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JSmith1969 Feb 24, 2010 1:03 pm


Originally Posted by tsadude1 (Post 13455901)
A good BDO doesnt need to ask/say anything. If you have to talk to someone while conducting SPOT, you're weak.

There are no "good" BDOs, just as there are no "good" phrenologists.

PoliceStateSurvivor Feb 24, 2010 1:32 pm


Originally Posted by jkhuggins (Post 13455568)
And as for "clamming up" giving the impression that I'm a jerk ... you've never seen someone who had a bad day and didn't want to talk to anyone? You've never seen someone whose been distracted and didn't want to engage in conversation? You've never met a terminally shy person who didn't have their helping of Powdermilk Biscuits(TM) that morning? Are all those people jerks? :rolleyes:, indeed.

Add to that somebody like myself who does not want to reveal national origin by speaking with an accent.

Frankly, I don't give a flying leap if TSORon or anyone else of his ilk thinks that I am a jerk. I only value opinions of those whom I respect, which excludes any TSA employee.

GUWonder Feb 24, 2010 1:41 pm


Originally Posted by TSORon (Post 13455591)
You are aware that the "underwear bomber" boarded the plane in the United Kingdom, right? And that the United Kingdom is not a part of the United States, right? And that the TSA only screens folks in US airports, right?

:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

The Netherlands is not part of the UK. The "underwear bomber" boarded the flight at Amsterdam airport which is in The Netherlands.

The TSA wanted, got, and approved the BDO-style practices to screen the passengers on the US-bound flight operated by the US carrier from AMS-DTW which had the "underwear bomber" on it. The TSA propaganda machine hasn't come to the realization that not all of the public are so ignorant as to miss the TSA's foreign adventures. ;)

GUWonder Feb 24, 2010 1:45 pm


Originally Posted by Boggie Dog (Post 13455829)
If this BDO thing is so good why haven't any of the TSA BDO's identified one of TSA's thieves, sex perverts, drug dealers or even a real terrorist?

The TSA propaganda machine still working on an answer to that one?

Do you want me to share what kind of answer, if any, you will get to your question?

GUWonder Feb 24, 2010 1:50 pm


Originally Posted by tsadude1 (Post 13455901)
A good BDO doesnt need to ask/say anything. If you have to talk to someone while conducting SPOT, you're weak.

BDOs being trained to identify a bad person is a big joke. Infants under a year of age are more capable than the TSA's voodoo "security" BDOs.

Boggie Dog Feb 24, 2010 2:57 pm


Originally Posted by GUWonder (Post 13456502)
The TSA propaganda machine still working on an answer to that one?

Do you want me to share what kind of answer, if any, you will get to your question?

Well, since TSA doesn't seem willing to answer a very simple question I think you have all the right to answer for them.:p

clrankin Feb 24, 2010 3:16 pm

TSA's BDOs won't ever have to speak a moment with me to learn how I feel toward them. All they need to do is look at three fingers on my upturned hand and "read between the lines" while I freely assert my First Amendment rights.

I've said it before and will say it again... TSA is a wasteful organization that adds nothing to airline security while wasting billions of taxpayer dollars. Heck, they can't even account for where all their money goes-- neither they nor DHS has been able to pass a government audit since its inception. I guess they do as good a job of tracking dollars as they do of finding bottled water hidden in carry-ons and other "contraband" carried aboard our nation's air fleet on a daily basis.

tsadude1 Feb 24, 2010 4:23 pm


Originally Posted by GUWonder (Post 13456557)
BDOs being trained to identify a bad person is a big joke. Infants under a year of age are more capable than the TSA's voodoo "security" BDOs.

I feel the luv:p

RadioGirl Feb 24, 2010 4:34 pm


Originally Posted by GUWonder (Post 13455509)
Voodoo "security" -- that which covers the practices of the TSA voodoo doctors known as BDOs -- cannot detect bombers. They cannot even detect explosives.

TSA-wanted-and-approved BDO practices were in play for the flight with the failed "underwear bomber". So much good that TSA-wanted-and-approved voodoo "security" did for that flight. :rolleyes:


Originally Posted by GUWonder (Post 13456557)
BDOs being trained to identify a bad person is a big joke. Infants under a year of age are more capable than the TSA's voodoo "security" BDOs.

You're lucky that real voodoo doctors don't have a union (do they?) otherwise you'd be in trouble for insulting them by comparing them to BDOs. :D :D

Boggie Dog Feb 24, 2010 4:35 pm


Originally Posted by tsadude1 (Post 13457668)
I feel the luv:p

Good, I was hoping the vibes were getting out!:D

GUWonder Feb 24, 2010 4:36 pm


Originally Posted by tsadude1 (Post 13457668)
I feel the luv:p

Reality is lovely. If someone wants to try to make a case for behavior detection, they really should look to studies about the judgment capabilities of infants under a year of age. Unfortunately for the TSA, child labor is illegal in the US.

GUWonder Feb 24, 2010 4:42 pm


Originally Posted by RadioGirl (Post 13457753)
You're lucky that real voodoo doctors don't have a union (do they?) otherwise you'd be in trouble for insulting them by comparing them to BDOs. :D :D

I too would consider my being compared to the TSA to be an insult. My apologies to the voodoo believers. :D

Would it be acceptable to take a TSA smurf doll to the airport and stick it with pins in plain sight of the TSA?

iluv2fly Feb 24, 2010 4:44 pm


Originally Posted by tsadude1 (Post 13457668)
I feel the luv:p

No thanks. I'll pass.

Global_Hi_Flyer Feb 24, 2010 5:19 pm


Originally Posted by GUWonder (Post 13456464)
The Netherlands is not part of the UK. The "underwear bomber" boarded the flight at Amsterdam airport which is in The Netherlands.

Gosh I missed that... somebody needs a geography lesson. Perhaps said person is also one that thinks that ABQ is in Mexico rather than the US. :o

FidalgoRob Feb 24, 2010 6:14 pm

There are a lot of angry people who visit this FT forum. Perhaps everybody would be a little better off if this tone were taken down a notch or two.


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