They have been patting down people at some stadiums for over a year and it hasn't hurt ticket sales one bit. Americans have become wimps all in the name of safety and security.
One reason they ask so many question on the US side is that the computer system is slow. They swipe everyone's passport or card at the border but didn't realize that they would need to upgrade the system. CBP agents have given me shopping tips while they wait for the computer system to respond.
Plus it's form of job security. Asking more questions means longer queues. Longer queues means you need to hire more CBP agents. It's incredible how much money Homeland Security is spending along the Canada-US border when the overwhelming majority of people just want to shop, dine or enjoy some entertainment.
According to the article, they are patting you waist up, which means that you could attach a weapon to your leg. Are they checking each and every employee that enters the stadium? Probably not.
You do realize that they sell alcohol inside the stadium. So much for preventing fan drunkenness.
And some people say "if you don't break the law, you having to worry about". Yes, because the government would never ever go against it's own citizens, right?
Here in Canada, I'm paying $21.99 a month for a cable TV movie package that includes a bunch of movie channels and HBO Canada (plus their On Demand equivalents). The range of movies has fallen sharply due to competition from Super Channel and NetFlix. HBO is the only reason we keep the package.
The package cost $14.99 when I got it a few years ago. Annual price increases make me question it's value. If my wife agrees, I'll be dropping the package this fall.
I am sorry, but if you get rid of the TSA, you have gotten rid of security
That assumes that TSA actually provided something that resembled security.
Just abolishing them would be on par with abolishing the border guards. You can figure out what is going to happen next.
What will happen? Tell us. On the US-Canada border you mean that people would smuggle via real border crossings instead of at the thousands of miles of undefended border? Or are you worried that thousands more Canadians will go shopping in the US, knowing that they won't have to wait 30 to 120 minutes to answer silly questions along a man-made line?
Couldn't they set off the bomb while they are being busted?
What is more important to a terrorist: blowing up something or the number of people you kill? Any terrorists want to chime in? Given the number of people waiting to go through security theatre, a terrorist could kill and injure far more people by setting off a bomb at the security checkpoint. Bu
Remember when TSA/CBP had computer problems at LAX and they stopped processing anyone, forcing thousands of people to wait in the lobby and drop-off areas. Talk about a target rich environment.
And don't forget that the government required all airlines to fortify their cockpit doors. Sure, it's not a sexy as a grope or a naked scan by the TSA, but that single improvement has done more to improve security than pretending to look for 'scary' things.
Are you saying that if a company 'creates' something, and it is a huge flop, no one can make fun of it? Where exactly is this 'one cannot satirize content created by a business' clause in the legislation?
Free TV with commercials? That would be groundbreaking. Wait a minute. That's not groundbreaking. That's how TV worked before cable and satellite TV. And I don't recall the TV networks calling viewers 'thieves' back then.
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Plus it's form of job security. Asking more questions means longer queues. Longer queues means you need to hire more CBP agents. It's incredible how much money Homeland Security is spending along the Canada-US border when the overwhelming majority of people just want to shop, dine or enjoy some entertainment.
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You do realize that they sell alcohol inside the stadium. So much for preventing fan drunkenness.
Security theatre. Period.
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I like how prominent the camera is in the background of the image. That poster has a major 1984 vibe to it.
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Here in Canada, I'm paying $21.99 a month for a cable TV movie package that includes a bunch of movie channels and HBO Canada (plus their On Demand equivalents). The range of movies has fallen sharply due to competition from Super Channel and NetFlix. HBO is the only reason we keep the package.
The package cost $14.99 when I got it a few years ago. Annual price increases make me question it's value. If my wife agrees, I'll be dropping the package this fall.
Less money for Hollywood. Oh well.
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That assumes that TSA actually provided something that resembled security.
Just abolishing them would be on par with abolishing the border guards. You can figure out what is going to happen next.
What will happen? Tell us. On the US-Canada border you mean that people would smuggle via real border crossings instead of at the thousands of miles of undefended border? Or are you worried that thousands more Canadians will go shopping in the US, knowing that they won't have to wait 30 to 120 minutes to answer silly questions along a man-made line?
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What is more important to a terrorist: blowing up something or the number of people you kill? Any terrorists want to chime in? Given the number of people waiting to go through security theatre, a terrorist could kill and injure far more people by setting off a bomb at the security checkpoint. Bu
Remember when TSA/CBP had computer problems at LAX and they stopped processing anyone, forcing thousands of people to wait in the lobby and drop-off areas. Talk about a target rich environment.
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