TSA agent in training
Show us how it’s done!
Barack Obama took a moment of his time to let his servants know that he is sympathetic to the plight of Americans who travel:
LISBON, Portugal — President Barack Obama on Saturday acknowledged some travelers’ “frustrations” with having to go through full-body pat-downs and scans at airports, but he said the enhanced security measures are necessary to keep America safe.
In response to a question at a press conference in Lisbon, where he was attending a NATO summit , the president said that the Transportation Security Administration has been “under enormous pressure” to find better ways to screen for explosives and other dangerous items ever since the attempted 2009 Christmas Day bombing of a U.S. airliner over Detroit. In that case, a passenger with links to an al-Qaida extremist group tried to set off plastic explosives concealed in his underwear.
“I understand people’s frustrations, and what I’ve said to the TSA is that you have to constantly refine and measure whether what we’re doing is the only way to assure the American people’s safety. And you also have to think through are there other ways of doing it that are less intrusive,” Obama said.
“But at this point, TSA in consultation with counterterrorism experts have indicated to me that the procedures that they have been putting in place are the only ones right now (other than profiliing) that they consider to be effective against the kind of threat that we saw in the Christmas Day bombing.”
But since he is King of America, he does not have to endure the same treatment:
Obama acknowledged that as president he does not have to go through pat-downs and other normal security procedures at airports, since he flies on Air Force One.
Well, here’s a thought, Barry. You have the opportunity to be a real leader. You have the opportunity to show America that not only are you really sympathetic and that you can be empathetic as well.
For purposes of symbolism, why you don’t subject yourself and Michelle publicly to the same sexual Lewis and Clark experience each time you hop on Air Force 1 that the rest of us endure when we fly? Show us that you’re willing to share this humiliation with us. Hey- why not let Janet Napolitano be your personal TSA agent?
In addition, why don’t you have Sasha and Malia hand searched and then placed in a full body scanner each time you fly just to prove that that radiation is as safe as they say it is?
Come on, Barry. Show us what you’re made of.
DrJohn has been a health care professional for more than 30 years. In addition to clinical practice he has done extensive research and has published widely with over 70 original articles and abstracts in the peer-reviewed literature. DrJohn is well known in his field and has lectured on every continent except for Antarctica. He has been married to the same wonderful lady for over 30 years and has three kids- two sons, both of whom are attorneys and one daughter on her way into the field of education.
DrJohn was brought up with the concept that one can do well if one is prepared to work hard but nothing in life is guaranteed.
Except for liberals being foolish.
