So, I was in Denver International airport in this uniform:
Sorry if the pic is too small
I’m there to pick up Marines returning from some training exercise. I’m in the airport for 12 hours that day because the flights are spread out from 0600 – 2130. So I figure I’ll go to the USO because it is too expensive to just hang out in a lounge or sportsbar in the airport all day long.
So, I get a gate pass from an airlines, I had to do that because the geniuses at DIA put the USO inside a terminal and not out in the public areas where everyone can get to it. I get to TSA security checkpoint and they want me to take my shoes off. I refuse because if anyone is NOT a terrorist it’s me. And besides it is a major pain in the ass to get the damn things off and back on again. For this I was treated to an 8 minute wait in a glass booth where everyone in the airport gawked at me, then I was wanded , prodded, and patted by some sycophant who blathered on and on about his days on the force…never said which force and I didn’t ask.
As all this was going on I glanced over at their new fangled sniffer machine which is supposed to detect explosives and noticed everyone in the line, about 30 people, were all white. I know we are not supposed to profile but give me a break. Most of the bombings around the world have not been carried out by AARP platinum card members. I could go on and on about this but it all really comes down to this: Airport security sucks, and no one cares.
By the way, I had a cigarette lighter on me the whole time and Inspector Clouseau never found it. Pitiful.
Sorry if the pic is too small
I’m there to pick up Marines returning from some training exercise. I’m in the airport for 12 hours that day because the flights are spread out from 0600 – 2130. So I figure I’ll go to the USO because it is too expensive to just hang out in a lounge or sportsbar in the airport all day long.
So, I get a gate pass from an airlines, I had to do that because the geniuses at DIA put the USO inside a terminal and not out in the public areas where everyone can get to it. I get to TSA security checkpoint and they want me to take my shoes off. I refuse because if anyone is NOT a terrorist it’s me. And besides it is a major pain in the ass to get the damn things off and back on again. For this I was treated to an 8 minute wait in a glass booth where everyone in the airport gawked at me, then I was wanded , prodded, and patted by some sycophant who blathered on and on about his days on the force…never said which force and I didn’t ask.
As all this was going on I glanced over at their new fangled sniffer machine which is supposed to detect explosives and noticed everyone in the line, about 30 people, were all white. I know we are not supposed to profile but give me a break. Most of the bombings around the world have not been carried out by AARP platinum card members. I could go on and on about this but it all really comes down to this: Airport security sucks, and no one cares.
By the way, I had a cigarette lighter on me the whole time and Inspector Clouseau never found it. Pitiful.