If you can control a situation you can very much control the general mindset of a nation.

Sometimes I feel like being discriminatory in the cakewalk forums then I just use mind of matter then I feel much better.

Does Bapu work?

b                     b                 B


               B        b b B    b

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(that was supposed to be a picture of He-Man. Perhaps the TSA got him)

Bapu is working fine for me here. I don't know what all the complaining is about. I'm sure the previous versions had snappier interfaces, but time marches on.

If you want to build a pipeline through Islamic holy land, don't be surprised when the "terrorists" come home to roost. Traipsing round the globe raping third world countries of their natural resources for our own profit is not without consequences. Extreme religious views, however twisted, are not the root cause here. Dig a little deeper and you will find a corporate conglomerate who leveraged the power of congress and now have a whole lot of blood on their hands... and a media propaganda campaign the likes of which the world has never seen.

Would I get totally beat up for playing devils advocate here? First...before I say a word...I totally agree that this stuff is wrong. Those video's made me jump out of my skin!

However, though there is a great percentage of TSA agents that are completely out of line and enjoying the power they have....don't you think some of it is credible? I mean....what better way to hide something than on an elderly person or a child. How about hiding something under a prosthetic breast? I mean seriously...ok, there is definitely some evil stuff going on with how they go about these things....but these terrorists are pretty crafty these days and come in all flavors and colors.

Also, and I'm sure some of you can attest to this that are in the people business as well...but people today are real pieces of sh!t. They really are. They come off with attitudes like you are lower than they are and that the customer is always right. For example, the dude in the video that wouldn't tell where he worked or why he had the money he had on him. Granted, this is a grey area...as most travelers will probably have a few grand on them. This was definitely harrassment, but don't you think he could have just aswered the question?

I used to go away to England every few months. My record company boss would pay me in cash when I was there. I'd have anywhere from 6k to 10k in my suitecase from him on any given time....I swear. I was inconvenienced just about every time I went on tour because I used to bring my guitar pre-amp with me in my bag. It looks like a bomb and I knew I'd get stuff for it. Why they never checked my suitecases....I have no idea...but if they would have, all that cash would have been a definite nightmare to explain. But, I would have explained it and told the dudes what I did for a living and why I had the money. What is so hard about that unless you are hiding something? I just felt he made it harder on himself. You're trying to board an airplane...something seemed funny to them to where you were pulled aside. What is so wrong about telling them what you do for a living...and why couldn't he just say..."I work at so and so...and like every other traveler, I brought some cash with me". That's all that needs to be said really. These people make problems for themselves many times with a "holier than thou" attitude.

Granted, TSA agents doing wrong or harrassing people is not cool...and we know this exists. But how many of these people earned the right to be repremanded? We don't know the full story as officer Mike has explained. Without all the facts, it's probably less than half a story most times. As a traveler that has been all over the world, even when they thought I was carrying a bomb....I was treated with respect, answered all questions with a smile on my face and even said "if you go get my guitar and a set of headphones, I'll jam through that bomb for you". LOL! A lot of it has to do with the attitude of people...trust me. If I didn't know this first hand from flying all over God's creation, I'd not even comment about it. If you do what you're told (within reason) and don't make waves, you blow right through these places...even today. When you show up with an attitude or think you are going to strong arm TSA, they can make your life miserable. Again, I know there are several that are on a power trip abusing that power....but people today are so rude and full of attitude, some of them deserve the treatment they receive.

-Danny 

Bub

Zuma

If you want to build a pipeline through Islamic holy land, don't be surprised when the "terrorists" come home to roost. Traipsing round the globe raping third world countries of their natural resources for our own profit is not without consequences. Extreme religious views, however twisted, are not the root cause here. Dig a little deeper and you will find a corporate conglomerate who leveraged the power of congress and now have a whole lot of blood on their hands... and a media propaganda campaign the likes of which the world has never seen.

Huh ... I didn't know China had a Congress. I thought they were Communists.

Learn something new every day.

If anyone should be pissed at the U.S. for using their oil ... it should be Canada. We imported almost twice as much from them last year as we did the Middle East. If you take that mentality then we should be over-run by radical Canadian's within the next few weeks.

Islam has been on a mission to kill anyone in it's path since the beginning of recorded history so please don't blame the blood on their hands on the U.S. my friend ...

ftp://ftp.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/company_level_imports/current/import.html

There's nothing new to learn. A conglomerate of domestic and foreign Oil/Gas companies went before the US congress in the early 90's asking for influence and military intervention if need be, to pave the way for the TransAfghanistan pipeline which snakes right through Taliban holy land. They tried negotiating through the UN first but Bin Laden didn't want gold. The ultimatum was "we'll bomb you into the stone age".  It's a fact, Bub. It's all lies and false flags. You forget we armed Bin Laden's boys in the 80's when Russia was doing the same thing. The oil is running dry and the middle east is the strategic battle ground for "he who controls the last drop". You've been lied to and mislead. All the chest thumping and flag waving is just a smokescreen.

They might not have found it humorous, A friend tells the story of how just jokingly as she handed over her purse for inspection saying " Oh I took all my bombs out  already"
They looked at her with jaw's dropped and pulled her out of the line and held her up for 15 min and a supervisor had to come and interview her.
He said we didn't find your comments humorous at all. The word Bomb is not to be spoken in the checkpoints.

I'm glad that some of the Americans are on board with what the rest of the world already see's in all this terrorism paranoia. The thing is that some of these corporations that manipulate you so easily are not even American owned. And what's with the redneck gun thing!  Who in their right mind would consider shooting at a fellow human being?
We need to be careful about what we say the whole world is listening here.

hey Bub:
 
I love the United States.
Just because I question some foreign policy decisions doesn't mean I hate my country.

Well, I have observed that darts can indeed be quite dangerous, especially in combination with alcohol, as is the tradition around the world.

And what were they thinking when they invented lawn darts?