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Politics : Piffer Thread on Political Rantings and Ravings -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: arno who wrote (4898)	11/30/2001 12:28:21 PM
From: Oral Roberts	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14610

I think we have moron's making their own rules as they go along. These are the same people we were worried about with our press comments. Thus we end up with people being groped, kids getting their toys broke, etc. Worse then that when the day is done we are no safer just irritated. And much worse then that they are reproducing.

To: arno who wrote (4898)	11/30/2001 12:51:28 PM
From: Jorj X Mckie	Respond to of 14610

* A pregnant flight attendant based in Portland, Ore., ''was subjected to a search during which screeners pressed against her belly'' after the buttons of her blouse set off metal detectors. ''When she asked them to refrain from doing this,'' the letter says, ''the screeners became angry and threatened her with a strip search.'' Well, I am against pregnant flight attendants. Much of the time, flight attendants are there as hosts and hostesses. But, in an emergency, they are the ones that are supposed to deal with the emergency. Flight Attendants should not be compromised physically or emotionally. I would argue that a pregnant woman is both. A pregnant woman's first priority should be her baby. A flight attendant's first priority should be the passengers. * A male flight attendant passing through security at Boston's Logan Airport ''was frisked, made to open his belt and the top of his pants and to shake them in front of passengers in the airport boarding area.'' When he boarded, he noticed a passenger with knitting needles, which screeners should have confiscated, the letter says. This is nothing special. I have written on this thread how I have had to undo my belt buckle and top button of my pants at the security checkpoint. Pop Quiz - If you wanted to bring a knife on board, would you hide it A. Under a metal belt buckle B. Someplace else on your body where the knife would set off the metal detector by itself. I'm not saying that the security screeners aren't boneheads and that they are not doing inappropriate things, but I doubt that the flight crews are getting special treatment.