What is she complaining about?

If she doesn’t like it, she should find a cosmetic surgeon and get breast reduction. Then she won’t need her underwire bra, then she won’t be “inconvenienced” by this.

William2006 on November 20, 2007 at 5:29 PM

I think the problem here with reduction is that with her weight gain, reducing her size would certainly give her a disproportionate look.

…sorta like Emily Litella with an a$$ three ax handles wide.

If men wore underwire trusses to cradle their giblets and were forced to subject themselves to airport reach-arounds, you’d be singing a different tune ; )

The Ugly American on November 20, 2007 at 3:28 PM

…only if done by R. Lee Ermey.

Actually I did like this idea of hers:

The danger of a zero tolerance mentality is that we lose the intellectual flexibility to exercise sound human judgment

I agree. And since its the liberals that often put zero tolerance ideas in our schools and then send kids home who hug one another during recess or who draw pictures of the Civil War complete with soldiers holding.. gasp.. guns..

Maybe she is sounding a clarion call for COMMON SENSE over rigid no-tolerance rules. And amen to that.

Always Right on November 20, 2007 at 3:26 PM

EXACTLY what I was thinking….but articulated better than I could.

At the risk of sounding James Bondish, a wire could be used as a bomb component. Remember that recently, some federal agents smuggled on an airplane some bomb material to test the TSA…and succeeded! Women jihadists DO exist.

Complete searches must be done even if it is uncomfortable and inconvenient. Safety of human life is at stake.

Methinks she doth protest too much.

I agree. She seemed to be more interested in writing a titillating tale about her breasts than about any failures in airport security.

Today, we learn through HotAir, that if you’re a Canadian newspaper columnist who’s “a robust 34 FF,” you might be subject to TSA screener groping, too. (Paula Simons: “If my bra is a threat to national security, we’re in big trouble.”)…

Also, this complaint is not even close to being original. It can be found here:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0640292/

There are some genuinely stupid TSA regulations, including the liquid ban. But doing additional screening on everyone who alarms the metal detector is not one of them.

Also, someone linked the story about bomb components being brought through the checkpoints. Do any of you realize how easy it is to smuggle these implements, or do you all just assume that the TSA is populated by morons? A pocketful of plastic explosives and a paper detonator will not set off the metal detector. Add in a lighter or matches and you’ve just built a bomb that can take down a plane. A pair of headphones plus a 9v can be used to trigger a well-hidden electronic detonator. Just something to think about next time you’re rude to the TSA agent who is just doing his job.

I’m a 38DDD, which happens to be a good-sized cup

I’ll second that opinion!

I’d like to state for the record that I think your bra is a threat to national security, and therefore you should never wear one again.

James on November 20, 2007 at 5:26 PM

That is a very good idea!

From now on, all female travellers who have matured breasts should remove their blouses and bras before passing through security. That way they will not be subject to having their underwire bras investigated while they are still wearing the bra.

Good idea!

After all, we wouldn’t want to upset anyone, possibly Muslim Jihadis, who might be acting suspiciously.

William

Of course I’d demand that a female do the groping…

Hollowpoint on November 20, 2007 at 3:48 PM

I’m glad you clarified that.

If she doesn’t like it, she should find a cosmetic surgeon and get breast reduction. Then she won’t need her underwire bra, then she won’t be “inconvenienced” by this.

Or she could choose to support profiling Islamifascist Jihadis, and others who intend to do harm to other, innocent people here and abroad.

In other words, use our resources more intelligently.

William

I’m a robust 34 FF.

I’d like to state for the record that I think your bra is a threat to national security, and therefore you should never wear one again.

RMCS_USN on November 20, 2007 at 5:07 PM

MY EYES!!! OH THE HORROR!!!

It’s not the kind of ogling I’m used to.

Yeah, right. Then quit talking about how robust you are. And those are probably the only things on you worth looking at judging by this.
Another Canadian liberal that feels picked on. Get over it and keep your butt in Canada where it belongs.
Gee, I don’t sound bitter, do I?

’d take flights every Saturday night.

Hollowpoint on November 20, 2007 at 3:47 PM

Depends on the screener..

drjohn on November 20, 2007 at 4:27 PM

Of course, it was meant to be impied that your screener would also be a male.

Still want that Happy Ending? ; )

That’s the system until (if) it gets fixed. We’re not holding our breath. And we’re not gonna complain to every person in the world about it.

Dude, that’s the reason: we don’t complain! We collectively are a big flock of sheep tolerating all the inane things like the underwire feel-ups, the three-ounce toothpaste limits and of course the endless delays, while we are gaining no extra security, as demonstrated by the Federal agents who were able to smuggle bomb-building materials onto airplanes right under the noses of the TSA agents.

Card, schmard.

Dude, you got a card? My wife’s bionic jaw sets off the metal detector without fail.

We need a “Don’t Wand Me, Bro!” card.

saint kansas on November 20, 2007 at 4:26 PM

As does my prosthetic knee. It is a “pull me over” lifetime sentence. I want a retinal scan. I have flown over 100,000 miles a year for the last 15 years and I would really like something different from today’s situation.