Saturday, November 20, 2010

     I READ WITH HORROR CATHI BOSSI'S ACCOUNT OF HER TOTAL HUMILIATION BY THE, (only doing her job), TSA AGENT WHO FORCED HER TO REMOVE HER PROSTHETIC BREAST DURING AN ENHANCED PAT DOWN. NEVER MIND THAT MS.BOSSI WAS A FLIGHT ATTENDANT FOR 30 YEARS! IT WASN'T ENOUGH THAT THIS POOR WOMEN HAD TO ENDURE A BOUT WITH BREAST CANCER AND A FIGHT FOR HER VERY LIFE. THIS WAS LIKE ADDING INSULT TO INJURY. WHEN MS.BOSSI WENT TO A SUPERVISOR TO COMPLAIN SHE WAS TOLD THAT WHEN THE AGENTS WERE BEING BRIEFED ON THEIR DUTIES THE SUBJECT OF PROSTHETICS HAD NEVER EVEN BEEN DISCUSSED.
         AT THIS TIME I WOULD BE TERRIFIED TO FLY ANYWHERE. MY CONCERN IS THAT I AM IN A WHEELCHAIR. I AM AN OSTOMY PATIENT AND I AM PERMANENTLY CATHETERIZED SO I WEAR A LEG BAG ALSO. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT KIND OF HYSTERIA THAT WOULD ALL CAUSE. NOT ONLY THAT, I HAVE A MORPHINE PUMP IMPLANTED IN MY ABDOMEN. WHENEVER I DO GO THROUGH AN X-RAY MACHINE AT THE AIRPORT I ALREADY SET OFF ALL OF THE ALARMS. I CARRY A REGISTRATION CARD WITH  ME AT ALL TIMES BUT THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO CARRY ANY WEIGHT IN THIS WHOLE SECURITY DEBAUCLE! I WOULD PROBABLY BE TAKEN IN A PRIVATE AREA AND STRIP SEARCHED! WHEN WILL THIS MADNESS STOP?!! 

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