised the ire of law abiding citizens far and wide. But I have been asking for some time, and believe we must all ask, “If so many people so passionately hate this madness, how was it ever allowed to come this far?”
Yes – allowed! Steve Simon and his wife allowed the TSA to mistreat their daughter, even arguably aiding and abetting their criminal mischief. And that is what we, the people, have done and are still doing while we rant in the media and on the Internet about the injustice, rattling our cage doors in outrage, yet securely contained like gorillas at the zoo beating our chests as our keepers look on in amusement.
But we are not helpless animals behind bars and glass. We the people own this bloody zoo and the keepers work for us and they’re all worthless and ought to be thrown to the lions or, at the very least fired and escorted off the property.
What is wrong with everybody? How can a father just stand there and film such a thing? How can a whole nation watch and nod its head in obtuse agreement about how very uncivilized it all is like sympathetic spectators who are not truly disturbed by any of it because, they believe, it’s all part of the show?
No, people – this is not theater. These things are really happening in our country today! Please for the love of God, even if you don’t fly or plan to any time soon, just go to the airport and observe the state’s front line agents at work. Listen to the way they speak to your fellow citizens passing through the check points. Watch them molest our elders and children and disabled along with crew members and everyone else without provocation. Be furious.
BE FURIOUS!!!
I’ve recently spoken with more people than I can count who’ve subjected themselves to being frisked, thinking it would be no big deal, only to come away understanding (to their horror and alarm) that they had in no uncertain terms been physically and most often sexually assaulted. Again, it’s not television where one actor pats another’s arms and legs, dramatizing what real cops do when they frisk a criminal who might murder them. A real frisking is rough and extremely invasive. Under legitimate circumstances it has to be.
Going to your high school reunion, a sales meeting, or a funeral does not constitute a legitimate circumstance.
So why is anyone still flying? Where are you all going that is more important than protecting your little ones and your own physical person, to say nothing of our national identity and way of life? I know, you have to travel for work. Well, I’m an airline pilot – travel is my work. But you have family obligations, kids to feed, marrying and giving in marriage to attend to. I have a wife and six kids myself so, believe me, I understand such obligations and what they bring to bear on the heart and mind in this terrible fix we face.
Nevertheless, the truth abides. And it is precisely because of our highest obligations to family and to one another that we must not repeat the failures of Steve Simon, his wife, and so many others – even ourselves – who have allowed and continue to allow this tide of tyranny to roll across our land. Stop it now. Right now – not after that trip you planned to take in the morning. Right now.
Mr. Simon, I mean you and your wife no ill will or disrespect. I have failed my own family many times in many ways myself over the years. Please make it right with your daughter. Help her understand that what the agent did to her was wrong. But you would be remiss to stop there and leave it at that – and doing so might affect her and your relationship for many years. Help her to also understand that you were wrong, and that you know it, and that this isn’t just something she has to adjust to and accept because such is life. Ask for her forgiveness – I’m sure she will give it. And, having put things right, I’m sure you and your family will be happy and strong.
Then get to work. Your television personality shapes culture – and there is much work to be done in our culture, where truth is oppressed and people are simply unable to distinguish it from the cacophony of lies filling the air.
Another Update: Watching it again, notice the TSA official’s comment that screeners should “come up with some kind of game” to entice children to be inappropriately touched by strangers. Such deceptive tactics come right out of the child abduction/pedophile handbook, no?
Folks, I apologize – for technical reasons (mostly a lack of technical expertise on my part), I had to delete the original post, including the existing comments, and start over. I did manage to copy the existing comments first and am pasting them below:
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November 13, 2010 at 3:09 pm (Edit)
One of my coworkers said:
I am going to Disney in January and I refuse that put my wife and two young daughters through the new scanners or pat down. I am driving 16 hours just to avoid the machines. The sad part is I have free travel benefits. What happens to the airlines when the paying public gets fed up? Maybe the airlines themselves will finally step up and say something. Maybe not.
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Patrick Smith says:
November 13, 2010 at 8:05 pm (Edit)
“..Maybe the airlines themselves will finally step up and say something…”
That’s an interesting comment. It somewhat amazes me that the airline have been so quiet thus far on all of this. At their own peril: the time, money, and resources that TSA wastes in harassing passengers and crewmembers could be better spent in focusing on actual threats and dangers.
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Michael S. Roberts says:
November 13, 2010 at 11:08 pm (Edit)
Yes, I talked about my personal take on the airlines’ silence in What we must do based upon what I have personally seen and been made aware of over the past month or so since my encounter in MEM. Over and over, in speaking with colleagues and coworkers, it’s been the same basic story:
“…Then there’s the airlines’ complicity with the state’s thuggery. So far, the ones I’m aware of have basically been saying, “Fine, if you don’t want to come to work, go ahead and starve your family.” Haven’t you wondered why they aren’t speaking to the public? Because they’re quietly busy behind the scenes putting the screws to their employees – including the pilots who have already sacrificed more than most people can fathom just to get where they are in their careers.”
That’s the reality. But I couldn’t bring that to light without adding:
“I’m not saying all that isn’t scary as hell, but rest assured, there is absolutely no substance to it – certainly not when compared with the TRUTH.”
We all have our own individual choices to make in facing this insanity. At some point, if we don’t fail, the airlines (and the traitors at TSA and DHS) are going to be left without any choice at all.
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liberranter says:
November 14, 2010 at 4:08 am (Edit)
What’s really despicable about this situation is that the little girl’s father allowed it to go on and even seemed to be apologizing for the TSA. This cretin, like the TSA thug who assaulted his daughter, doesn’t deserve to be allowed to breed!
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November 14, 2010 at 7:02 am (Edit)
I also cannot not believe the lack of concern of the father watching his 3 yr old being groped. He said she was just a little scared and was fine, like no big deal. As a reporter if nothing else he should be more aware of the far reaching affects of a girl or woman being molested. This attitude is what makes rape business as usual worldwide.
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Michael S. Roberts says:
November 14, 2010 at 10:44 am (Edit)
I agree, Ann. I’ve been thinking about this one a lot. At first I was simply speechless, unable to comment, but the biggest issue here is exactly what you’re saying.
WE MUST PROTECT OURSELVES AND OUR FAMILIES FROM THESE PERVERTED ACTS!!!
No one else will. What we’re doing is not about protesting to restore our rights and freedom – it’s about defending ourselves against assault and the blatant hostility of the federal government. I understand that’s a hard statement for many who are still trying to catch up with what’s happening here to swallow, but everyone please browse this site from one end to the other and see for yourselves whether what we’re saying is the truth.
Now that I’ve had some time to reflect, I’ll be adding some of my own fatherly commentary to go with the video. Thanks for your perception on this, Ann.
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Bob Furton says:
November 14, 2010 at 1:11 pm (Edit)
As parents, most if not all have raised their children to; not talk to strangers, not get in cars with strangers, scream out loud if a stranger touches you or takes you away – SCREAM out LOUD “NOT MY MOMMY, NOT MY DADDY…HELP ME” and yet this father who actually holds a very important and trusted position in his community as a Journalist/newsman (well maybe not anymore) stands by with a cell phone armed to take video? It takes me about 30~45 seconds to get mine in that mode, so he was prepared? Not sure why… If that had been my daughter……well, I’d me writing this from a jail cell for attempted manslaughter.
Anyway, when does one call CPS (Child Protective Services)? When the airport police arrive, they would also be obligated to take that TSA agent in to custody under citizens arrest and formal charges being levied against such child rapist.
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Eric_B says:
November 14, 2010 at 3:43 pm (Edit)
Wow, I feel soooooo secure, knowing that Terminal Sexual Assaulters are on the job.
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1.) do you teach your children to scream bad touch, etc at the doctor when they have to be restrained for something they do NOT want to do? no, you do what you can to make it easier because you know it’s not a stranger, and you explain that if you’re with them and a person has to touch them for a reason, medical, safety or otherwise that it’s okay.
2.) child protection services would either out right laugh at you or come in and talk to the security guard and you about what does or does not constitute abuse. mom was allowing it, it’s a standard procedure, it’s not against the law, you agree to it when you purchase your tickets
3.) we make lots of unpleasant things into games for our kids. “oh the dr. is going to see if there’s any monkeys in your ear with that special light!” …anyone who works with kids knows there’s proper not creepy ways of helping kids cooperate and understand. asking her to calm down, please don’t cry, introduce herself and tell her who she is and why she has to do what she’s doing….then as she’s say, using the wand, which was tried first, she could have said “this is my special wand, will you let me wave it around you a little bit to make sure you’re all safe and ready to get on the plane and have a fun ride?” …time, patience and some big smiles and soothing words are all it would have taken, along with some help from mom calming her and maybe going along with the “game” would have gotten this done sooner, and with no frisking.
3.) my cellphone has a button on the side that I push and can take a pic or video in about 5 seconds flat. your cellphone and his PROBABLY aren’t the same!?!
Stepping back from the parental failure, I’d be very interested in TSA’s detailed description of precisely what threat this little girl posed and exactly how their procedures enhanced the flights security.
(I should note that “she might have been carrying explosives” will not pass my BS test.)
I will concede that maaaybe the Mother thought the TSA hussler was going to stop the assault on the child at *any moment* which is why she did not immediately tell Dear Husband “Honey, get a rental car.” The childs sense of security and safety at the hands of her parents has been shaken but hopefully the video will serve as a ‘heads up’ to other parents considering air travel. And let it be a lesson to the parents in the video- this was a *FAIL* on their part.
Yes, and as I said in my commentary, I have plenty of *FAILS* on my own parental record – almost certainly more than they.
But this is such a big deal, and people are trying to sort through and make sense of it all in real time as it happens. I felt compelled to lay the truth out as I see it to hopefully help them along in the process. Others may disagree, but I at least want people to think it through. I have, and this is where I ended up.
Beyond that, as I tried to point out, this situation provides a vivid illustration of our collective national failure to protect ourselves and each other from this insanity. We seem to be having a very hard time understanding that WE are the ones responsible for this, and responsible for defending against and fixing it.
Keeping foremost in mind — the beloved, peaceful, honest, caring people of integrity living throughout our country and planet and also our cherished U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights, I commend you pilot and communicator Michael Roberts — please keep up the good work, in all your endeavors.
—– WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR SOCIETY, CULTURE
and LEGAL FRAMEWORK ??? —–
Follow the money $$$$$$…… and the U.K., U.S., multinational corps./financial elites profiteering cabal —
including be sure to thoroughly research the following:
— Warren Buffett and the behind-the-scenes history (clandestine corruption) of his expanding NETJETS, Inc. business (executive flight service/chartered private planes).
— Former Homeland Security honcho (Dual-Citizen traitor & “Nosferatu” lookalike)
Michael Chertoff and his current lobbying business on behalf of OSI – Rapiscan Corp. (major producer of backscatter radiation nude-o-scope machines)
— British Corporation SMITHS DETECTION, Inc. (which advertises itself, coincidentally,
as the world’s largest producer of cargo scanning machines & equipment)
http://www.smithsdetection.com/index.php
—– * In sum, there is an apt phrase to describe the security-scam scenario,
which is: PROBLEM – REACTION – SOLUTION
(vast, deep, slithering tentacles of corruption) !
—– ADDITIONAL QUESTION: Why do we have (b.s.) sham-scam theatrical airport security (along with staged covert ops/ psyops), when our land border with Mexico has been COMPLETELY WIDE OPEN to a deleterious inundation of drugs, thugs, human smuggling, and MS-13 gangsters ???!!!
Excellent point about the borders being wide open! I will never fly or allow my children to fly as long as they are minors. It’s not even about the invasion of privacy but the eroding of our rights. The innocent until proven guilty standard. The police state that is being set up which is obviously profitable to some major league a-holes. Follow the money!
I myself refuse to fly. You want to end terrorism? Pull all our troops out of the mid east and that alone will end terrorisim. Thus eliminating the need for these things.In the mean time just don’t fly.I was deported from Canada for refuseal. They kicked me out of victoria BC and sent back to seattle for refuseall.
Yup, pull ‘em all out and see how many weeks it takes for their unprepared government and military/law enforcement to fail so badly that their locations become free for all home bases for not just terrorists but any law breaking scum. your head will fly at how quick. lets look at mexico for a great example of what happens when you have poor military and law enforcement…. americans, mexicans, anyone, even the gangsters and terrorists themselves aren’t safe there. if you’re a foreigner you’re a prime target for abduction, mexicans themselves live in terror of the gangs and even the members of the gangs are terrified of other gangs and the bigger fish who might bump them at any given moment.
think things through completely from every angle before you decide what’s the best plan of action. there’s a reason our troops are still there…someone thought about what would happen if they all just up and left.
Actually, I think the lesson to be learned from the Mexicans is what happens when a country’s leadership structure is corrupt to the core and the people fail to rise up out of the slave mentality that keeps them oppressed under an unprincipled minority. Sound familiar?
There are many countries and people groups in the world with minimal military and law enforcement and a lot less of everything in general than even what Mexico has. Still they manage to get along just fine from a sociological perspective because they don’t have any foreign enemies and their communities stay strong enough to resist the advances of criminal gangs – including the ambitious state itself (sometimes their poverty is actually a blessing because there’s nothing for the tax man to steal, which keeps the government small and contained).
You might be surprised how many little places there are in the world where people still take care of themselves and their own – sometimes even in spite of an oppressive regime. It’s power grubbing, greed, and corruption that make Mexico such a crap hole – not a lack of armed force.
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I completely agree with the article. Wrong is wrong no matter what words are used to describe it. I was very surprised when I told some of my friends about this. Their reaction was apathetic. And they have the same Christian beliefs as me! I will not fly my family anywhere while this is happening. We live in northern British Columbia and my family is in Utah. That’s solid two-day drive. But I will not allow the disgusting behavior to happen to me or my children.
Thank you, kara. Please continue to share this with others. Many are simply in such a deep sleep that they are slow to understand what is happening. But I can tell you from my own experience over the past month that the light will dawn brightest sometimes on those who you think are never going to get it. It just takes a while – and a good dose of solid information (truth) about what’s going on, and why it’s about so much more than airport security which, for most people, just isn’t that big a part of their normal lives or worth all worked up about.
As a mother of two girls and a wife of a pilot i would NEVER allow this to happen. you as parents are there to protect your children. My husband showed me this video. The first time I watched the video I cut it off the second the girl started to scream. She is not even my child and I want to yell at the TSA to stop touching her. If you dont stand up for your children then no one will.
The more things I read and watch the more Im coming to the understand that TSA is very poorly ran. They change policies on the spot and I really think that the heads of TSA dont even have a clue to what is going on in every airport. You read what the heads think and say are the rule but then you walk though a airport and see these are being ran very differently.
My husband sat Airport Ready Crew in IAH last week and sat there watching every person walking though in terminal B have to go though the scanner and then after they went though the scanner they were still getting the pat down. The worst case he saw was a woman who looked that she didnt have a clue what she was walking in to. After she walked though the scanner she was then patted down. Up and down both legs, butt squeezed, top raised hands under her shirt up to right below her breast, hand stuck in the waist line of her pants and ran around the waist and then her back felt. My husband said the look on her face was pure horror!
We get free (or as close as you can get to free) flying since my husband is a pilot. We fly to FL very often and were making a trip to ID this coming winter to see family. If we go to FL you will see us putting the miles on the car and the trip to ID is off till and if this screening goes away.
I pray for my husband every night not to get pulled for the scanner or pat down. His is our solo provider for our family of 4. When the day comes( praying it doesnt) for him to do either he is prepared to opt out of both. Knowing this could cost him so much more then just his job I can still not ask him to subject him self to this.
Michael we are praying for you and your family now. I greatly admirer you for stand up for what is right!
Thanks, Keli. Prayers are exactly what I need. Please contact me any time – especially if/when it’s your husband’s turn to join the club. You can’t go wrong doing the right thing and telling the truth – it’s all about putting first things first.
When I saw the video I was appalled at the lack of fury by the parents and the reporter’s defending the TSA.
But strangers should allow this to happen to other people. People are allowing this to happen just to FEEL safe. They’re allowing their neighbors to be ogled and molested to feel safe.
I could fly home for the holidays without going through the scanners. As far as I know, the scanners are not at either airport but I will not fly if they are at any airport. Flying is the only way for me to go because I live in Hawai’i. It’s a sacrifice, but not as much as risking my job or my life as the American Revolutionists did.
We flew the last time the day before the new policies went into effect – I changed out fly-back date specifically to avoid the “new” procedures which I believe are invasive and unnecessary.
We still have travel to do, but I refuse to subject myself or my child to either be dosed with radiation to create a naked image of us or allow a stranger to grope out private parts – I am a law abiding citizen and will not submit to what is essentially a warrantless search of my person or my child’s person.
Watching the video of that little girl – my heart goes out to her – neither her mother nor father intervened to protect her and validate that her instinct to protect herself were dead-on….instead they watched and participated in her assault, the violation of her innate right to say “no” and mean “no” if someone attempts to touch her in ways she is uncomfortable with. She was clearly distressed and screaming to not be touched and the touching continued despite her protest. Shameful.
And we must not allow ourselves to do the same thing to our entire nation. Our “NO” must be validated – we must see to that ourselves because neither the courts nor our elected representatives are likely to express any more concern for our welfare than these parents did for their daughter that day.
And again, I really don’t mean to bash these people. They made a very bad mistake that is illustrative of the whole problem we’re facing as a nation. We just have to tell the truth about what really happened there because it’s not enough to get pissed off and do a story about it on TV to raise awareness. We must take action to protect ourselves and our little ones.
I am gratified to see more and more people showing their disbelief, their anger, their outrage! Why are our Congressmen and Representatives not coming to our defense.
Innocent people are being molested, while the people who create the actual threats,
are so sophisticated, that they are always one step ahead of the system, and
know how to get around it ! Those muthah’s are still getting on to airplanes,
so our danger in flying has not abated.
I have been flying across the country for many years ! BUT NO MORE !
I just changed plans for flying from Washington, DC to Phoenix !
I am almost 79, but will take a leisurely six days to DRIVE, and then drive back in
April. Nobody is allowed to pat me, except my wife ! PERIOD !
As suggested in a comment above, I hope enough of flying public just stops, until
it affects the bottom line of the Airlines. Obviously, this is what it will take for the
Airlines to wake up and smell the coffeee. It will take more than removing three olives
from the dinner tray, to raise their profits !
NO FLYERS ! NO PROFITS ! NO BUSINESS !!!Maybe then, they will step in,
and stop this abrogation of Constitutional Rights !!!
This nonsense in the name of FALSE security has to come to a screeching halt !!!
I’m doing my part, by driving, despite my advanced years ! How about everybody else ?
“Why are our Congressmen and Representatives not coming to our defense…”
BECAUSE THEY’RE THE ONES DOING THIS TO US!!!
Sorry for yelling. And good for you, sir, for doing the right thing. Thank you! It is appalling that you would have to endure a drive like that, which would take a toll even on me at age 35, in order to preserve your dignity. But dignified you are, and you have my utmost respect.
I would have been arrested because I would have opened a can of whup ass on those cretan assholes if it had been MY child.
Wow, gotta play devils advocate here.
Now, nobody hates the man more than me, that’s for sure. And I try to stay away from airports as much as possible just because of all this b.s. and restrictions. But I think people have it completely wrong on this one and I’m speaking as a dad of 6. This tsa agent isn’t abusing the child, they’re doing a simple pat down.
That child is just one of those cranky, have a hissyfit whenever things don’t go their way type. You know the type, they ask for cereal in the market and you tell them no, then they start screaming at the top of their lungs, then when you hold their hand to go to the next isle start squirming and dropping to the floor making a scene. Then everybody else looks at you like you’re somehow doing something wrong (ones that obviously don’t have kids or they never tell their kids no)
Maybe that’s why the father filming didn’t do or say anything. He knows his girl acts like that every morning when he says it’s time to brush your teeth.
The tsa agent didn’t grab the child in any weird ways, and wasn’t aggressive with the child at all from what’s on the video. Some children are just completely uncooperative whenever they don’t get their way and they did mention that they had to take her stuffed animal, she was probably upset about that which puts some kids into that mode where they won’t go along with anything.
People are just going into “captain save a child” mode just because nobody wants to hear a kid cry. That looks like a spoiled kid that is used to always getting their way and never being told no. The type that grow up to be grownups that tell the cop that pulls them over, “No you’re not giving me a ticket, I won’t take it!”
I stay away from the planes, I’ve taken 24 hr train rides to avoid having to deal with these new insecurity measures. But this really wasn’t anything other than a video of a cranky child. The agent wasn’t grabbing on them or flinging them around or anything. Sorry, nothing to see here but an attempt at sparking emotions.
I understand what you’re saying, and yeah, the kid was not behaving well. But what happened before he started filming that made him turn the camera on in the first place? He didn’t say, “Here’s a video of my daughter acting like a brat at the airport.” His own assessment was that this wasn’t right, and that his daughter was scared (as well as cranky).
And, regardless, doesn’t ‘no’ mean ‘no’? If any of my kids told the doctor or even me to stop touching them, I’d stop the touching. Then we can talk about it and, IF WARRANTED, try to make the child comfortable and empower him or her with the understanding that under these very specific circumstances, it’s okay to let someone put their hands on you. That’s just me though. What say the rest of you?
I STRONGLY disagree with your assessment of the situation. You have no idea what this child is like in general or if she could potentially have a history of abuse (not saying this is likely or the case or implying her parents would have any part of it – just saying it’s a possibility).
I was a very obedient child, but I was also extremely shy and nervous around strangers and would completely meltdown if someone besides my immediate family or very close friends tried to touch me. I had wonderful parents and was never abused in anyway, but I had a deep seated fear of strangers despite having very social parents who took me to many events. I even had a couple of borderline panic attacks in doctors’ offices because they wanted me to take off my shirt for a standard exam. I grew out of this, but it wasn’t until I was at least 10 that I started to be able to react in a less extreme way to these situations – as a 4 year old??? Forget it.
So let me tell you, that had I been this little girl, I would not have been reacting like that because I was a spoiled little brat. I know for a fact that my young brain would not have understood why this stranger was touching ANY part of me or why my parents allowed it (which they wouldn’t have) – yes, that includes sort of “okay” body parts like your shoulder or calf. In my mind, I would have been terrified, confused, and embarrassed and would have made this little girl’s reaction look calm by comparison. Luckily, my parents would NEVER have let it get to this point – EVER.
It is wrong to let strangers with minimal training and background checks who you’ve never seen in your life touch your children. Most parents do EXTENSIVE research before choosing a doctor (who has been extensively educated) or before allowing any person to have authority over their children – yet it’s okay to let TSA agents who you know nothing about (and who do NOT get paid enough, trained enough, or checked enough) touch your child? Are you kidding me? Absolutely NOT.
They’re going to have to quadruple their background checks and training of TSA agents because perverts will invariably be drawn to these types of jobs. It’s absolutely insane.
I’m not saying this TSA agent was being inappropriate – he was just doing his job, which is inappropriate, but whatever – but those actions can be very hard for some children to understand, obedient, spoiled or otherwise.
Just to show I’m not completely heartless towards the everday TSA agents (they’re certainly not all animals, just trying to earn a paycheck like the rest of us) – I can’t even imagine the crap they will have to deal with under these new regulations.
Very well said, Kate.
Until recently, I’ve really tried to separate things these people are doing from the people doing them. I’ve attributed it to a substantial lack of perspective on their part. But, the more coverage this gets, the more I know the agents’ perspectives have to be broadening. (On a side note, my mom told me about a report that TSA wanted to block all web sites on which their employees might be exposed to “controversial” material. Guess FED UP FLYERS will top that list, huh?)
Now, however, with all the media coverage and information circulating around this, I’m starting to wonder about the people who are still showing up to work in their blue shirts for another day of assaulting the civil rights and freedom of their fellow citizens. NOT COOL.
Now my big problem in general is just that a young person like that just shouldn’t be going through it at all. Actually nobody should, what they had in place before was perfectly fine. All the new insecurity measures do is just satisfy cries of blame whenever anything goes wrong but nothing is any more secure. Just like when the cops make sure they arrest “somebody, anybody” for a crime just to bring closure to the grieving family. It’s never about the actual thing, just catering to peoples fragile emotions.
This is a case of those 2 worlds coming together. Policies the tsa has to cater to fragile emotions meeting up with a cranky child and people with overactive emotions that think any child crying needs saving. Dad probably knows his kid is like that, probably thinking “now you know what I have to go through every day, lol”
I AM furious! I AM outraged! And I’m appalled by the commenter above who can’t tell the difference between a terrified toddler and a spoiled child! I hope karma gives him his just reward.
We are NOT criminals and should NOT be sexually assaulted or radiated or pornoscanned if we want to fly. I choose never to fly again unless they change the rules. I’ll watch as the airline, hotel, and restaurant industries sink into financial oblivion.
Just cancelled my plans to fly out of Memphis this weekend with my 3 daughters (ages 11, 8 and 5) to see my husband who is currently stationed at Ft. Jackson, SC, on Active Duty with the U.S. Army Reserves. He is on his 2nd year of orders. He had booked and paid for non-refundable tickets for us to come see him over the Thanksgiving holiday, since he couldn’t be here with us. This is before we knew about all these invasive screening procedures. I will not allow my daughters to be subjected to this kind of groping or scanning. I will not allow this for myself. This is where I am drawing the line in the sand. I registered my complaint with US Airways to let them know exactly why I was cancelling my trip, but of course they’ve already received the money for our non-refundable tickets.
They really should do the right thing and refund your money anyway. Others have so you might call USAir and see if you can get them to waive non-refundable policy. You know how that kind of thing goes, but maybe you’ll get a decent human being on the phone with the decision making power to do what’s right.
Either way, thank you for protecting yourself and your daughters – it’s the only reasonable thing that any of us can do right now. TSA is threatening people with arrest if they enter the airport security line and then withdraw, so I really think it’s best to stay away altogether rather than getting into a situation you can’t get out of (good pilots always leave themselves a way out of anything they get into – it’s a good lesson for life, too). It absolutely sucks that your family won’t be together for Thanksgiving because your husband is serving under the administration that wants to exploit and abuse you and your kids! It’s outrageous!!!! These traitors need to be shipped off to someplace like Gitmo and locked away for good.
Hats off to you sir, for building this website and collecting our voices here.
Its high time – striped animals at the airport are put back in the street where they belong, airport security is a nuisance and the TSA are bullying perpetrators – they should be hit with lawsuits.
Any thing that a common man can do would be greatly helpful … someone who needs to do a 9-5 something that he can do whle at home would be very helpful … everyone is pissed to varying degrees.
Very hatefully aggravating.
I’m sorry, but you folks have it ALL wrong. This has nothing to do really with how the child is acting or not. Nobody has to be subjected to that kind of security measure. The real gist of the problem is WHY this is going on in the first place, and WHO the hell is behind it? Ask yourselves this…WHO was behind 9/11 and WHO benefited and WHAT happened after?
A little research will tell you WHO the real folks are that did this and allowed it to happen and stood down ARE military running false exercise (there’s a major hint right there, that kind of order comes only from one place upwards!) And WHO made a profit in association with Silverstein in insurance fraud(he took the policy out on the trade centers to double the return in case of terrorist attack–hmm, how did he and his cohorts know of this? At this time-another major hint, and WHAT happened after this horrendous event?
Well lets see, unPatriot Acts I, II, and III and umpteen Presidential Executive Orders…to take away our Freedoms and Liberties and thus began a network of spying on us. The terrorist events are called false flag events, by certain elite groups who have a global view and who wish to destroy the sovereignty of this Nation. Look back in history and the last time anything like took place, Hitler was operating from the “Playbook”. The elite (Big Corp and World Gov. and IMF and Private Bankers who wish to control the world)…they cause a problem, blame it on others, and wahla, you get the people to give up their freedoms. This too is in the playbook–limit and highly restrict travel. So ya either submit to your NEW government or you don’t travel. And yes, much more is on the Agenda. Bush made agreement in the dark of night without congressional oversight to end America’s sovereignty as a nation by signing agreements with president Fox of Mexico and also Canada. We are now no longer the country we thought we were and many have died to protect. Look up NAFTA and the Peace and Prosperity Agreement. Research folks, before the internet is gone.
Good luck to you Michael and all who will stand up and fight this garbage we had no say so in! Should you win the day, perhaps our Constitution will or can be salvaged, however, it appears some leading folks, have already passed legislation to take “That damn piece of paper” out of the way… Martial laws are prepared and this country better wake up fast! Best of luck…
Not flying is great but unless someone knows about it it does no good. If you were a frequent flyer and have decided to stop flying write to what ever company runs your frequent flyer and say you are not flying any more until the scanners are removed. The airline companies need to know this is hurting there business before they will do anything.
Amen, ed! The most important thing is to keep yourselves and your families safe and secure. But, if we want this madness to actually stop so we can go back to our lives, liberty, and pursuit of happiness, then we’ve got to keep the pressure on and make as much noise as possible.
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Even animals protects their children much better than these spineless humans. Such shame to all.