I want you to get mad

Nielsio · #1 06-15-2007, 05:29 AM

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"I demanded to speak to a TSA [Transportation Security Administration] supervisor who asked me if the water in the sippy cup was 'nursery water or other bottled water.' I explained that the sippy cup water was filtered tap water. The sippy cup was seized as my son was pointing and crying for his cup. I asked if I could drink the water to get the cup back, and was advised that I would have to leave security and come back through with an empty cup in order to retain the cup. As I was escorted out of security by TSA and a police officer, I unscrewed the cup to drink the water, which accidentally spilled because I was so upset with the situation.

"At this point, I was detained against my will by the police officer and threatened to be arrested for endangering other passengers with the spilled 3 to 4 ounces of water. I was ordered to clean the water, so I got on my hands and knees while my son sat in his stroller with no shoes on since they were also screened and I had no time to put them back on his feet. I asked to call back my fiancé, who I could still see from afar, waiting for us to clear security, to watch my son while I was being detained, and the officer threatened to arrest me if I moved. So I yelled past security to get the attention of my fiancé.

"I was ordered to apologize for the spilled water, and again threatened with arrest. I was threatened several times with arrest while detained, and while three other police officers were called to the scene of the mother with the 19 month old. A total of four police officers and three TSA officers reported to the scene where I was being held against my will. I was also told that I should not disrespect the officer and could be arrested for this too. I apologized to the officer and she continued to detain me despite me telling her that I would miss my flight. The officer advised me that I should have thought about this before I 'intentionally spilled the water!'"

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Monica Emmerson was detained for 45 minutes. She wasn't questioned about possible ties to terrorists. Her carry-on items weren't rigorously searched -- or even searched again. Neither the police nor TSA took any action that indicated that they throught she might be a security risk. She was just detained, harassed and threatened with arrest. All because of a sippy cup with water in it.
http://www.nowpublic.com/nightmare_at_re...ecurity_stories

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"I don't have to tell you that things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad. It's a depression. Everybody's out of work or scared of losing their job. The dollar buys a nickel's worth. Banks are going bust. Shopkeeper's keep a gun under the counter. Punks are running wild in the streets and there's nobody anywhere seems to know what to do and there's no end to it!

We know the air is unfit to breathe and our food is unfit to eat. We sit watching our TV's while some local newscaster tells us that today we had 15 homicides and 63 violent crimes. AS IF THAT'S THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE!

We know things are bad. Worse than bad, they're crazy! It's like everything everywhere is going crazy so we don't go out anymore. We sit in the house and slowly the world we're living in is getting smaller and all we can say is please leave us alone in our living rooms. Let me have my toaster and my TV's and my steel belted radios and I won't say anything. Just leave us alone!

Well, I'm not gonna leave you alone. I want you to GET MAD! I don't want you to protest. I don't want you to riot. I don't want you to write to your congressman because I wouldn't know what to tell you to write. I don't know what to do about the depression and the inflation and the Russians and the crime in the street. All I know is that first: You've got to GET MAD!

You've got to say: "I'M A HUMAN BEING GODDAMIT. MY LIFE HAS VALUE!!

-Network, 1976

MelchyBeau · #2 06-15-2007, 05:31 AM

I think you have anger management issues

govman6767 · #3 06-15-2007, 06:20 AM

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I think you have anger management issues

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I dont' think so this is one of a few posts nielso has made that I enjoyed reading. It has merit.

MidGe · #4 06-15-2007, 10:01 AM

Right Nielsio, getting priorities right first is what comes to mind. You must be taking a dig at the lack of guns control in the US, right? Should get mad at that first, right?

Nielsio · #5 06-15-2007, 10:07 AM

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Right Nielsio, getting priorities right first is what comes to mind. You must be taking a dig at the lack of guns control in the US, right? Should get mad at that first, right?

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I don't understand what you mean.

MidGe · #6 06-15-2007, 10:13 AM

Well, I would think getting mad at the lack of guns control, would come well before, in terms of priorities, to getting mad at sippy cups of water control. So, I agree with you?!

Nielsio · #7 06-15-2007, 10:53 AM

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Well, I would think getting mad at the lack of guns control, would come well before, in terms of priorities, to getting mad at sippy cups of water control. So, I agree with you?!

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Are you saying that there should be more guntrol and that this is a pertinent issue?

ShakeZula06 · #8 06-15-2007, 03:17 PM

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Right Nielsio, getting priorities right first is what comes to mind. You must be taking a dig at the lack of guns control in the US, right? Should get mad at that first, right?

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Yeah only let the government have guns I'm sure that'll work just swell.

CharlieDontSurf · #9 06-15-2007, 03:27 PM

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In the end, that photo of Nelson in her distinctive coat was her undoing. On June 6, she pleaded guilty to one felony count of using another person's identification fraudulently. She was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Harold Kahn to the 44 days she had already served in county jail and three years' probation.

Nelson also was ordered to make restitution in an amount to be determined by the court and to stay away from Lodrick. Those were the terms of a plea bargain negotiated by Assistant District Attorney Reve Bautista with Nelson's public defender, Christopher Hite.

Lodrick, who made a statement at sentencing, was dissatisfied. "I can't believe it," she said. "I went through six months of hell, and she's going to get probation? She was on probation when she victimized me. Obviously, probation's not helping."

Nor did Nelson, 31, appear to be remorseful. When she entered the courtroom in her orange jail jumpsuit and saw Lodrick, she smirked and waved at her. Judge Kahn chastised her for her attitude.

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http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cg...15/IDTHEFT.TMP

Personally if it was me I'd cut off all her fingers..but I'm a mean [censored].

TomCollins · #10 06-15-2007, 03:38 PM

This type of report is typical when you only hear one side of a story. Of course the woman is totally innocent, didn't do anything wrong when you ask her.

I'm not saying she deserved the treatment she got, but I'm sure that her innocence and victim status is clearly influenced by her point of view. Of course, this wouldn't make sense for Nielsio to investigate something that he couldn't use as blatant propoganda against the evil state.

I'm sure her "accidental" spill of the water part of the story was a huge part of what she isn't reporting accurately.