Ten reasons why I may never get on an airplane again

As I’m putting this together from so many tabs I have saved, I see there are many more than ten reasons. Also, since I’m posting them all in one place, I may not be ALLOWED to fly anywhere in the future. Big Brother is watching, right?!

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Maybe this bothers me so much because my Uncle had an ostomy bag for over a year, but, still. Retired teacher reduced to tears after TSA groping breaks open his ostomy bag and covers him with his own urine.

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Maybe this bothers me so much because I have a friend who is an amputee, and has a son (albeit older than 4), but… still. Amputee forced to remove prosthesis and be separated from four-year-old son.

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Maybe this bothers me so much because … oh, who am I kidding? These are all fucking dehumanizing and marginalizing. I don’t have to defend why I’m livid about it. Hey, TSA – how about a little blood on your hands? TSA Groin Searches Menstruating Woman

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All animals are equal. But some animals are more equal than others. Especially if you’re a politician.

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Here’s an interesting story by a man with Titanium “replacement parts” (as he calls them) and his take on security.

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Here’s a link to an 11 minute video of a mother being held up (for over an hour) over a bottle of breast milk; the same TSA members she’d dealt with the week before hold her for so long that she misses her flight.

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Oh, those wacky TSA agents and their hilarious cocaine pranks.

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Hey, pedos! Rather than go to jail for touching young children, how about getting a job with the TSA? Then it’s OK to tell kids that getting groped is “just a game.”

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Man tries to opt out of both groping and pornoscanner; told he’ll be fined $10,000 unless he chooses one.

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Remember that pilot everyone wants in a crisis? He’s got a few words to say (if you can hear them over the sound of his GIANT BRASS BALLS.) Sully … can land a passenger jet in a river without so much as getting a passenger wet, but he couldn’t stop the TSA from hand searching his own wife during a recent trip.

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God forbid you should try to board with 4 ounces of hand lotion, or maybe a bottle of breast milk for your child; those are a threat. .40 caliber loaded handguns? Didn’t even catch it.

Related: TSA agents check out Adam Savage’s junk, but miss his two 12″ razor blades.

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Immigration officer fired after putting wife on list of terrorists to stop her flying home (so anyone with a personal vendetta can use the War on Terrorism as a personal vendetta! Yay!)

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Two TSA agents arrested at JFK Airport for stealing $39K from passenger’s bag (arguably it was a boneheaded move to stick that much cash in your bag; but still. My luggage is not your five-finger-discount shopping station.)

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Ever care about the screeners point of view? Personally, not really. But here it is anyway.

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But sometimes there is hope: Alaska state rep refuses TSA grope of her mastectomy scars, drives home from Seattle. And Jesse Ventura has filed a lawsuit against the TSA. And Phil Mocek took this video in 2009 and was just recently acquitted after over a year of legal battle.

Somewhat related: Furrygirl’s sexy stripdown protest in Seattle airport mocking TSA security theater (NSFW video)

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PS. Here is a link to a PDF of your TSA Checkpoint Rights. Learn them. Live them. Love them (before they’re taken away like all our other civil liberties OH WAS THAT OUT LOUD?)

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I have to go bang my head into a wall for a while now. Happy Sunday, everyone! Anyone flying soon…?