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X-rays from unlicensed operators?

  • tk421
    Take a look at this TSA video. Ignoring the intrusive patdown, which I've made my feelings on clear before, notice the woman to the right of the video getting her arm cast x-rayed. The stupid TSA agent is just standing there without any protection at all, the woman is just blindly standing there without a care in the world. Not to mention all those people standing around the machine get dosed time after time.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9vqqRhSVjE

    I know the TSA "claim" that their new machines are low dose, but you can't tell me that something that penetrates a cast isn't a high dose xray. Would anyone on here go to the doctor or dentist and get an xray from someone without any training and not being a licensed radiographer? Ever notice how the dentist drapes that huge shield over you and hightails it back behind a very thick wall? What kind of morons (rhetorical) are the TSA employing?

    Rhetorical #2: Why does the government license and regulate medical xrays, but anyone with a 1-2 week, if that, training "seminar" can xray people at an airport?

    [video=youtube;j9vqqRhSVjE][/video]
  • tk421
    bump
  • I Wear Pants
    Because um, the terrorists are gonna um, kill everyone.
  • believer
    I Wear Pants;752011 wrote:Because um, the terrorists are gonna um, kill everyone.
    No...Janet Napolitano is.
  • O-Trap
  • tk421
    hmmm, maybe this will be a good thing. Those TSA employees hopefully won't be reproducing later in life because of their radiation poisoning.
  • O-Trap
    tk421;752040 wrote:hmmm, maybe this will be a good thing. Those TSA employees hopefully won't be reproducing later in life because of their radiation poisoning.

    They're probably in it for the job. I don't blame them for doing what their job requires. I blame the morons who deem it a requirement.
  • Glory Days
    tk421;752040 wrote:hmmm, maybe this will be a good thing. Those TSA employees hopefully won't be reproducing later in life because of their radiation poisoning.

    wow, you're a dick.
  • stlouiedipalma
    Not only a dick, but another of the "chicken little", "sky is falling" "here comes the bogeyman" tools out there who see big brother around every corner. It's gotten to the point where if I see a thread about government intrusion I know tk won't be far away.
  • tk421
    Call me what you want, I don't give a rat's ass about any government agents who sexually assault people as part of their jobs. You all can bury your heads in the sand if you want, I hope you don't wake up one day and wonder what the hell has happened.
  • believer
    tk421;752471 wrote:Call me what you want, I don't give a rat's ass about any government agents who sexually assault people as part of their jobs. You all can bury your heads in the sand if you want, I hope you don't wake up one day and wonder what the hell has happened.
    There are some folks who simply don't care that every time we turn a blind eye to growing government intrusion in our lives we slowly forfeit or personal liberties.

    For some the Great Nanny State brings comfort to their government-dependent lives
  • CenterBHSFan
    believer;752609 wrote:There are some folks who simply don't care that every time we turn a blind eye to growing government intrusion in our lives we slowly forfeit or personal liberties.

    For some the Great Nanny State brings comfort to their government-dependent lives
    Usually the same people who support/belong to - unions.

    Correlation? Stay tuned to find out!
  • Glory Days
    believer;752609 wrote:There are some folks who simply don't care that every time we turn a blind eye to growing government intrusion in our lives we slowly forfeit or personal liberties.

    For some the Great Nanny State brings comfort to their government-dependent lives
    Thats fine if you want be that type of person, but wishing ill will against someone else because you disagree with their job is messed up.
  • tsst_fballfan
    believer;752609 wrote:There are some folks who simply don't care that every time we turn a blind eye to growing government intrusion in our lives we slowly forfeit or personal liberties.

    For some the Great Nanny State brings comfort to their government-dependent lives
    +1
  • georgemc80
    tk421;752040 wrote:hmmm, maybe this will be a good thing. Those TSA employees hopefully won't be reproducing later in life because of their radiation poisoning.

    laughed out loud to this.



    EDIT: Was horrified to realize he was serious.