Of course that's not what's going to happen, but considering what the Democrats are really doing to Grandma, I may have just stumbled across a campaign issue. It seems like Democrats must hate grandmothers.
Consider this. 95 years old. 105 pounds. Wheelchair bound. Wearing an adult diaper.
This elderly woman, no, old woman, was submitted to a 45 minute search including having to remove the diaper because an alarm was supposedly triggered. And it was soiled and was impeding their search.
After filing a complaint, a spokesman for the TSA explained the procedures are the same for everyone because it is known from intelligence that terrorists would take advantage of the vulnerable. Right. A 95 year old woman with her daughter is going to have explosives in a body cavity.
Every time there is an incident like this, be it children or the elderly, or anyone else for that matter, the response is always the same. The "highly trained professionals" were properly following procedure.
I have two thoughts. Too bad the "intelligence" they have about terrorists doesn't equate with the intelligence of those in the TSA that make the rules.
And two. The election issue. Get rid of the TSA or reform it. Ask the question. You know as well as I do if Michelle Obama's mother, who lives with them at the White House, had to go through such a procedure there would be hell to pay.
I think I've been looking at this from the wrong end. I've blamed the "highly trained professionals" who are stuck doing the searches rather than the "highly trained professionals" who come up with this stuff.
It's time to change it. If this administration won't, be sure the next one does. Between Obamacare and this type of treatment of the elderly, it's obvious that they're thought of as inconsequential.
Death with dignity is often talked about in conversations about assisted suicide. Well, how about life with dignity? There should be no limit on that. Those who insist there is no other way "to keep us safe" aren't looking very hard.
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I have done what I wish others would do....just don't fly. I know, not practical but it's a thought.
As to the old lady, I think that is beyond stupid. No respect for her and I'll bet if a terrorist tried to get her to take a package for him, she wouldn't be vulnerable!
If that's a true story and not a political something going around on the internet.
And besides, the Bush administration instigated those silly rules.
I don't fly anymore either. They have taken all the fun out of it.
Our minds must be in the same lane... I wrote about this today also
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