This made me all sorts of angry:
Savannah then showed agents a doctor’s
note explaining that the sensitive insulin pump should not go through
the body scanner. She says she was told to go through it anyway. “When
someone in a position of authority tells you it is – you think that its
right. So, I said, Are you sure I can go through with the pump? It’s not
going to hurt the pump? And she said no, no you’re fine.”
I won’t fault the girl here. She has probably been told over and over to trust the government and do what you’re told. She has been drilled to the point where she ignored what her doctor said and did what a high school drop out that was too stupid to get a job anyplace else said.
Unsurprisingly it destroyed her insulin pump. Walking into one of those things with electronic equipment is down right dangerous. Ionizing radiation can cause single event upsets in the control systems of the medical equipment. Non-ionizing radiation can have the effect of an EMP causing excessive voltages in circuits. If the device is improperly shielded it will destroy components. Memory devices can also suffer a single event upset.
I don’t know which of these incidents occurred, my suspicion is the second. I will say this girl is very lucky she is not dead or hospitalized as a SEU could have resulted in an excess or incorrect dosage being administered. Usually devices can survive one safely, however multiple failures were probably induced simultaneously
This is an expensive lesson and one that everyone needs to heed. Those who work for the TSA are the lowest common denominator of our society. That’s why it’s full of child molesters, sexual deviants, and thieves. One should not do what they say blindly or without forethought. Remember these people do not care about you or what happens to you. If they could they’d just treat you like cattle more than they already do.
As I’ve said before, make their lives hell. Sure some will be too stupid to understand but eventually you’ll wear them down. On that same note, as you see those responsible for bringing this plague upon us, make their lives hell as well. They are elected representatives and obviously they failed at their job.
Burning effigies should work nicely.
TMM is the owner, editor, and principal author at The Minuteman, a competitive shooter, and staff member for Boomershoot. Even in his free time he’s merging his love and knowledge of computers and technology with his love of firearms.
Many know his private name and information however due to the current political climate, many are distancing themselves due to the abandonment of Due Process.
What we ALL need to learn is how a free society is supposed to operate.
Thanks to George Bush and other fuckwitt Republicans we have the TSA, the DHS, and a lot more B.S., just in the last several years, compounded onto the New Deal, the Great Society, the War On Poverty, and countless other communist horse shit programs (direct assaults on liberty).
Think freedom. Then you’ll know exactly where all the millions of corrections have to be made.
Freedom, People. And Liberty. Go where you want, how you want, when you want. Do business the way you want, associate with others, or not, the way you want so long as you’re not violating other people’s rights. That was supposed to be America, though we’ve never had it. Unless we start thinking about it, we never will have it.
Right now, the Republican Fuckwitts stand in our way. There are some dedicated and brave individuals infiltrating the Fuckwitt Republicans, holding their feet to the fire. But not near enough. Whenever you find them, support them. Or become one.
But at every step along the way, be a teacher– spread the ideals, explain them and get other people to do the same. Otherwise we’ll have to start shooting the fucking stupid communists by the millions, right here in our back yards, and while that might be satisafying for a millisecond or two, it will not be good for anyone. Oh no, Precious. Not good at all.
This isn’t really about the TSA. That’s just one of the many symptoms of a society that lost its way a long time ago.
So point the way, or we all lose big time. It’s all up to you.
Excellent point and if I were her, I’d be suing for a new pump!
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