Originally Posted by
BearX220
Government derives from the consent of the governed. I'm pretty sure I've read that somewhere.
When one utters that concept in the presence of many DHS and TSA personnel inside the Beltway, the sad but typical reaction is one of disbelief. The management of DHS and TSA are amongst the most arrogant in all of government.
Originally Posted by
BearX220
Having had my aviator brother killed while flying for the United States Navy I think I'm pretty well acquainted with that concept, thank you. And I think I know what he'd say about the current tragic state of the nation he died defending. He's consider TSA, and its critics-are-traitors line of reasoning, a malignant perversion.
Some of our resident TSO's simply have no shame.
Originally Posted by
BearX220
And considering how many TSOs spend their shifts slugging down Starbucks, screaming at innocent Americans and scoping cute girls for the Nude-o-Scopes while my brother's remains lie in a wrecked airplane at the bottom of the Caribbean Sea, perhaps we'd better not start comparing notes on duty and sacrifice, hmm?
Don't condescend to your public, sir. And especially not people in my position.
Condescension and arrogance are the hallmark of DHS and TSA.