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Originally posted by: MissChampagne
May 16, 2016, I flew out of Seattle to Vegas. It took a FULL hour (I checked my watch) from stepping into the TSA line to walking out the other side. May 19th. I returned home. The time, start to finish, for TSA at McCarren, was 14 minutes. I even ended up bring some money home with me. I recommend Emeril's restaurant in the MGM. I had a plate of frog legs (first time I every had them) during happy hour for $9.00. They even brought a warm wet cloth to wipe our hands at the end of the meal. I know it was supposed to be an appetizer, but it was a full meal for us (we each had an order of them). I love the various happy hours for lower cost eating in Vegas.

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Originally posted by: O2bnVegas
"if you shake it too many times you are playing with it"

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Originally posted by: clcjim

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Originally posted by: O2bnVegas
"if you shake it too many times you are playing with it"

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NTTAWWT

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Originally posted by: pjstroh

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Originally posted by: alanleroyII

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Originally posted by: O2bnVegas

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Originally posted by: alanleroyII

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Originally posted by: hoops2
"I actually Blame George W. Bush and the Republicans for the TSA debacle"

The TSA was created with near unanimous support from Congress

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1 Month after 9/11. Maybe nationalizing Airport Security using a Federal Workforce wasn't the best approach. Many countries have embraced private security for airport screening....including Canada. Remind me why wouldn't we want to have some healthy competition for our airport security dollars?

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Everyone likes to GENERALIZE (slam) about the "Federal Workforce", that all are worthless.
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I didn't say they are all worthless. I said there should be healthy competition for those jobs between the Government and Private Security. What's wrong with that? Whenever you just hand over a job to an individual or a company or a group without any competition, you rarely get the best and most cost effective solutions....But if you want some specific examples of TSA Fail...

TSA Spent 160 Million on Scanners with 95% Failure Rate

TSA Hasn't improved after failing 95% of security tests

In my opinion this is far worse than unacceptable airport lines. They weren't even meeting their mission 95% of the time for years...and no one said a word about it. Does that make you feel better the Federal Workers just doin' their jobs?

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Were the scanners developed and manufactured by public TSA workers? Or a good-ole, free market government contractor like you promote so generously? And how exactly would a private sector screener know if the scanners worked any better than a public employee?

The boards biggest centrist cant bring himself to even assign blame to the proper people at the heart of his own complaint. Thanks for proving what we already know.

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Originally posted by: BIGLAR73
I had my TSA appointment Monday morning; office was a short 5 minute drive from my house. I had filled out the forms on-line, but the clerk asked me the same questions that were on the forms. I used a certified copy of my birth certificate and my Minnesota driver's license as ID. I played "20 questions" with the clerk, got fingerprinted, paid my $85 with a credit card and was on my way. Process took about 15 minutes. Lady told me that I would be hearing from the TSA within 30 days. Today I received an e-mail informing me of my TSA approval and my KTN. I was shocked that they responded so quickly. I'm good to go for the next five years; no more stripping down to my underwear or standing in line for two hours. For a federal agency, the application and approval process was relatively painless.

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