tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260692.post112196821469777221..comments2023-05-13T02:24:42.139-07:00Comments on Stones In the Field: ShoesMachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846076773328384778noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260692.post-35430216666345719492007-11-01T07:46:00.000-07:002007-11-01T07:46:00.000-07:00Sure..even when i flew with my girl only my shoes ...Sure..even when i flew with my girl only my <A HREF="http://www.shoedeals4u.com/shoeswomens.asp" REL="nofollow">shoes</A> were checked..not my kids..i dunno the differnce will it make them..Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02912268282283294108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260692.post-1122177172165528892005-07-23T20:52:00.000-07:002005-07-23T20:52:00.000-07:00Mostly, I object to the absurdity. It's like airp...Mostly, I object to the absurdity. It's like airport security is a sort of make-work project for all of us--designed to make it <I>seem</I> as if we're more secure.<BR/><BR/>In fact, I'd think one could walk right through the line with about a gazillion pounds of plastique in one's pockets, rigged detonate at a signal from a cell-phone remote. You'd drop your cell phone in the little box with your keys and change, have any other metal components in your carry-on to assemble later, and walk right through, pretty much. <BR/><BR/>But since we all have to stand in long lines for two or three times longer than we used to, we take our shoes off, we submit to someone patting us down--we're supposed to buy that we're safer.Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01846076773328384778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260692.post-1122158602963025052005-07-23T15:43:00.000-07:002005-07-23T15:43:00.000-07:00I found the TSA folks in Dallas to be very friendl...I found the TSA folks in Dallas to be very friendly, the lady who wand-ed me was chatty and polite. She tried to make an awkward situation a bit more comfortable for me and I appreciated that. <BR/><BR/>The whole reason I was pulled aside and wanded in Dallas was shoes, btw. And then the wand picked up on the metal in my bra and I had to get a 'pat down' too. Their devices were more sensitive than the ones in San Jose and Raliegh, NC. I decided next time I have to connect through Dallas I'll either not go out for a smoke or I'll go thru braless and shoeless. It'll be my luck that fits some profile and they'll strip search me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260692.post-1122136808762309412005-07-23T09:40:00.000-07:002005-07-23T09:40:00.000-07:00Mac - re: 'getting used to it' - I say, "Mooove ov...Mac - re: 'getting used to it' - I say, "Mooove over civil rights." Isn't that what Sheeple say?<BR/><BR/>I flew recently with my little boy. They checked my shoes but they didn't check his. DUH. If I'm fixin' to blow up a plane that we're both on - obviously we're both going to die - what difference would it make - my shoes, his shoes? No difference. I can't be the only person who caught that.....Big Time DUH.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260692.post-1122054118784294902005-07-22T10:41:00.000-07:002005-07-22T10:41:00.000-07:00they wore flip-flops because that's what you-know-...they wore flip-flops because that's what you-know-who is... a flip-flop... :) one minute there's wmds... the next it's about democracy...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com