Sheila Jackson Lee: Privatizing TSA Screeners Would Be Asking for Another 9/11

By Doug Powers  •  February 7, 2012 11:07 PM

**Written by Doug Powers

Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee believes that the only thing standing between America and another horrific day like 9/11 is an army of blue-gloved unionized government employees.

From Politico:

Handing airport screening duties to private companies could result in another terrorist attack like Sept. 11, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee said Tuesday afternoon.

The Federal Aviation Administration authorization bill awaiting President Barack Obama’s signature directs the Transportation Security Administration to let more airports privatize their screening areas.

“My comment: we are looking forward to returning to 9/11,” Jackson Lee (D-Texas) said at a House Homeland Security subcommittee hearing.

You know who I wouldn’t want working airport security? A sizable chunk of Congress, starting with Sheila Jackson Lee — and she’s a government employee… go figure.

Note to SJL: It’s not as if the government-run TSA is without its little glitches.

(h/t Weasel Zippers)

**Written by Doug Powers

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  1. #1
    On February 7th, 2012 at 11:10 pm, Blackstone said:

    I call for the privatization of Sheila Jackson-Lee.

  2. #2
    On February 7th, 2012 at 11:10 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    Asking for another 9/11? I’m down for that! The first one sucked! Maybe next one will be better.

  3. #3
    On February 7th, 2012 at 11:11 pm, WarTip said:

    Of course! Because to date they have prevented exactly how many terrorist attacks? Oh yeah, they have not stopped a single one with the possible action of a few locals who knew the local people at a small airport in Texas … after all, gotta give credit where credit is due!

  4. #4
    On February 7th, 2012 at 11:18 pm, puhiawa said:

    Are we allowed to say retarded here?

  5. #5
    On February 7th, 2012 at 11:22 pm, SHoward said:

    Re-electing Sheila Jackson Lee would be asking for another 9/11.

    Houston? Houston?

  6. #6
    On February 7th, 2012 at 11:25 pm, ChapBix said:

    #4. On February 7th, 2012 at 11:18 pm, puhiawa said:

    Are we allowed to say retarded here?

    Only if it is applied to SJL.

  7. #7
    On February 7th, 2012 at 11:26 pm, ChapBix said:

    All right now, in unison, let’s hear it: “It’s all about the public sector unions!”

  8. #8
    On February 7th, 2012 at 11:27 pm, drivingjack said:

    What a Bimbo (oh no offense to the baking company).

  9. #9
    On February 7th, 2012 at 11:28 pm, Flyoverman said:

    The TSA out of a job? Who is going to grope the women and terrorize the kids.

  10. #10
    On February 7th, 2012 at 11:33 pm, Sir Vincent said:

    SJL
    Pathetic, liberal political hack serving nine terms in Congress.

    *BEEP*: Houston…we have a problem…

  11. #11
    On February 7th, 2012 at 11:52 pm, Republicanvet said:

    Does this nitwit know how many terrorists TSA has stopped since their inception?

    Is she blaming airport security for lax immigration and visa policy?

    Perhaps she should experience more TSA groping like us commoners have to put up with.

  12. #12
    On February 7th, 2012 at 11:55 pm, OK_Loyalist said:

    On February 7th, 2012 at 11:52 pm, Republicanvet said:

    Does this nitwit know how many terrorists TSA has stopped since their inception?

    Is she blaming airport security for lax immigration and visa policy?

    Perhaps she should experience more TSA groping like us commoners have to put up with.

    Let’s put 123UpNorth on that pat-down, he’s a frisky fella ! :lol:

  13. #13
    On February 8th, 2012 at 12:21 am, dat60a3 said:

    Congresswooomaaaaan She-Jack is an embarassment, Her congressional seat needs to be gerrymandered away for the protection of this country.

  14. #14
    On February 8th, 2012 at 12:35 am, Alan K. Henderson said:

    In Soviet Russia you enter checkpoint. In America checkpoint enter you.

  15. #15
    On February 8th, 2012 at 12:48 am, Speakup said:

    If the senate and the House censored members for insanity, Democrats would never have a majority, ever again.

  16. #16
    On February 8th, 2012 at 6:19 am, Ralph Gizzip said:

    On February 7th, 2012 at 11:22 pm, SHoward said:

    Re-electing Sheila Jackson Lee would be asking for another 9/11.

    Houston, you have a problem.

  17. #17
    On February 8th, 2012 at 7:48 am, 123upnorth said:

    Let’s put 123UpNorth on that pat-down, he’s a frisky fella

    I would never hurt America. I love it more than 99% of Americans do.

  18. #18
    On February 8th, 2012 at 7:49 am, uscreek said:

    If I were a TSA molester and SJL got in my line for a pat down; suicide would be the only choice.

  19. #19
    On February 8th, 2012 at 8:21 am, JHSII said:

    Listening to SJL is what got us the first 9-11. Why should we listen to her now????

  20. #20
    On February 8th, 2012 at 8:30 am, 123upnorth said:

    I got felt up at Detroit. It was by a woman though, so it wasn’t all bad.

  21. #21
    On February 8th, 2012 at 8:49 am, Truesoldier said:

    Airport screening in general is a joke when you consider that the ground crews and catering companies do not have to go through the screening in the first place and they have direct access to the aircraft.

    When you are first hired by a company to work at the airport you have to go through a 10 year background check. While the background check is going on you still work you just have to be escorted everywhere. Of course you are not the only one being escorted by your escort. A single escort can have multiple people they are supposed to be keeping an eye on, so it would not be hard to slip away for a bathroom break or something.

  22. #22
    On February 8th, 2012 at 9:06 am, spaceycakes said:

    Handing airport screening duties to private companies could result in another terrorist attack

    I am awaiting your written report on this data to explain how you came to this conclusion…

    What?

  23. #23
    On February 8th, 2012 at 9:14 am, prendad said:

    It is too bad Shiela Jackson Lee got elected to Congress. She would have made a great stand-up comedian. .

  24. #24
    On February 8th, 2012 at 9:28 am, RedDog said:

    Yeah those TSA folks can multi task so much better that a private firm. For instance, most can cop a good feel at the same time they lift cash from the pocket. It is a learned skill.

  25. #25
    On February 8th, 2012 at 9:28 am, Flyoverman said:

    On February 8th, 2012 at 8:30 am, 123upnorth said:

    I got felt up at Detroit. It was by a woman though, so it wasn’t all bad.

    Did you get her number? ;)

  26. #26
    On February 8th, 2012 at 9:28 am, RedDog said:

    On February 8th, 2012 at 9:14 am, prendad said:
    It is too bad Shiela Jackson Lee got elected to Congress. She would have made a great stand-up comedian.

    She would have made a great stand-up comedian hat rack.

  27. #27
    On February 8th, 2012 at 9:32 am, RedDog said:

    On February 8th, 2012 at 12:35 am, Alan K. Henderson said:
    In Soviet Russia you enter checkpoint. In America checkpoint enter you.

    Da, this correct comrade. In Russia, we would consider US checkpoint as brothel. Nice. Very decadent.

  28. #28
    On February 8th, 2012 at 9:55 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Aw Sheila is just saying that because she wants to be cavity searched. If they start with her cranium, they won’t find anything.

  29. #29
    On February 8th, 2012 at 9:56 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

    On February 8th, 2012 at 8:30 am, 123upnorth said:
    I got felt up at Detroit. It was by a woman though, so it wasn’t all bad.

    How much did that cost?

  30. #30
    On February 8th, 2012 at 9:59 am, spaceycakes said:

    RedDog said:
    She would have made a great stand-up comedian hat rack.

    no way; runs its mouth too much.

  31. #31
    On February 8th, 2012 at 10:16 am, cheapseat said:

    What the picture doesn’t tell you is that the person ahead of this little girl was a 25ish bearded middle eastern gent in a robe with a rag on his head and the barrel of an AK-47 poking out from under his robes.
    We can’t have that TSA pedophile actually looking for terrorists, that would be SOOOOO un PC. They should get their guidelines correct, either strip search grandmas or feel up little girls, but you can’t do both.

  32. #32
    On February 8th, 2012 at 10:22 am, sbw999 said:

    What a shock; another liberal who thinks government can do anything better than the private sector. These people are way beyond sick.

  33. #33
    On February 8th, 2012 at 10:38 am, Hulka said:

    Side comment: After refusing the naked scanner at ORD, the brain-dead mouth-breather power-hog TSA goon started his grope. As he was on his knees and feeling up my legs, I asked (in a semi-loud voice); “So, what do you say when you are in a bar and chatting up some cute little blonde and she asks what you do for a living? Do you answer truthfully and say you grope old people and molest children, or do you go for something more respectable, like hand out towels at a San Francisco gay bath-house?”

    You should have seen his face turn red and heard the laughter from other travelers.

  34. #34
    On February 8th, 2012 at 10:58 am, right_on said:

    Question Number One: Why is someone who is obviously not very intelligent, nor reasonable, appointed to a subcommittee that requires it’s members to actually use logic, and critical thinking?

    This is the same member of Congress who thought knew the process behind the naming of hurricanes was racist…Okay, I’ll give you Hurricane Shaniqua, and Hurricane Tremaine, if you resign from any intelligence, or Homeland Security committee of which you are a member.

    The simple fact is that she is supporting the TSA, rather than a private, less expensive private security company, because of the vast number of “brotha’s and sista’s” employed by TSA…and that’s it! Nothing this poor excuse for a representative (and advocate of socialism) does is based on anything other than race.

  35. #35
    On February 8th, 2012 at 10:58 am, plymouthacclaim said:

    Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee believes that the only thing standing between America and another horrific day like 9/11 is an army of blue-gloved unionized government employees.


    Two by two, hands of blue

  36. #36
    On February 8th, 2012 at 11:03 am, hawkeye54 said:

    What a shock; another liberal who thinks knows government can must do anything better everything than in place of the private sector. These people are way beyond sick.

    They are statists, obsessed with government power and control of the treasury and the masses, which they lust, and desire to have in their hands exclusively. Much easier to manipulate the populace and have it do your bidding that way.

  37. #37
    On February 8th, 2012 at 11:19 am, Iowa Guy said:

    ‘Cause you know privatizing it would be just racist.

  38. #38
    On February 8th, 2012 at 11:32 am, right_on said:

    No, in SJL’s mind, it would be racial profiling of the TSA employees, many of whom I doubt would be hired by a private company tasked with providing the best of security screens.

  39. #39
    On February 8th, 2012 at 11:32 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

    I thought the TSA was already privatized! Isn’t that what they’re groping, the private sector?

  40. #40
    On February 8th, 2012 at 11:36 am, stillontheroad said:

    Sheila Jackson Lee, thats a right nasty coiler sitting on top of your head – is that where you get your wisdom from?

  41. #41
    On February 8th, 2012 at 11:36 am, Peter Hughes said:

    On February 8th, 2012 at 8:30 am, 123upnorth said:

    I got felt up at Detroit. It was by a woman though, so it wasn’t all bad.

    I always try to get in the line at IAH or Hobby Airport with the hot blond surfer-dude TSA agent, but by the time I get past X-ray he’s gone on break, and I’m stuck with a reject from the cast of “The Color Purple.”

    And yes, I went there. Deal with it.

    Regards,
    Peter H.

  42. #42
    On February 8th, 2012 at 11:39 am, Peter Hughes said:

    Sheila Jackson Lee, thats a right nasty coiler sitting on top of your head – is that where you get your wisdom from?

    Hey, don’t knock the triple-crown weave. It’s probably the only thing keeping what’s left of her brains in place. :-)

    Regards,
    Peter H.

  43. #43
    On February 8th, 2012 at 11:40 am, Peter Hughes said:

    “So, what do you say when you are in a bar and chatting up some cute little blonde and she asks what you do for a living? Do you answer truthfully and say you grope old people and molest children, or do you go for something more respectable, like hand out towels at a San Francisco gay bath-house?”

    Now that’s funny, I don’t care who you are!

    Regards,
    Peter H.

  44. #44
    On February 8th, 2012 at 11:40 am, tiredofit2012 said:

    Texas, please wise up and dump this woman into the private sector!

  45. #45
    On February 8th, 2012 at 11:46 am, Peter Hughes said:

    Texas, please wise up and dump this woman into the private sector!

    Wish we could, tiredofit, but her district is heavily gerrymandered so that her “peeps” can keep voting her back into office. They gots ta git dat gubmint cheese, dawg.

    Besides, you should see some of the stunts she pulled while working as an attorney in the private sector. Nobody could work with her either then, or when she got elected to the Houston City Council, or when she got to Congress.

    In other words, she’s a hot mess.

    Regards,
    Peter H.

  46. #46
    On February 8th, 2012 at 11:51 am, Truesoldier said:

    New TSA slogan….

    TSA, putting pedophiles and perverts to work since 2010!

  47. #47
    On February 8th, 2012 at 11:58 am, RedDog said:

    SJL would feel right at home in Mugabe’s Zimbabwe. Shooting people, stealing property…

    Rhodesia was once a gorgeous and prosperous country.

  48. #48
    On February 8th, 2012 at 12:04 pm, 123upnorth said:

    I always try to get in the line at IAH or Hobby Airport with the hot blond surfer-dude TSA agent

    I will never understand gays. If you already have a package, why do you want to play with someone else’s, which is exactly the same as yours?

  49. #49
    On February 8th, 2012 at 12:09 pm, Peter Hughes said:

    I will never understand gays.

    S’okay, 123upnorth. I will never understand Canadians.

    If you already have a package, why do you want to play with someone else’s, which is exactly the same as yours?

    For the same reason a dog can lick himself – because I can.

    Checkmate, EH.

    Regards,
    Peter H.

  50. #50
    On February 8th, 2012 at 12:12 pm, Peter Hughes said:

    SJL would feel right at home in Mugabe’s Zimbabwe. Shooting people, stealing property…

    Rhodesia was once a gorgeous and prosperous country.

    You got it, RedDog. Check out Sheila’s district – it is an accident waiting to happen.

    God forbid a Cat 5 hurricane should hit Houston again. Panic would ensue in her ‘hood. These people don’t have the sense God gave a gopher.

    Why? Because when the government does everything for you, what’s the use of thinking for yourself?

    That’s why I’m a conservative.

    Regards,
    Peter H.

  51. #51
    On February 8th, 2012 at 12:20 pm, Peter Hughes said:

    TSA, putting pedophiles and perverts to work since 2010!

    Shoot, if they really want a job, they could go apply at the Los Angeles Unified School District and really work the crowd!

    And to corroborate Michelle’s thread on union workers, is it no surprise that LAUSD employees are unionized?

    Hypocrisy, thy name is liberalism.

    Regards,
    Peter H.

  52. #52
    On February 8th, 2012 at 12:33 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    On February 8th, 2012 at 12:09 pm, Peter Hughes said:
    For the same reason a dog can lick himself – because I can.

    Oh a yoga fanatic! :shock:

  53. #53
    On February 8th, 2012 at 12:56 pm, MaverickThrowback said:

    What scares me more than SJL? The vast amount of voters in Houston that keep her employed.

  54. #54
    On February 8th, 2012 at 12:59 pm, happyscrapper said:
    On February 8th, 2012 at 12:04 pm, 123upnorth said:
    I will never understand gays. If you already have a package, why do you want to play with someone else’s, which is exactly the same as yours?

    I don’t generally like your posts, but that there was hilarious! And Peter, your reply was too! :grin:

  55. #55
    On February 8th, 2012 at 1:00 pm, happyscrapper said:

    That woman is wound too tightly. Pun intended.

    How the heck does she wash her hair? Or does she? Ewwwww!

  56. #56
    On February 8th, 2012 at 1:15 pm, letget said:

    Every state has their ding dongs, and we here in TX have that ding dong with two last names from Houston. Sorry American’s she’s probably not going anyplace, she’s staying with all her little darling voters seeing to it.
    L

  57. #57
    On February 8th, 2012 at 1:24 pm, knucklehead said:

    Shouldn’t you have to be smarter than a first grader to be in Congress? Apparently not. Are there any records that show that she actually passed the first grade? Or do we just have to wonder about it like with odummer’s transcripts? I’m pretty sure that if she passed on to the second grade that her teacher just did it so she wouldn’t be in her classroom again! That probably happened a lot.

  58. #58
    On February 8th, 2012 at 1:41 pm, WarTip said:

    It bears repeating. A single individual, no matter how obtuse … or deranged even … is not nearly so dangerous as a general populace capable of electing such a person into public “service”.

  59. #59
    On February 8th, 2012 at 1:52 pm, FirstSkirt said:

    Well, not only is she racist, stupid, unethical, and without character, she is also a criminal as far as I am concerned:

    http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_19915907?source=rss

  60. #60
    On February 8th, 2012 at 2:31 pm, rambler said:

    If this woman had a brain, she’d take it out and play with it.

  61. #61
    On February 8th, 2012 at 4:51 pm, gus said:

    Each Congressional district has approximately 3/4 of a million people in it. This is the best and brightest out of three quarters of a million citizens in Houston.
    Let me $ee if I under$tand what ‘ol $heila i$ $aying.

    GOOOONION CA$H LAUNDERED THROUGH THE LIBTARD PARTY.

  62. #62
    On February 8th, 2012 at 4:55 pm, gus said:

    Every major US city has it’s own Sheila Jackson Lee. I’m going to say something that will cause libtards to defecate in their pants.
    Where there is a black Congressional district, there is crime, death, dysfunction, unemployment, high drop out rates, and high illegitimate birth rates. BLUE as BLUE can be.

  63. #63
    On February 8th, 2012 at 5:21 pm, TigerLady said:

    Sheila Jackson Lee. Dumb as a post. But not as dumb as the people who keep electing her.

  64. #64
    On February 8th, 2012 at 5:50 pm, gus said:

    What would Sheila “Miss Jackson-Lee” if you’re nasty….DO..if losers didn’t elect her to Congress????

    Probably 5-10 for felony retail theft.

  65. #65
    On February 8th, 2012 at 7:19 pm, mattm said:

    If Sheila Jackson Lee thinks the TSA is so great, she should be willing to get screened in the same manner as the average air traveler every time she wants to enter the chamber or her office.

  66. #66
    On February 8th, 2012 at 8:46 pm, Peter Hughes said:

    I don’t generally like your posts, but that there was hilarious! Peter, your reply was too!

    Thanks, HapScrap. I try my best with what I have to work with. Sort of like Sheila and her amoeba-sized brain.

    Regards,
    Peter H.

  67. #67
    On February 8th, 2012 at 9:17 pm, FirstSkirt said:

    Trust me, Peter, you’re a million times smarter that Ms. Sheila Laquesha Monisha Katrina Lee (and I mean that in the nicest way since comparing anybody to dead cells may not be construed as a compliment—heh!)

  68. #68
    On February 8th, 2012 at 11:49 pm, revGDright said:

    I’m not a fan of Sheila Jackson Lee and am not in favor of government employee unions. BUT when I put myself back in the mind-set of September 12, 2001 I can understand the outrage over the job that private screening did back then and understand the demand at that time for the government to take over the job.

  69. #69
    On February 9th, 2012 at 12:05 am, Blackstone said:

    Private screening wasn’t the problem, it was insane political correctness imposed on them by the government.

    What was private screening supposed to do, anyway? Confiscate box cutters? Would government have had more foresight prior to 9/11? As long as the focus is on dangerous things rather than dangerous people, nothing will really change.

  70. #70
    On February 9th, 2012 at 2:02 pm, Collateral Damage said:

    I truly feel sorry for Ms. Lee’s constituents! They either just don’t know or are just too stupid to realize what a national embarassment this woman really is!?!

  71. #71
    On February 9th, 2012 at 11:00 pm, Virginia Patriot said:

    If the resources devoted to TSA had gone to ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) we would be safer. It is the illegal presence of millions of foreigners that allowed the terrorists cover. Deporting visa overstays would have disrupted the plan.

    That’s the dirty secret both parties want to stay a secret.

  72. #72
    On February 9th, 2012 at 11:06 pm, Virginia Patriot said:

    SJL’s constitutents are too stupid to be embarrassed by repeatedly electing this moron. Every southern state has at least district carved out for a black Democrat. GA gave us Cynthia McKinney and replace him with a guy who thought Guam could tip over. VA has Bobby Scott.

    I know some really accomplished black people, why are all the elected ones either corrupt or stupid or both?

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