The Ultimate TSA Takedown

I’ve commented on the TSA’s incompetence in previous posts. I’ve also shared some horror stories about TSA abuse. And I’ve posted many jokes about the Keystone Cops of airport security (for more laughs, see this, this, this, and this). But this graphic, sent to me by Tony Shin, is a superb visual display of what [...]

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Enjoy this TSA Invasiveness Contest

I’ve expressed my disdain for the bureaucrats from the Transportation Security Administration, including stories such as: o Confiscating a plastic hammer from a mentally retarded man. o Detaining a woman for carrying breast milk. o Hassling a woman for the unexplained red flag of having sequentially numbered checks. o Demanding that a handicapped 4-year old boy walk through a [...]

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Merry Christmas from the TSA

Remember the TSA hokey-pokey song? Well, now the folks at Reason TV have a new song to celebrate the bureaucrats clogging our airports. Here’s another version of the song with even better lyrics (and there’s also another bonus Christmas TSA song at the link).

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Mind-Blowing TSA Stupidity and Political Correctness

I’ve had some fun mocking the bureaucrats from the Transportation Security Administration, including stories such as: o Confiscating a plastic hammer from a mentally retarded man. o Detaining a woman for carrying breast milk. o Hassling a woman for the unexplained red flag of having sequentially numbered checks. o Demanding that a handicapped 4-year old [...]

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Congressman Who First Proposed TSA Legislation Has Battlefield Conversion, now Wants Privatization

As a frequent traveler, I have a special loathing for the TSA. And it’s not just because I get stuck in line behind families that take 20 minutes to go through security, just so the bureaucrats can confiscate toy soldiers, plastic hammers, toothpaste, and baby food. Or poke and prod 95-year old women with adult [...]

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Two Examples of Reprehensible and Outrageous TSA Behavior…and Senator Rand Paul Speaks Up for Common Sense

I’ve largely stopped beating up on the TSA because it seems like a dog-bites-man or sun-rises-in-the-east issue. Do we really learn anything by repetitively discussing the stupidity on one bureaucracy? But sometimes the idiocy reaches such an extreme level that it can’t be ignored. Here are the nauseating details of how TSA bureaucrats confiscated a [...]

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Too Bad Obama Cares More about Kowtowing to Unions rather than Saving Tax Dollars and Improving Quality of Air Travel

I used to have lots of posts about TSA inefficiency and stupidity, but then I got discouraged and stopped. It seemed pointless to discuss the issue when there was no hope for improvement. I still think that’s the case, at least so long as Obama is in the White House and acting as a toady [...]

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The TSA Hokey-Pokey

Here’s a classic video from Reason TV mocking our intimate friends at the TSA. Enjoy…and share.

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The TSA’s Keystone Cops Strike Again

My New Year’s Resolution was to stop making fun of the Transportation Security Administration. Not because I changed my mind about the bureaucracy and its level of (in)competence, but rather because I felt as if I was taking candy from a baby. Kicking the TSA is just too easy. But I can’t resist low-hanging fruit. [...]

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Astounding TSA Incompetence

This is really remarkable. We’re supposed to go through porno strip machines at the airport so the bureaucrats can detect firearms. Yet the Keystone Cops at the TSA in Dallas failed when an undercover agent tested their awareness by hiding a gun in her undergarments. They didn’t just fail. They. Failed. Every. Single. Time. Check [...]

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Two Recent TSA Decisions Will Make Flying a More Miserable Experience in the Future

I’m sick of the TSA and haven’t written about that incompetent bureaucracy since posting a mock press release early last month. But after enduring the slowest-moving line in recorded history at the Miami Airport yesterday, motivation is no longer a problem. So it was serendipitous (in a bad way) to see a story in the [...]

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Who Knew the TSA Was so Productive?

I suppose there’s a slight possibility, perhaps asymptotically approaching 100 percent, that this is a parody rather than a real press release, so enjoy with appropriate skepticism. Click to enlarge.

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Mocking the TSA with Humor

I was thinking of doing a serious post about the TSA, especially after reading about the government’s petty and reprehensible attack on the pilot who exposed the bureaucracy’s absurdly inconsistent security rules. I also noticed a story about a 56-year old former rape victim who was arrested because she refused to let TSA bureaucrats grope [...]

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A Janet Napolitano Romance Novel

There’s an unconfirmed rumor that Wiki-Leaks got hold of a romance novel being written by the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. I don’t want to get the folks at Harlequin upset with me, so I can only share a small excerpt from one of the chapters. He grasped me firmly but gently just [...]

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Let’s Be Thankful Terrorists Are Even Less Competent than the TSA

We all grumble that going to the airport now means long lines and invasions of privacy, but we hope that at least we’re getting safety in exchange for all the hassle. But based on results of random tests, the only thing we can really conclude is that terrorists must be very stupid. When undercover agents [...]

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Japanese-Style TSA Humor

Youtube made me state I was over 18 to watch this, though it really doesn’t deserve more than a PG rating.

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More Fun at the TSA’s Expense

I want to stop blogging about this issue, but can’t resist sharing this video.

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This TSA Stupidity Makes Me Want to Go Postal

I hate writing about the TSA and airport security, especially since I fly frequently and despise the pointless “security theater” of the whole process. I keep doing posts about the issue, though, because it seems a day doesn’t go by without some new revelation about foolish government action. Here’s a video (courtesy of Pejman Yousefzadeh [...]

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Pick Your Favorite TSA Motto

The resolution on these is not exactly crisp. Clicking and zooming will give you a better view. In any event, many of them are worth the trouble. I think the last one is my favorite.

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The Silver Lining to the TSA’s Dark Cloud

Freedom, liberty, and common sense are all good things, which explains why I criticize the TSA’s bureaucratic approach to airport safety. But I’m a glass-half-full guy, so here’s one good argument for the TSA’s new guidelines. And since we’re having some fun at TSA’s expense, here’s how the Taiwanese interpret our policy.

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Two Cheers for John Boehner, but Government Officials Should Not Get a Free Pass on TSA Screening

One of John Boehner’s first announcements after the GOP House takeover was that he would continue to fly commercial. This is in sharp contrast to Nancy Pelosi, who insisted on using luxury jets operated by the military. Boehner deserves praise for that decision, but he only gets two cheers rather than three since, like many [...]

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Craigslist TSA Ad

Warning, this is not G-rated. Here’s the original link, though I won’t be surprised if it gets taken down.

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TSA Warning Sign

A pretty good summary of where we stand. I wonder if the IRS is getting jealous of their friends at the TSA?

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Column on TSA Wins “Sentence of the Day” Contest

Our airport security system is a giant hassle. It’s very costly. And now we have the incredible privilege of having government bureaucrats grope our private parts. So are we getting big benefits to offset these high costs? Mark Tapscott of the Washington Examiner has a column about the TSA that includes a single sentence (actually, [...]

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More TSA Humor

Here’s what Conan had to say about the Transportation Security Administration on his new late-night talk show. In San Diego, a man refused to be patted down by airport security and some people are calling him a hero. I don’t mind being patted down by airport security, but I don’t like it when the guy [...]

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New Uniforms for TSA Gropers?

If we believe in truth-in-advertising, TSA bureaucrats should wear these t-shirts as they get their cheap thrills.

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Going to Third Base with the TSA

For those who follow the Drudge Report, you’ve presumably seen several stories about “Big Sis” and her plans to require either body imaging or a full pat down. I’ve always viewed this as a cost-benefit issue. There are crazies out there who want to blow up planes, so it is a legitimate function of government [...]

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More TSA Stupidity?

Regular readers know I’m not a big fan of the Transportation Security Administration, though I confess I don’t know whether the inane policies are the result of dumb laws, foolish political appointees, or home-grown bureaucratic stupidity. Regardless, I mock the TSA (here and here). I criticize their thuggish/overbearing approach (here, here, here, here, and here). [...]

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Does TSA Stand for Totally Stupid A-holes?

I saw this jaw-dropping story linked on Instapundit. Some TSA bureaucrats, along with some Philadelphia cops, randomly decided to abuse an innocent woman. In a just world, all of these jerks would be fired and there were be strict new rules (in addition to the already-existing rules) unambiguously stating that the sole job of TSA [...]

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Time to Shut Down the TSA?

In his Chicago Tribune column, Steve Champman suggests that the TSA’s bureaucratic inefficiency does more harm than good, especially if we place any value of liberty. Get rid of the no-fly list entirely. For that matter, get rid of the requirement that passengers provide government-approved identification just to go from one place to another. Americans [...]

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