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1. #1
   On February 3rd, 2010 at 1:19 pm, tonyr951 said:

   His ‘prisoner’ was an alleged illegal alien who he deported back to the Philippines.

   It’s a bizarre story as the ‘phony’ US Marshal is related to the husband of the person he deported.

2. #2
   On February 3rd, 2010 at 1:20 pm, zyzzyg said:

   Incredibly unbelievable. Too bad there is not a TSA Head to take to task over this incident.

   What are the procedures involved in this process? Too bad there is not a TSA Head to explain it to us in a hearing in front of Congress.

   Yes, I am sure there are others that can address the questions. But, they would not speak to the entire Agency and how it is run.

3. #3
   On February 3rd, 2010 at 1:20 pm, 30 pcs of silver said:

   One of the reasons (in a long list of many) that I will not be flying the “friendly skies” this year. Any vacations that are taken will be reached by car.

4. #4
   On February 3rd, 2010 at 1:22 pm, cpodug said:

   John Madden chose not to fly – and that was even before TSA – coupled with this, I can readily understand why he chose not to. Like 30, if I can’t drive there, I won’t go.

5. #5
   On February 3rd, 2010 at 1:24 pm, RedDog said:

   O boy. I think that is my neighbor. I was outside getting my mail yesterday. He said I had pretty hair. I’m bald. I thanked him and beat a quick trail back to the house.

6. #6
   On February 3rd, 2010 at 1:24 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

   Nappy: “The system worked!”

7. #7
   On February 3rd, 2010 at 1:26 pm, Flyoverman said:

   Five years ago I had a piece of luggage stolen on a domestic flight.

   I wrote the airline and told them I was not upset about the loss of my bag. I was upset that my bag probably had been taken unnoticed out of a secure area, becasue if you can get one out, you can get one in filled with explosives.

   Airline security is not bad; it is non-existent.

8. #8
   On February 3rd, 2010 at 1:26 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

   The system worked again! Man these guys are good!

9. #9
   On February 3rd, 2010 at 1:28 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

   Re Pic:

   I’d bet money that this person has a three part name and bodies buried under a crawspace. Kinda cuddly looking.

10. #10
    On February 3rd, 2010 at 1:29 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    crawspace = crawlspace (slap!)

11. #11
    On February 3rd, 2010 at 1:32 pm, iamsaved said:

    What a comedy of errors this administration is.

    People questioned Sarah Palin’s inexperience during the campaign. Well, if one wants to see what happens when you elect someone with no experience, take a look at Obama’s administration.

12. #12
    On February 3rd, 2010 at 1:33 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    They let people from Hemet into airports?

13. #13
    On February 3rd, 2010 at 1:37 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    Maybe this has something to do with TSA being inept. If this report is true, that the US government is about to report a revision showing that the economy lost 824,000 more jobs than they had previously reported, the financial markets are going rock and roll Friday. If true, expect them to spin the current numbers with “the good thing is that the worst is behind us”. It’s all about smoothing out the curve to make it appear like despite the difficulty of getting timely and accurate numbers, once smoothed the numbers support the argument for government effectiveness. Very similar to what the global warming “scientists” do with their data.

    I don’t believe any numbers the government reports. So long as our economy is being controlled by Washington, our numbers are no more reliable than China’s rigged numbers.

    BTW, if you can get to look at MA Treasurer Timothy Cahill’s statements today about how the federal government is destroying the state, do it. “We need to stimulate jobs by reducing the cost of doing business”. Who knew?

14. #14
    On February 3rd, 2010 at 1:37 pm, drivingjack said:

    Since most of the TSA personnel at Lindberg Field have a difficult time processing English it is not surprising.

15. #15
    On February 3rd, 2010 at 1:39 pm, tiredofit08 said:

    On February 3rd, 2010 at 1:20 pm, 30 pcs of silver said:

    One of the reasons (in a long list of many) that I will not be flying the “friendly skies” this year. Any vacations that are taken will be reached by car.

    ditto….the wife wanted to visit her brother in the UK but we are rethinking that one for sure…

16. #16
    On February 3rd, 2010 at 1:42 pm, RogersUmp said:

    Suzanne Trevino, spokeswoman for the Transportation Security Administration, said in a telephone interview that an investigation has revealed that someone who presented “falsified law enforcement documents” was able to get past security and eventually make it to a gate with a prisoner. The individual presented himself as a law enforcement officer and followed the proper procedures, including logging in, she said.

    Since when is “presenting falsified law enforcement documents” following proper procedures!! Is Trevino serious?!

17. #17
    On February 3rd, 2010 at 1:43 pm, kilroyshere said:

    TSA?

    Takes Stuff Away

    ___‹^›__‹(•¿•)›__‹^›___

    KILROYSHERE

18. #18
    On February 3rd, 2010 at 1:57 pm, John Deaux said:

    O boy. I think that is my neighbor. I was outside getting my mail yesterday. He said I had pretty hair. I’m bald. I thanked him and beat a quick trail back to the house.

    Sorry, I was just trying to make small talk. I don’t have many friends and was hoping we might have some common interests. Maybe someday you could stop by and we can crack open a couple of beers and chew the fat.

    XOXO,
    your neighbor JD.

19. #19
    On February 3rd, 2010 at 2:03 pm, spaceycakes said:

    crawspace

    Thanks Rogue…I’m now getting to work on a screenplay for a new Sci-Fi flick. It involves nuclear waste and crayfish.

20. #20
    On February 3rd, 2010 at 2:07 pm, John Deaux said:

    Crawspace – THE social networking site for freshwater crustaceans.

21. #21
    On February 3rd, 2010 at 2:10 pm, tonyr951 said:

    Reached by phone Monday in Manila, Cherriebelle Hibbard said she doesn’t know whether she is allowed to come back to the United States.

    Her U.S. immigration status is unclear, even to her.

    Her husband said she is five months pregnant and that they have been married for three years. He said she canceled her green card last year in a dispute with him, saying she wanted to go home to the Philippines.

    The couple later reconciled and she tried to renew her immigration documents prior to the confrontation with Denny, he said. Craig Hibbard said they were told by immigration officials in San Bernardino at the time that the green card was being processed and she was allowed to stay in the United States.

    Local story

22. #22
    On February 3rd, 2010 at 2:13 pm, Hangfire said:

    Until they complete the Honolulu-Long Beach Bridge Tunnel, I am forced to fly whether I want to or not.

23. #23
    On February 3rd, 2010 at 2:16 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    On February 3rd, 2010 at 1:37 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    Here is a link to help understand my point above. We now live in China.

24. #24
    On February 3rd, 2010 at 2:21 pm, Lindsay said:

    He is quite the charmer. Hope they find out where he got his fake badge.

25. #25
    On February 3rd, 2010 at 2:29 pm, corkie said:

    On February 3rd, 2010 at 1:20 pm, zyzzyg said:

    Incredibly unbelievable. Too bad there is not a TSA Head to take to task over this incident.

    Yes, this should be the primary take away from this incident.

    And whenever something bad happens in a military unit which only has an ‘acting’ commanding officer our main concern should always be that we don’t have someone we can take to task for it. We can’t take the secretary to task for it, and we can’t take the acting head to task for it. Too bad.

26. #26
    On February 3rd, 2010 at 2:30 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    On February 3rd, 2010 at 2:03 pm, spaceycakes said:
    crawspace
    Thanks Rogue…I’m now getting to work on a screenplay for a new Sci-Fi flick. It involves nuclear waste and crayfish.

    Aw, who’s your CrawDaddy?!

27. #27
    On February 3rd, 2010 at 2:33 pm, 24Klady said:

    Phil #13
    Perhaps that’s why ‘Bambi’s leaving town with wify/children/and a planeload of newspeople for Australia? And, we had the nerve to refer to Bill Clinton as Slick Willie. Shame on us. Our CIC now is slippier than a greased pig – note: I meant no insult to the pig.

28. #28
    On February 3rd, 2010 at 2:38 pm, Dexter Alarius said:

    On February 3rd, 2010 at 2:03 pm, spaceycakes said:
    crawspace
    Thanks Rogue…I’m now getting to work on a screenplay for a new Sci-Fi flick. It involves nuclear waste and crayfish.

    Too late. I’m almost finished with “Mud Bugs from Planet X”… they suck heads!!!

29. #29
    On February 3rd, 2010 at 3:04 pm, tre said:

    Well, road tripping is more fun than flying anyway.

30. #30
    On February 3rd, 2010 at 3:17 pm, tre said:

    On February 3rd, 2010 at 1:20 pm, 30 pcs of silver said:

    Welcome back, 30!

    Where’ve ya been?

31. #31
    On February 3rd, 2010 at 3:25 pm, spaceycakes said:

    I began my screenplay from a sign I saw on a asian food buffet:

    ‘Cramfish’

    but it kept turning into something X-rated.

32. #32
    On February 3rd, 2010 at 3:55 pm, John Deaux said:

    On February 3rd, 2010 at 3:25 pm, spaceycakes said:

    Besides, I don’t think any of the original members of Led Zeppelin would be willing to sign on.

33. #33
    On February 3rd, 2010 at 4:00 pm, T-Bone said:

    Thats too funny. Instead of a citizens arrest, he did a citizens deportation.

    I recommend him for Deportation Czar.

34. #34
    On February 3rd, 2010 at 4:03 pm, T-Bone said:

    I guess I now know what “stuck in my craw” means.

35. #35
    On February 3rd, 2010 at 4:04 pm, Savage24 said:

    Did you expect anything other from our DHS? Another government bureauracy functioning at maxinum efficiency. This country is in deep doodoo.

36. #36
    On February 3rd, 2010 at 4:08 pm, cpodug said:

    Looks like we’ve discovered a “Dirty Job” that even Mike Rowe won’t take on – fixing DHS(not to mention the rest of the gummint).

37. #37
    On February 3rd, 2010 at 4:12 pm, Leatherneck said:

    That is one way to get rid of illegal aliens.

38. #38
    On February 3rd, 2010 at 4:12 pm, spaceycakes said:

    JD–and Keith Moon is dead too…

39. #39
    On February 3rd, 2010 at 4:16 pm, John Deaux said:

    spacey,

    John Bonham won’t be making any cameos, either.

40. #40
    On February 3rd, 2010 at 4:25 pm, spaceycakes said:

    LOL

    and, Rogue, et al

    Man fatally shoots pet parrot for screeching during NASCAR race…

    …the African Grey prefers kippin’ on his back…beautiful plumage!

41. #41
    On February 3rd, 2010 at 4:49 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    On February 3rd, 2010 at 4:25 pm, spaceycakes said:
    LOL

    and, Rogue, et al

    Man fatally shoots pet parrot for screeching during NASCAR race…
    …the African Grey prefers kippin’ on his back…beautiful plumage!

    If you shoot your pet parrot for screeching while watching a NASCAR race….
    ….you might be a Redneck!

    Awwk! I’m from Joisy! You from Joisy? I’m from Joisy! Awwk! (KERBLAM!)

42. #42
    On February 3rd, 2010 at 4:53 pm, Dexter Alarius said:

    Man fatally shoots pet parrot for screeching during NASCAR race…

    We’ve got a blue-fronted Amazon that, from time to time, I dream of blasting. I think of it as a green-feathered, noise making, mess machine.
    I empathize, brother.

43. #43
    On February 3rd, 2010 at 4:58 pm, spaceycakes said:

    Ag, shame.

    Disclaimer:

    I don’t, in any way, condone the harming of G-d’s creatures.

44. #44
    On February 3rd, 2010 at 4:59 pm, T-Bone said:

    To parrot Will Rogers about ethics:

    You know you are ethical if you are not afraid to sell your pet parrot to the town gossip.

45. #45
    On February 3rd, 2010 at 5:00 pm, spaceycakes said:

    but…a Jayhawk is another thing altogether…

46. #46
    On February 3rd, 2010 at 5:04 pm, spaceycakes said:

    speaking of…shame..

    the poor mouse & turtles sent into space on the Persian rocket. WTF?

47. #47
    On February 3rd, 2010 at 5:28 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    Phil,

    THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOTHING WELL! THEY ALL NEED TO GO. WE NEED TO CLOSE AT LEAST 10 ENTIRE DEPARTMENTS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT!

    They can’t even count…

    Note that they have overstated by another 990,000 SINCE April 2009 and this “update” doesn’t correct for those 990,000!

    This just in on unemployment numbers. Surprise, surprise! The government model for “predicting” unemployment is evidently terribly flawed! Hold on to your hats but Government statistics may not be as accurate as you thought!

    Take a look here: http://www.bloomberg.com/insight/birth-death-model.html and here: http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2010/02/824000-will-disappear-on-february-5-bls.html

    The unemployment numbers have been understated by 824,000 jobs between April 2008 and March 2009!

    Oh, yeah, the government told us they know about the flaw in the model but they aren’t going to bother to fix it…

    This should be them money quote but don’t count on the MSM to pick this up…

    The labor department says there are flaws in its model but defends the process and says “no changes to the current modeling technique are scheduled at this time.” Please note that the birth death model has added 990,000 jobs since April. Those jobs are not reflected in the upcoming 824,000 revision.

    In other words, the current BLS numbers may be under-reporting unemployment by 1,830,000 jobs! If you thought unemployment was ~10% you were wrong. Because the BLS can’t do its job. Is that BLS or just BS???

48. #48
    On February 3rd, 2010 at 5:29 pm, Khyris said:

    So… some contradictions… was she illegal or did she have a green card?

49. #49
    On February 3rd, 2010 at 5:49 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    And these are the same people who think they can run health care for 300,000,000 Americans and 20 million illegal aliens!

    It kinds of makes me throw up in my mouth just a little bit…

50. #50
    On February 3rd, 2010 at 5:49 pm, cheapseat said:

    It’s hard to find good help these days at $8 an hour. unfortunately, tsa proves it’s hard to find good help at 35k per year. PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND LAX IMMIGRATION.

51. #51
    On February 3rd, 2010 at 5:57 pm, Southpaw said:

    Ah, yes, strange things can happen in Hemet.

    I’m sitting at home one evening when my nieces’ boyfriend (who I barely knew) knocks on the door. He tells me he has a friend that needs a place to stay for the night. In walks a woman in lingerie with two pit bulls at her side….turns out she is on the run from gangsters in Long Beach and I’m the only person that can be trusted. She and I end up at Wal-Mart at 6:00 A.M. shopping for cell phone batteries, in her lingerie.

    Hemet

52. #52
    On February 3rd, 2010 at 6:01 pm, T-Bone said:

    Who ya gonna call?

53. #53
    On February 3rd, 2010 at 6:27 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    I just know how that would turn out…

    Southpaw: [Dialing 911] Excuse me, officer, but I’d like to report a scantily clad woman with two, er, large, er, pit bulls.

    911 Operator: Sorry, sir, but I’ll have to forward your call to Animal Controll Services or Frederick’s of Hollywood…Click

54. #54
    On February 3rd, 2010 at 6:42 pm, Southpaw said:

    Heh. Good call WarEagle. The reason she was on the lam was that the gansters had pair for a pair of “enhancements” and they wanted some “favors” in return. She refused. She wanted to show me, but with two larged pit bulls sitting next to her, I deferred. Was the beginning of a very strange friendship. At times it was like living in a David Lynch movie.

    Hemet….strange.

55. #55
    On February 3rd, 2010 at 9:21 pm, 30 pcs of silver said:

    On February 3rd, 2010 at 3:17 pm, tre said:
    On February 3rd, 2010 at 1:20 pm, 30 pcs of silver said:
    Welcome back, 30!

    Where’ve ya been?

    Oh, I’ve been around. There’s so much going on right now that I don’t know where to begin. Suffice it to say, I should have more time in the coming months to devote to this blog. Of course, I’ve missed my fellow Malkinites and can always expect to hear from you when I come back to my e-home. How’s the missus? I forget, but do you have little ones?

56. #56
    On February 3rd, 2010 at 9:33 pm, 24Klady said:

    30 pcs of silver
    Good to see you’re back with us.

57. #57
    On February 3rd, 2010 at 10:16 pm, jangar said:

    Maybe this guy needs a medal for showing us deficiencies in the system before a muslim terrorist proves it.

58. #58
    On February 3rd, 2010 at 11:41 pm, Meloff said:

    If only we lived in London and had the full body scanners. . . . then we’d be really safe!

    (Maybe they should first scan TSA personnel’s heads to see if there’s anything hidden in there. . . like some BRAINS!

59. #59
    On February 4th, 2010 at 12:51 am, Republicanvet said:

    The Transportation Security Administration, which is responsible for security at airports, and the U.S. Border Patrol were informed by Hemet police about the incident after investigators learned that a woman had been “deported” by someone who claimed to be a U.S. Marshall, said Lt. Duane Wisehart.

    Just doing the deporting our own government won’t do.

60. #60
    On February 4th, 2010 at 8:03 am, tre said:

    On February 3rd, 2010 at 9:21 pm, 30 pcs of silver said:
    I forget, but do you have little ones?

    We have a 6 year old autistic son. He’s reading now, and doing well in first grade.
    And we have a 2 year old daughter. She’s growing too quickly, and is getting into everything. We never know where we’ll find our toothbrushes, or my wifes lipstick, or other colorful items that’s just right for little hands to grab.

    And you? How’s school? You’ve mentioned before about your brother and sister having problems. How are they? I mention them in my prayers.

61. #61
    On February 4th, 2010 at 8:17 am, Ty85719 said:

    Seriously – who would ever believe a guy with a ‘stache like that is a fed?

62. #62
    On February 4th, 2010 at 5:21 pm, mom2jack said:

    On our last family trip the agents threw away all my little cups of sealed applesauce I brought for my kids. Maybe TSA agents just feel like they can bully moms and grandmas but don’t have the guts to stand up to people who – oh, I don’t know – travel internationally without passports, impersonate a U.S. Marshall, or have explosives wrapped around their nutsacks? It’s all a freakin’ joke.

63. #63
    On February 4th, 2010 at 7:06 pm, 30 pcs of silver said:

    On February 4th, 2010 at 8:03 am, tre said:
    We have a 6 year old autistic son. He’s reading now, and doing well in first grade.
    And we have a 2 year old daughter. She’s growing too quickly, and is getting into everything. We never know where we’ll find our toothbrushes, or my wifes lipstick, or other colorful items that’s just right for little hands to grab.

    Aww.

    And you? How’s school? You’ve mentioned before about your brother and sister having problems. How are they? I mention them in my prayers.

    I’m well. A little more relaxed now that I’ve got my mom moved into her new place. School is school. I finally met the requirements to obtain my A.A. degree. Currently working on my B.S. degree. I always laugh when I see that written somewhere. At any rate, my little sister is fine. She’s a mom now and my niece is absolutely adorable.

    24KLady,

    Thanks!

64. #64
    On November 24th, 2010 at 3:25 pm, Branden-in-escalon said:

    Does anyone find it interesting that it was a local law enforcement agency that figured it out and had to notify TSA of the “potential security breach?”

    BTW, does anybody know what the training and/or qualifications are to be a TSA agent? No sarcasm intended, I serious want to know.