The Zombieslayer

Carlin’s spot on here.

Airport security does absolutely nothing other than making white people FEEL safe.

You’re not going to get killed by a terrorist. You just won’t. You’re gonna die by some soccer mom in an SUV who’s yelling at her stupid kids and not paying attention to the road. That’s how you’re gonna die, but you can’t ban that.

White folks are scared of the boogie man. The boogie man is now a tall skinny Muslim guy with a beard who says weird things in a language white people don’t understand.

I normally wouldn’t let that bother me what scares white people but the reason it does is:
1) it infringes on my Right to travel,
2) it slows down flying to a fucking crawl. I mean, God damn (pardon my French), I was stuck in the Vegas airport for four fucking hours because airport security made the lines so slow. I could have driven and at least listened to my Metal on the way home,
3) airport security is getting white people used to a police state, which is my absolute biggest fear. I stick out. I can’t exactly blend in. Historically, police states don’t bode well for people who don’t look like everyone else.

So, First Lady Michelle Obama in a concern about obesity is trying to raise awareness to the benefits of breastfeeding.  You’d think that would be a good thing, right (especially considering how much obesity causes us taxpayers in health care expenses)? Well, Palin’s having a cow and saying that Ms. Obama is doing the Nanny State thing.

You know me.  I’m the first person to oppose the Nanny State.  I’m also no fan of the O Bummer Administration either.  You know I supported the Ron Paul campaign.

But let’s call a spade a spade.  Palin SUPPORTED the bank bailouts and the military industrial complex which is one of the primary causes for our nation’s deficit in the first place.  Ms. Obama talking about breastfeeding isn’t even one percent of one percent of the problem that either of those created.  Not even close.  Not even in the same ballpark.  Like I said, not even one percent of one percent.

So I got four words for Ms. Palin - “shut up, you hypocrite.”

I’ve hated the TSA since their existence.  Considering we really need budget cuts, let’s eliminate this agency completely.  Biggest waste of money, especially considering that EVERY terrorist act since 9/11 aboard American planes was diverted by PASSENGERS, not the useless TSA.

They don’t protect you, folks.  All they do is make air travel more time consuming and more annoying.

This is a guy who stood up to the TSA:

This morning, I tried to fly out of San Diego International Airport but was refused by the TSA. I had been somewhat prepared for this eventuality. I have been reading about the millimeter wave and backscatter x-ray machines and the possible harm to health as well as the vivid pictures they create of people’s naked bodies. Not wanting to go through them, I had done my  research on the TSA’s website prior to traveling to see if SAN had them. From all indications, they did not. When I arrived at the security line, I found that the TSA’s website was out of date. SAN does in fact utilize backscatter x-ray machines.

I made my way through the line toward the first line of “defense”: the TSA ID checker. This agent looked over my boarding pass, looked over my ID, looked at me and then back at my ID. After that, he waved me through. SAN is still operating metal detectors, so I walked over to one of the lines for them. After removing my shoes and making my way toward the metal detector, the person in front of me in line was pulled out to go through the backscatter machine. After asking what it was and being told, he opted out. This left the machine free, and before I could go through the metal detector, I was pulled out of line to go through the backscatter machine. When asked, I half-chuckled and said, “I don’t think so.” At this point, I was informed that I would be subject to a pat down, and I waited for another agent.

A male agent (it was a female who had directed me to the backscatter machine in the first place), came and waited for me to get my bags and then directed me over to the far corner of the area for screening. After setting my things on a table, he turned to me and began to explain that he was going to do a “standard” pat down. (I thought to myself, “great, not one of those gropings like I’ve been reading about”.) After he described, the pat down, I realized that he intended to touch my groin. After he finished his description but before he started the pat down, I looked him straight in the eye and said, “if you touch my junk, I’ll have you arrested.” He, a bit taken aback, informed me that he would have to involve his supervisor because of my comment.

We both stood there for no more than probably two minutes before a female TSA agent (apparently, the supervisor) arrived. She described to me that because I had opted out of the backscatter screening, I would now be patted down, and that involved running hands up the inside of my legs until they felt my groin. I stated that I would not allow myself to be subject to a molestation as a condition of getting on my flight. The supervisor informed me that it was a standard administrative security check and that they were authorized to do it. I repeated that I felt what they were doing was a sexual assault, and that if they were anyone but the government, the act would be illegal. I believe that I was then informed that if I did not submit to the inspection, I would not be getting on my flight. I again stated that I thought the search was illegal. I told her that I would be willing to submit to a walk through the metal detector as over 80% of the rest of the people were doing, but I would not be groped. The supervisor, then offered to go get her supervisor.

Read the rest here

Now if this doesn’t bother you, I just don’t know what to say:

…it’s because of overcrowding.  The population has grown too fast.  Weird to see someone agrees with me.  This guy has a different analogy:

Too Much Traffic—Too Many People?

The best analogy I’ve found is traffic.

Read the rest of his article here.

Do you want to hear something stupid? People use athletes as role models.

That, is stupid.  Do you know what professional athletes are? They are people who can run faster, throw a ball faster, or catch better than you can.  They’re not any smarter.  They’re not better people.  They are, simply, athletes.

They’re also more often than not stupid.  Looking up to athletes, is, well, stupid.

I follow sports.  I take them with a grain of salt.  I would rather not know them in real life because I know I’d be disappointed.

Alternatives?

Yeah, how about finding someone who makes a difference in the world.  Like that lady who tried to wage an international campaign to ban land mines.  Or someone who invented something cool. Or that Chinese guy who just won the Nobel Peace Prize while in jail.

You wonder why people outside of America think Americans are so stupid? It’s because we’re so obsessed with moronic things like American Idol and Jersey Shore (which I’m proud to say, I’ve never watched either), and sports yet we can’t name the 7 continents.

The Gods gave us brains.  Let’s use them for something productive.