Election 2010: Teabaggin' the Ds & Rs

[sgtclub]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

I don't flatter myself to think that gay men are checking me out all the time, but I think I might feel differently if I thought I was be checked out all the time, and I think women are much more in that position than men.

You definitely would. It can actually be pretty uncomfortable, not in a homophobic way, but in a hunter/prey kind of way.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

I don't flatter myself to think that gay men are checking me out all the time, but I think I might feel differently if I thought I was be checked out all the time, and I think women are much more in that position than men.

isn't it strange, woman with big tits attract sexual advances, whereas for guys it limits attention.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by sgtclub

You definitely would. It can actually be pretty uncomfortable, not in a homophobic way, but in a hunter/prey kind of way.

Attractive women are used to being checked out. And practically minded attractive women probably figure, "What can I do about it? ...Some slob's getting his jollies checking my figure out in an x-ray machine. And perhaps some lesbian's getting a quick cheap thrill wanding me. Whatever..."

There have been a few assaults, and that is deplorable. But we're talking an airport here. None of the victims were in grave fear of imminent harm in an area that crowded, during a process that quick.

My suspicion is half of the people getting their panties in a bunch about this shit are pain in the ass types who bitch about everything (helicopter parent-types, whiners, self-righteous sorts). The other half are crazy libertarians seizing on the issue to whine about "govt intrusion."

I view the govt as an enemy in many things, but in this? Fuck no. I don't give a damn if some TSA clerk gets an x-ray of my junk or feels up my wife's thigh for a quick thrill. You'll never see the person again. Put your self-important overdeveloped sense of personal dignity aside and move it along. Some of us have tight connecting flights to make.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

Attractive women are used to being checked out. And practically minded attractive women probably figure, "What can I do about it? ...Some slob's getting his jollies checking my figure out in an x-ray machine. And perhaps some lesbian's getting a quick cheap thrill wanding me. Whatever..."

There have been a few assaults, and that is deplorable. But we're talking an airport here. None of the victims were in grave fear of imminent harm in an area that crowded, during a process that quick.

My suspicion is half of the people getting their panties in a bunch about this shit are pain in the ass types who bitch about everything (helicopter parent-types, whiners, self-righteous sorts). The other half are crazy libertarians seizing on the issue to whine about "govt intrusion."

I view the govt as an enemy in many things, but in this? Fuck no. I don't give a damn if some TSA clerk gets an x-ray of my junk or feels up my wife's thigh for a quick thrill. You'll never see the person again. Put your self-important overdeveloped sense of personal dignity aside and move it along. Some of us have tight connecting flights to make.

thank you. and the best part of 1st class tickets (or premiere status) is being able to cut to the front of those lines. That way I don't have to stand there thinking about it.

[Penske 2.0]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

A helpful suggestion from Jeffrey Goldberg:



eta: Bonus TSA/Penske cross-post.

I wore the kilt on a plane once, September of 2003. I got pulled and they did a full body search. I'm kinky, but even I have limits.

[Penske 2.0]

Originally Posted by Adder

I can't believe Penshe hasn't already brought us these:



Gawker

Really, why?

Other than maybe the cigarettes thing, which I find to be a really offensive and stupid habit/vice.

[Gattigap]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

I view the govt as an enemy in many things, but in this? Fuck no. I don't give a damn if some TSA clerk gets an x-ray of my junk or feels up my wife's thigh for a quick thrill. You'll never see the person again. Put your self-important overdeveloped sense of personal dignity aside and move it along. Some of us have tight connecting flights to make.

Sure, you say this now, but just wait until you're diagnosed with a blurry groin.

[Hank Chinaski]

you gotta be fucking kidding

[Icky Thump]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

thank you. and the best part of 1st class tickets (or premiere status) is being able to cut to the front of those lines. That way I don't have to stand there thinking about it.

1. I think they should let me rock out with my cock out. Full nude boarding is the wave of the future.

2. The funniest thing is I was at some continental site and the elite access TSA line was 6 people and the scrub line was zero.

I was the only guy who walked onto the scrub line.

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

you gotta be fucking kidding

You could have knocked me over with a French Tickler. There goes 100 years of perfectly good Catholic jokes.

ETA I look forward to the contortionist rationalizations from my hyperorthodox BIL and SIL, who were fans of Benedict back when he was Ratzinger and who could quote extensively from his pre-papacy writings.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Icky Thump

1. I think they should let me rock out with my cock out. Full nude boarding is the wave of the future.

2. The funniest thing is I was at some continental site and the elite access TSA line was 6 people and the scrub line was zero.

I was the only guy who walked onto the scrub line.

it happens. we (the wife and two kids- daughter 14 at the time) walked up one time with the 1st class tix, but the line for normal was 2 people. It seemed too weird to cut, right? so we walked into normal line. two of us cleared and this business suit woman walks up to the special 1st class line. she yelled at the TSA that she should be able to cut in the middle of my fam. the TSA finished us then moved on. business suit lady was pissed.

so then we were on to the scanner belt and the lady was slamming trays around, and so I say to my kids "let the lady go. she's important."

the woman says "I have first class tickets."

my daughter says "oh? do they look like these?" and holds her ticket up. I was pretty damn proud.

then we all go into the Sky Club and the dumbo was there, for an hour we all sat there and stared at each other.

[Penske 2.0]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

it happens. we (the wife and two kids- daughter 14 at the time) walked up one timewith the 1st class, but the line for normal was 2 people. It seemed too weird to cut, right? so we walked into normal line. two of us cleared and this business suit woman walks up to the special 1st class line. she yelled at the TSA that she should be able to cut in the middle of my fam. the TSA finished us then moved on.

so then we were on to the scanner belt and the Type a lady was slamming trays around, and so I say to my kids "let the lady go. she's important."

the woman says "I have first class tickets."

my daughter says "oh? do they look like these?" and holds her ticket up. I was pretty damn proud.

then we all go into the Sky Club and the dumb bim was there, for a fucking hour we all sat there and stared at each other.

NO mile hi club, yes?

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Penske 2.0

NO mile hi club, yes?

oh. I forgot you are a coach guy. on domestic flights you can't "mile high" in the first class bathroom. the banging noises and moaning right outside the cockpit would attract the air marshalls.

[Penske 2.0]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

oh. I forgot you are a coach guy. on domestic flights you can't "mile high" in the first class bathroom. the banging noises and moaning right outside the cockpit would attract the air marshalls.

The stewardesses are my wing-girls, sts, npi. they got my back on that one.

[Penske 2.0]

Consumer advocates fear that the health care law could worsen some of the very problems it was meant to solve — by reducing competition, driving up costs and creating incentives for doctors and hospitals to stint on care, in order to retain their cost-saving bonuses.

Wow, with such a well though out, well crafted piece of legislation who'd have thunk this could happen. At least we can feel confident that all of the CBO estimates on costs savings will be accurate......right?