Satire: New T.S.A. rules draw praise of National Arbitrariness Association

by Charlie Leocha on March 8, 2013

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WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Under fire from flight attendants and others, the Transportation Safety Administration’s new rules allowing air passengers to carry small knives, baseball bats, golf clubs, and other sporting goods onto airplanes got a vote of confidence today from the National Arbitrariness Association.

The N.A.A., whose stated mission is to “enhance the randomness, disorder, and confusion of American life,” called the new list of approved items “just what the doctor ordered.”

“We love that the list appears to have been put together with no organizing principle or logical system,” said N.A.A. executive director Carol Foyler.

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  • Johnp

    Question: Ever notice that Newark airport seems to get a haven for employable thieves, incompetents, rude, uncaring employees? Now those same employees are allowing “fake” bombs and explosives through security. Of course, I won’t mention the lady who mistakenly parked in the employee lot and they smiled her through, onto the employee shuttle bus and into the terminal through “secured” doors. A helpful suggestion: hire people from outside the City of Newark, way outside. For those who use the Newark airport — take notice of the employees, from those hired by the various airlines, the airport and TSA. You will find an appalling array of bad guys and girls.

  • http://tsanewsblog.com/214/news/history-repeats-itself-with-tsas-strip-search-tactics/ Lisa Simeone

    Brilliant parody, par for the course for Borowitz. Glad to see it re-printed (especially since sarcasm and humor are verboten on some blogs).

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