I think this was inevitable for one main reason; Thanksgiving travelers don’t want to miss Thanksgiving. They’d rather succumb to abuse than make a statement that would delay their gratification. I’m just sayin’…

Do you like ‘Wheel of Fortune’? I must admit that sometimes I do [although Jeopardy is still my favorite television game show]. Let this be your guide the next time you see rstlne. You can follow the ‘via’ link above to go to the source and read the rest of the article if you’re interested in learning more…

Warns? You can follow the ‘via’ link above to go to the source and read the rest of the article if you’d like to dig a little deeper…

Our national junk-touching nightmare is far from over! The freak-out over the Transportation Security Administration’s nudie x-rays and “enhanced” patdowns continued over the weekend, thanks to even more heartwarming stories of airport security. So, who got groped this weekend?

So, if you’ve spent any time on the internet in the last couple weeks, you’ve probably encountered the outrage over the TSA’s semi-new security techniques: The backscatter x-ray machines, which take no-clothes x-rays of you as you walk through them, and the “enhanced” patdown, which is what you get when you refuse to go through the x-ray machine and is less “enhanced” and more “gropey in your parts area.” Neither of these procedures has been convincingly shown to prevent terror attacks. And yet: You have to submit to them, I guess because the TSA has to look like it’s doing something.

Anyway, It can be hard to keep track of the internet outrage, videotaped protests and the increasingly unbelievable stories coming out of airports. So we present to you: The people who were groped this weekend.

Will there be a showdown tomorrow? You can follow the ‘via’ link above to go to the source and read the rest of the article if you’d like to dig a little deeper…

Thomas Sawyer is a bladder cancer survivor. He must use a urostomy bag, which collects urine from an opening in his stomach. On a recent trip he was asked to step aside for a pat-down. You know what happens next.

“One agent watched as the other used his flat hand to go slowly down my chest. I tried to warn him that he would hit the bag and break the seal on my bag, but he ignored me. Sure enough, the seal was broken and urine started dribbling down my shirt and my leg and into my pants.”

The security officer finished the pat-down, tested the gloves for any trace of explosives and then, Sawyer said, “He told me I could go. They never apologized. They never offered to help. They acted like they hadn’t seen what happened. But I know they saw it because I had a wet mark.”

Sawyer, soaked in his own excrement, was unable to clean himself until after boarding his flight.

Now, the TSA has special rules and procedures for passengers with disabilities and special needs, but those rules, available here, simply do more to further point out how ridiculous the U.S. security state has become:

The website says that travelers with disabilities and medical conditions have “the option of requesting a private screening” and that security officers “will not ask nor require you to remove your prosthetic device, cast, or support brace.”

Yes, that’s right. Want to hide something from view? Request a pat down, bypass the multi-million dollar nudie scanners, and then cite the TSA’s own rules that say they cannot ask you to remove a cast or prosthetic. Security!