TSA Got Everything It Wanted For Christmas

$7.8 billion is the total budget. The increase was a more modest $153 million.

I'm all for hating on the TSA. I'm just a stickler for accurate hating. :P

While we're at it, don't forget the new NDAA, that allows any American to be arrested for as long as the authorities please... http://www.salon.com/2011/12/16/three_myths_about_the_detent...

Ah, a fine, growing, young security apparatus. The worst is yet to come. Some day, they'll be in charge of the Internet for no apparent reason.

Time to start taking Amtrak

I hate the TSA, I hate NDAA. They're a sick stain on America, they're a mockery of pre-9/11 America, and they're an insult to the tragedy and victims. That having been said, I'm kinda tired of seeing them on HN, much as I'm shocked that GoDaddy keeps hitting the frontpage one or more times a day for, what, a week now?

Really? Really? I understand disagreeing, but I'm so out of line for saying that NDAA/TSA has nothing to do with Hacker News that I'm actually downvoted for it?

ironically, when i choose between a job in Europe or one in the USA, i considered a lot the fleeing freedoms here and in particular the hassle of international flights (since my family would be in another country and all).

ended up convincing myself that the way the TSA was couldn't get any worse :( that was before the body scanners

would using something like socialflights.com avoid all this hassle?