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2008-07-10 Home Front: WoT
Today's Idiot....the Dept. of Homeland Security
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Posted by tu3031 2008-07-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11126 views ]  Top

#1 I am surprised they don't require us to fly nude too!
Posted by 3dc 2008-07-10 00:31||   2008-07-10 00:31|| Front Page Top

#2 So-o-o, IOW, by default the USA must weirdly and mysteriously buy that OVERSIZED, SO-HEAVY-IT-CRACKED-HEATHROW'S-RUNWAYS-IN-TAXI, GAS-GUZZLING, EUROBUS MEGA-JUMBO PLANE thingy from a few Cylon Yarns back???
Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-07-10 00:32||   2008-07-10 00:32|| Front Page Top

#3 Is there potential for abuse? Hmmm...yah!
Posted by McZoid 2008-07-10 01:17||   2008-07-10 01:17|| Front Page Top

#4 Less Lethal?...
Posted by mojo">mojo  2008-07-10 02:39||   2008-07-10 02:39|| Front Page Top

#5 It would probably work great until some clever terrorist wraps his in foil. Or pushes it up onto his sleeve. Or dunks it in water. Or cuts it off. Or wraps it in electrical tape. Or hits it with a hammer. Or someone gets zapped by accident and it goes to court.

No starter. But don't tell the DHS that or they won't spend the money and someone will get their budget cut next year.
Posted by gorb 2008-07-10 04:21||   2008-07-10 04:21|| Front Page Top

#6 This one's got my vote for Idiot of the Year.
Posted by Bobby 2008-07-10 06:22||   2008-07-10 06:22|| Front Page Top

#7 This'll never work on Guantanamo coach detainees passengers.
Posted by Perfesser 2008-07-10 07:18||   2008-07-10 07:18|| Front Page Top

#8 


I bet 10,000 quatloos on the newcomer.

Posted by Mizzou Mafia 2008-07-10 07:43||   2008-07-10 07:43|| Front Page Top

#9 Yes, neck collars for bureaucrats of the DHS. When you get PO'ed at the gate, just punch in 1-888-FEL-THIS and a random DHS official will get your message.
Posted by Procopius2k 2008-07-10 09:33||   2008-07-10 09:33|| Front Page Top

#10 Let's try this out on Congress first.

Don't worry Senator, the bracelet is totally inert until you vote, and then it can be triggered by anyone viewing CSPAN2.
Posted by wxjames 2008-07-10 09:40||   2008-07-10 09:40|| Front Page Top

#11 "Sir, will you please stop shiving me and tell me which seat you are from so that I can activate your restraining device."

I think wxjames has the better use. I think CSPAN2 would become the #1 rated channel overnight.
Posted by swksvolFF 2008-07-10 09:54||   2008-07-10 09:54|| Front Page Top

#12 #10 Let's try this out on Congress first.

I'd be SOOO tempted to start dialing numbers randomly, and I'd bet I'm not alone.
Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot  2008-07-10 10:54|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]  2008-07-10 10:54|| Front Page Top

#13 Heck I'll break out that old modem and start war-dialing.......
Posted by CrazyFool 2008-07-10 11:00||   2008-07-10 11:00|| Front Page Top

#14 OP, don't know how random it would be if 9/10 results would be favorable :)

As for Project Ride the Lightning, if Egypt Air have to put them on the pilots as well. The techniques for 5th Element and The Jaunt (stephen king short) actually make sense in comparison.
Posted by swksvolFF 2008-07-10 11:17||   2008-07-10 11:17|| Front Page Top

#15 Pilots already have the means to subdue passengers with less than lethal force; they can simply dial down cabin altitude and the lack of oxygen will cause a little nap time. that would allow the cabin crew to apply restraints and then dial the cabin pressure back up and when everybody awakens, Abduhl and Hajii will be all neatly trussed up. (of course this requires the aircrew to put on their oxygen masks ahead of time.)
Posted by USN,Ret. 2008-07-10 14:34||   2008-07-10 14:34|| Front Page Top

#16 They sure cranked the knob for Stupid up to 11 n this one.
Posted by Glealing Wittlesbach8220 2008-07-10 14:54||   2008-07-10 14:54|| Front Page Top

#17 Since 9/11 they've already got a mechanism to subdue hijackers. Its called "every other passenger in the plane." People's eyes are open, now.
Posted by Cowboy is a compliment 2008-07-10 15:36||   2008-07-10 15:36|| Front Page Top

#18 Got control issues? Be a cop.

Got control issues with a decided taste for the kinky? Be an official at the DHS. (How else can you explain the detailed full body X-rays they are testing out at selected airports and this ankle bracelet idea?)
Posted by Swamp Blondie in the Cornfields 2008-07-10 16:00||   2008-07-10 16:00|| Front Page Top

#19 Mizzou, you don't understand, when the DHS people watch their version of Star Trek, Spock has a beard.
Posted by Abdominal Snowman 2008-07-10 16:05||   2008-07-10 16:05|| Front Page Top

#20 That's a special governmental unit - the Stupidity knob goes to 11. The Islamic one has a that has that and an ignorance one that goes to 11 as well.
Posted by OldSpook 2008-07-10 17:24||   2008-07-10 17:24|| Front Page Top

#21 The Department of Homeland Security has solicited a proposal from a Canadian security company to develop a stun bracelet.


Ohhhh who wants to beat the holy living hell or Shit out of every beauracrat, every politician and every lawyer [except AOS and any other RBee lawyer] this week end?

OH GAWD DO I EVER! Puuuulleeease Lord! :)
Posted by RD">RD  2008-07-10 20:21||   2008-07-10 20:21|| Front Page Top

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