TSA checkpoints now on TN highways

[kckndrgn]

TSA Checkpoints Now On TN Highways | Tennessee News Press | Tennessee News Directory | TN Headlines

excerpt from the article:

The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security on Tuesday partnered with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and several other federal and state agencies for a safety enforcement and awareness operation on Tennessee’s interstates and two metropolitan-area bus stations. They are randomly inspecting vehicles on highways in Tennessee.

The random inspections really aren’t any more thorough normal, according to Tennessee Highway Patrol Colonel Tracy Trott who says paying attention to details can make a difference.

“People generally associate the TSA with airport security…but now we have moved on to other forms of transportation, such as highways, buses and railways,†said Kevin McCarthy, TSA federal security director for West Tennessee.

Great, just great!!

[sigmtnman]

It's ridiculous is what it is... Thank you for bringing this up as it can not be mentioned enough.

http://www.tngunowners.com/forums/general-off-topic/63815-vere-zee-papers-tsa-hits-roads-tn.html

[kckndrgn]

guess my search-foo is off today, did some searches here and nothing showed up. Sorry for the duplicate thread, closing

[Guest pfries]

Ladies and Gentlemen

With the implementation of the Eurodollar underway in Europe these last few years, the European Union is trying to find new ways to standardize practices in Europe.

The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the EU rather than German which was the other possibility.

As part of the negotiations, Her Majesty's Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a five year phase-in plan that would be known as "Euro-English".

In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy. The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of the "k". This should klear up konfusion and keyboards kan have 1 less letter.

There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year, when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like "fotograf" 20% shorter.

In the third year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be ekspekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. Governments will enkorage the removal of double letters, which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling. Also, al wil agre that the horible mes of the silent "e"s in the language is disgraseful, and they should go away.

By the fourth year, peopl wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with "z" and "w" with "v". During ze fifz year, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou" and similar changes vud of kors be aplid to ozer kombinations of leters.

After zis fifz yer, ve vil hav a reli sensibl riten styl. Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi to understand ech ozer. Ze drem vil finali kum tru! And zen world!

(from the interwebz)

[sigmtnman]

guess my search-foo is off today, did some searches here and nothing showed up. Sorry for the duplicate thread, closing

No worries. This should be in every category.

But then again, the TV tells everyone to be very scared, so most folks will accept it.

[Mark@Sea]

Look for something hard enough, you'll find it.

[sigmtnman]

Then why not just do door to door searches every day/week/month?

Locals can search every day. Assign one guy to every 50 houses. Then every week, the state can do a check. Then every month, the fed can do one.

[Mark@Sea]

Then why not just do door to door searches every day/week/month?

Locals can search every day. Assign one guy to every 50 houses. Then every week, the state can do a check. Then every month, the fed can do one.

Shhhh!!! You're getting ahead of the program! That's at least 5 years away!

[Guest boatme99]

"Your papers! NOW!"

[Raoul]

Ladies and Gentlemen

With the implementation of the Eurodollar underway in Europe these last few years, the European Union is trying to find new ways to standardize practices in Europe.

The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the EU rather than German which was the other possibility.

As part of the negotiations, Her Majesty's Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a five year phase-in plan that would be known as "Euro-English".

In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy. The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of the "k". This should klear up konfusion and keyboards kan have 1 less letter.

There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year, when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like "fotograf" 20% shorter.

In the third year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be ekspekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. Governments will enkorage the removal of double letters, which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling. Also, al wil agre that the horible mes of the silent "e"s in the language is disgraseful, and they should go away.

By the fourth year, peopl wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with "z" and "w" with "v". During ze fifz year, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou" and similar changes vud of kors be aplid to ozer kombinations of leters.

After zis fifz yer, ve vil hav a reli sensibl riten styl. Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi to understand ech ozer. Ze drem vil finali kum tru! And zen world!

(from the interwebz)

Zis is vry nterstng.

[Guest ArmyVeteran37214]

TSA is a worthless federal agency. This agency needs to go away. They are part of a over bearing federal government.

[BryanP]

Making threat assessment and security implementation the purview of a single organization is a mistake. You do that and it starts inventing reasons why it should grow.

[TMF]

Making threat assessment and security implementation the purview of a single organization is a mistake. You do that and it starts inventing reasons why it should grow.

+1 The TSA simply doesn't have this capability but want to believe they do. I think someone is trying to stay off the budget cut hit list and is coming up with ways to remain relevant.

[styx]

Just another step toward a police state.

[DaveTN]

Tennessee Highway Patrol Colonel Tracy Trott who says paying attention to details can make a difference.

Colonel Trott how do you and Metro Chief Anderson feel about the Feds stepping in and letting you know you know they think you are incompetent? TSA Officers are there because they couldn’t get jobs as real cops. Now you let them order our State and Metro Officers around?

You should be ashamed. Now grow a set, and tell them to go back to feeling up people at the airport where they belong. Otherwise, we won’t need you. (That’s probably the plan anyway.)

[mav]

I have often wondered why they chose TN as the first state. Perhaps they have been on TGO for a while reading posts of all these right-wing radical, gun owners, anti-government types, and former military personal. According to DHS, it is these type of people that represent the number one threat to national security.

[TMF]

I have often wondered why they chose TN as the first state. Perhaps they have been on TGO for a while reading posts of all these right-wing radical, gun owners, anti-government types, and former military personal. According to DHS, it is these type of people that represent the number one threat to national security.

That's why I have to be here to temper the distrust of the government, that way the FBI doesn't focus on the whole site.... just a "select few".

[sigmtnman]

Bring it on. I aint skert.

[Guest RobThatsMe]

Then why not just do door to door searches every day/week/month?

Locals can search every day. Assign one guy to every 50 houses. Then every week, the state can do a check. Then every month, the fed can do one.

Shhhhhhh.... POTUS will include this in his new "Jobs Bill" !!!

[JayC]

Just another step toward a police state.

I'm sorry to tell you, but we're already at the destination.

[Guest HvyMtl]

I wonder what happens if you say "no" to the inspection...

Hmm.

[tnhawk]

I see a legal challenge to this stupid idea soon.

Probable cause?

Am I under arrest?

What and why are you seaching for?

Who has given Keven McCarthy, as:poop: TSA federal security director of west TN:poop:, this authority to invade my privacy?

Edited October 24, 2011 by tnhawk

[Guest Gunbunnie]

Hum, I gotta wonder if they have intel that things have been coming across our unsecured borders that might go boom or worse. Just a thought.

[Dad03]

OK, but I am not taking my shoes or belt off.

[JayC]

Hum, I gotta wonder if they have intel that things have been coming across our unsecured borders that might go boom or worse. Just a thought.

That appears to have already happened, and they didn't bother to warn us...