Comments on: Leave the nipple rings at home http://elainesplace.net/2008/03/leave-the-nipple-rings-at-home/ Bits of life through these blue eyes . . Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:45:06 +0000 hourly 1 By: Border Patrol Jobs http://elainesplace.net/2008/03/leave-the-nipple-rings-at-home/comment-page-1/#comment-3143 Border Patrol Jobs Mon, 20 Apr 2009 05:12:09 +0000 http://elainesplace.net/?p=459#comment-3143 Wow. I'm very curious as to how this story turned out. There's not a chance in I'd remove anything from my body at an airport if pliers were necessary. There has to be a good mix of standard proceure and common sense in place when it comes to these things. Wow. I’m very curious as to how this story turned out. There’s not a chance in I’d remove anything from my body at an airport if pliers were necessary. There has to be a good mix of standard proceure and common sense in place when it comes to these things.

]]> By: Elaine http://elainesplace.net/2008/03/leave-the-nipple-rings-at-home/comment-page-1/#comment-2038 Elaine Wed, 02 Apr 2008 02:23:32 +0000 http://elainesplace.net/?p=459#comment-2038 <strong>Jason</strong> - Walmart did the right thing and dropped it's suit against the Shank family (just heard this on the 10:00 news before going to bed). Outcries from the public and all the media coverage was a good thing in this case! Jason – Walmart did the right thing and dropped it’s suit against the Shank family (just heard this on the 10:00 news before going to bed). Outcries from the public and all the media coverage was a good thing in this case!

]]> By: Nooner http://elainesplace.net/2008/03/leave-the-nipple-rings-at-home/comment-page-1/#comment-2037 Nooner Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:17:13 +0000 http://elainesplace.net/?p=459#comment-2037 Oh Bull. I'm delighted she was stopped. She removed "one" but had trouble removing the "second". How about everyone else entering the air from that airport that morning or afternoon? Me thinks" "best to protect the masses". ~Nooner~ Oh Bull.
I’m delighted she was stopped.
She removed “one” but had trouble removing the “second”.
How about everyone else entering the air from that airport that morning or afternoon? Me thinks” “best to protect the masses”.

~Nooner~

]]> By: Jason P. http://elainesplace.net/2008/03/leave-the-nipple-rings-at-home/comment-page-1/#comment-2033 Jason P. Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:13:28 +0000 http://elainesplace.net/?p=459#comment-2033 If this is bad, the Walmart story on recouping money from a permanently disabled woman is at the edge of total meanness...and heartlessness. It is also why I don't go to Walmart. If this is bad, the Walmart story on recouping money from a permanently disabled woman is at the edge of total meanness…and heartlessness.

It is also why I don’t go to Walmart.

]]> By: cilicious http://elainesplace.net/2008/03/leave-the-nipple-rings-at-home/comment-page-1/#comment-2025 cilicious Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:53:51 +0000 http://elainesplace.net/?p=459#comment-2025 Recently I flew to/from SFO, and once again, my opinion that the TSA is mere window-dressing was reinforced. Should any of us feel safer because a woman with a nipple ring was unduly harassed? I very much agree with Jason's post. Recently I flew to/from SFO, and once again, my opinion that the TSA is mere window-dressing was reinforced. Should any of us feel safer because a woman with a nipple ring was unduly harassed?
I very much agree with Jason’s post.

]]> By: Elaine http://elainesplace.net/2008/03/leave-the-nipple-rings-at-home/comment-page-1/#comment-1997 Elaine Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:53:38 +0000 http://elainesplace.net/?p=459#comment-1997 <strong>Kimmy</strong> - So if you and your family won an all expense paid vacation to Hawaii would you fly? If I had to bet I would say yes ;-) <strong>Kirk</strong> - LOL all is working well. <strong>Beth</strong> - It does sound like Virginia does well in caring for it's citizens. I think more states could incorporate some of their policies. However there are states where people aren't getting the help they desperately need and they slip through the cracks. Those are the 33-34 million Americans I'm referring to. You should do a blog post on the Canadian health care system since you have experience with both. Kimmy – So if you and your family won an all expense paid vacation to Hawaii would you fly? If I had to bet I would say yes ;-)
Kirk – LOL all is working well.
Beth – It does sound like Virginia does well in caring for it’s citizens. I think more states could incorporate some of their policies. However there are states where people aren’t getting the help they desperately need and they slip through the cracks. Those are the 33-34 million Americans I’m referring to. You should do a blog post on the Canadian health care system since you have experience with both.

]]> By: W. Beth Young http://elainesplace.net/2008/03/leave-the-nipple-rings-at-home/comment-page-1/#comment-1963 W. Beth Young Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:07:08 +0000 http://elainesplace.net/?p=459#comment-1963 Elaine, The state government welfare system (using Virginia as an example) will already take care of the health care of single mothers and other lower income people through the welfare system. They go to the clinics and depending on their salaries, they and their children get the needed health care , maternity care, and shots. They can also get food stamps and other programs if they can prove they are eligible. Having had experience with it myself in my first marriage, in earlier years, and having worked with women coming to our church needing help, where we could only give it for the short term, such as food and clothing, and then getting them to the right resources, I know exactly how the system works. They can also get in job training programs for certification to help them step up to better jobs. This program is also available for divorced women that quality. Virginia instituted programs that garnish the wages of the fathers of the children of single mothers. This is a great improvement over the welfare system of earlier years. It helps to determine who is in real need, and will certainly give those that are a step up, while putting more responsibility on a dead-beat parent. Another woman had a son that needed mental health care and they had an excellent state facility for this. Eventually he was able to qualify for housing in a unit where the tenants work and maintain themselves. This woman has Lupus, with terrible complications, and she and her husband were no longer able to care for their adult mentally ill son, facing their own crisis of her no longer being able to work, their private health insurance maxed out, and she had to be put in a nursing home for care. In my opinion, Virginia does an excellent job in its welfare system, and that is where it should stay...in each state...not through the federal government. The federal government is supposed to watch for the safety of its citizens...not become a broader socialized government. The United States is the greatest country in the world, especially when it keeps to its constitution, provides freedom and opportunity, and upholds states rights. Sorry for such a long comment. Maybe I should eventually do a blog on this issue. I just wanted you to understand my perspective. The idea that a single woman with children can't get help from the government is simply not accurate. It is WHERE you go that makes a difference. Elaine,

The state government welfare system (using Virginia as an example) will already take care of the health care of single mothers and other lower income people through the welfare system. They go to the clinics and depending on their salaries, they and their children get the needed health care , maternity care, and shots. They can also get food stamps and other programs if they can prove they are eligible.

Having had experience with it myself in my first marriage, in earlier years, and having worked with women coming to our church needing help, where we could only give it for the short term, such as food and clothing, and then getting them to the right resources, I know exactly how the system works.

They can also get in job training programs for certification to help them step up to better jobs. This program is also available for divorced women that quality.

Virginia instituted programs that garnish the wages of the fathers of the children of single mothers. This is a great improvement over the welfare system of earlier years. It helps to determine who is in real need, and will certainly give those that are a step up, while putting more responsibility on a dead-beat parent.

Another woman had a son that needed mental health care and they had an excellent state facility for this. Eventually he was able to qualify for housing in a unit where the tenants work and maintain themselves. This woman has Lupus, with terrible complications, and she and her husband were no longer able to care for their adult mentally ill son, facing their own crisis of her no longer being able to work, their private health insurance maxed out, and she had to be put in a nursing home for care.

In my opinion, Virginia does an excellent job in its welfare system, and that is where it should stay…in each state…not through the federal government. The federal government is supposed to watch for the safety of its citizens…not become a broader socialized government.

The United States is the greatest country in the world, especially when it keeps to its constitution, provides freedom and opportunity, and upholds states rights.

Sorry for such a long comment. Maybe I should eventually do a blog on this issue. I just wanted you to understand my perspective. The idea that a single woman with children can’t get help from the government is simply not accurate. It is WHERE you go that makes a difference.

]]> By: Kirk M http://elainesplace.net/2008/03/leave-the-nipple-rings-at-home/comment-page-1/#comment-1960 Kirk M Sun, 30 Mar 2008 17:14:21 +0000 http://elainesplace.net/?p=459#comment-1960 Excuse me folks, just poking my head in to see if everything kosher. I upgraded Elaine's site here to WordPress 2.5 and I want to make sure everything is working. By the way I stopped wearing nipple rings long ago so no problem on my end. It's that darn slingshot that gives me problems. :D I'll be on my way now. Have a great day all! Excuse me folks, just poking my head in to see if everything kosher. I upgraded Elaine’s site here to WordPress 2.5 and I want to make sure everything is working.

By the way I stopped wearing nipple rings long ago so no problem on my end. It’s that darn slingshot that gives me problems. :D

I’ll be on my way now. Have a great day all!

]]> By: Kimmy http://elainesplace.net/2008/03/leave-the-nipple-rings-at-home/comment-page-1/#comment-1958 Kimmy Sun, 30 Mar 2008 16:20:13 +0000 http://elainesplace.net/?p=459#comment-1958 How ridiculous is that? I'm pretty bull-headed so I can't see myself taking my shirt off for any security guard. I don't care if they think I'm, smuggling a bomb under there. lol This is also probably why I don't fly. How ridiculous is that? I’m pretty bull-headed so I can’t see myself taking my shirt off for any security guard. I don’t care if they think I’m, smuggling a bomb under there. lol
This is also probably why I don’t fly.

]]> By: Elaine http://elainesplace.net/2008/03/leave-the-nipple-rings-at-home/comment-page-1/#comment-1955 Elaine Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:24:21 +0000 http://elainesplace.net/?p=459#comment-1955 <strong>Grandalfe</strong> - the answer is NO. Your 99% statistic is interesting, where did you find that at? My husband and I fall into the 1% category. <strong>Beth</strong> - I agree with you on the health care comment. I don't ever want to see the US government in charge of my healthcare, god forbid! But I do think that for the millions of uninsured that slip through the cracks IE: single Mom working 2 part-time jobs and neither offer insurance, then the government has an obligation to insure these people. For a country as powerful as the US it's shameful that all do not have decent health care insurance. <strong>Mary Anne </strong>- Agree with you on the common sense, does anyone have the authority to make a simple decision instead of follow the rules and procedures? About the pacemaker, you can fly but you won't go through the metal detector. You tell them at security that you have a pacemaker (or ICD) and they take you aside and do a pat down. My Dad has both and has flown with no problems. Grandalfe – the answer is NO. Your 99% statistic is interesting, where did you find that at? My husband and I fall into the 1% category.
Beth – I agree with you on the health care comment. I don’t ever want to see the US government in charge of my healthcare, god forbid! But I do think that for the millions of uninsured that slip through the cracks IE: single Mom working 2 part-time jobs and neither offer insurance, then the government has an obligation to insure these people. For a country as powerful as the US it’s shameful that all do not have decent health care insurance.
Mary Anne - Agree with you on the common sense, does anyone have the authority to make a simple decision instead of follow the rules and procedures? About the pacemaker, you can fly but you won’t go through the metal detector. You tell them at security that you have a pacemaker (or ICD) and they take you aside and do a pat down. My Dad has both and has flown with no problems.

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