Editorial Cartoon: TSA Pat Downs (again)

Editorial Cartoon: TSA Pat Down

I actually drew this one last week but it got pushed back.  It is the second of my editorial cartoons on the TSA Pat Downs.   I got to wondering, as embarrassing as it is for passengers, how must a TSA agent feel to have to grope the smelly crotch of some dude who hasn’t bathed in over a week.

And the results are in and almost 90% of you thought my latest TSA shirt design was appropriate so in honor of your votes, I present the following design available right now on the store on buttons, stickers, t-shirts etc.

Stop Gate Rape Button

Comments

71 responses to “Editorial Cartoon: TSA Pat Downs (again)”

  1. Roland Avatar

    My thoughts are would people get looked at weird if you started moaning when they did do the “pat” down.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      People wouldn’t get looked at weird but YOU would…haha

  2. Bo Lumpkin Avatar

    I’m just gonna save us all some embarrassment and stay home.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Well they don’t have pat downs at truck stops…yet.

      1. Bo Lumpkin Avatar

        Truck stops have their own dangers. You might find the picture on Mildred’s wall interesting today.

        1. Bearman Avatar

          She loves me.

          1. Bo Lumpkin Avatar

            Who woulda thought that even Mildred is a Bearman groupie?

  3. Lynn Avatar
    Lynn

    Are you kidding me? This is genius!! ~ and it will go perfectly with the Don’t Touch My Junk shirt I just bought.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Are you kidding me…you missed when I posted this last week? haha

  4. Bethany Avatar

    Maybe if you placed or colored the hand differently (perhaps wearing a glove?) so it didn’t look like a dick at first glance.

    1. Friggin Loon Avatar

      Blahahahahaha that’s what I first thought 🙂

      1. Dave Hambidge Avatar

        ditto was meant to be here!!

        1. Bearman Avatar

          So you 3 are all confused because you thought a white guy had a dick that was obviously NOT white? You all need glasses…haha

          1. Dave Hambidge Avatar

            mine’s a little red at the moment, want to see?

          2. Bearman Avatar

            I’m telling your wife Dave.

          3. Friggin Loon Avatar

            I have my arm raised 🙂

          4. Friggin Loon Avatar

            Oh and the silhouettes in the background look a tad sus too …I’m just saying!!!

          5. Bearman Avatar

            What’s a “sus”???

      2. Lynn and Rip Avatar
        Lynn and Rip

        you would ya perverted loon!

    2. Tony Avatar

      The thought never entered my mind. Really & truly it didn’t…

      1. Bearman Avatar

        That is why I am here Tony…to force you to see all sides of things..haha

  5. Friggin Loon Avatar

    I friggin support the pat downs as long as I get a male officer to do it. Hello, for some it’s the only action they’ll get 🙂

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Ditto…they should line up the TSA agents (male and female) and you get to pick from the list.

  6. nursemyra Avatar

    My job already requires me to grope around in smelly crotches. and I’m not even a real nurse

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Which either is sad b/c you aren’t a real nurse and have to do that or sad because you aren’t even a real nurse and still do it.

    2. bschooled Avatar

      Haha! Oh, NM, you slay me.

  7. Tony Avatar

    Not a job I would like to have to do. I would like to get the pat down so I could try the moaning noise suggestion

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Come to america!!!

  8. Jillsy Girl Avatar

    I think you should do a cartoon with a transvestite being patted down. I can just imagine the facial expression on the TSA agent!! 🙂

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Hmmm…maybe I’ll dress up like a woman so I can get the female TSA agent to pat me down.

  9. Mark Avatar

    Stop the gate rape and spare the TSOs. Boycott Flying COMPLETELY, until sanity returns! Please join us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Boycott-Flying/126801010710392

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Which I would love to do but I don’t like to drive..haha

  10. Tracy Ingram Avatar

    Nice, I have been seeing a list of things to do while the TSA Agents are down there so it is more fun for you while being groped. I only hope this mess works itself out soon.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Maybe they can have doctors moonlight as TSA agents so I can at least get a hernia check while they are down there.

      1. Tracy Ingram Avatar

        Now wouldn’t that be a bonus.

  11. DadaHyena Avatar

    I love how the guy being inspected has one leg in front of the other, as if he was just walking along and got stopped in his tracks by the sudden prodding of the guard.

    That’s some great storytelling there, Bearman!

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Gives new meaning to the term “spread ’em”

  12. Nate Fakes Avatar

    It makes me wonder how many creepy people took a TSA job just for the opportunity for chances like this

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Makes me wonder how many creepy people are flying now.

  13. Dan Avatar

    Creepiest would be people that get a ticket just for the pat down . . . then skip the flight!

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Or try to pick up a TSA agent at a bar knowing how experienced they are.

  14. Ahmnodt Heare Avatar

    I have a different proposal. I propose that the passenger should be able to touch his or her own junk in front of the agent of his or her choosing.

    1. Lynn and Rip Avatar
      Lynn and Rip

      epic comment ahmnodt!

    2. Bearman Avatar

      I already do and my wife tells me to quit playing pocket pool

  15. Lynn and Rip Avatar
    Lynn and Rip

    as you may already know, rip’s a huge Gawker commenter with 157 followers of his comments… he’s posting your button there with a link. 🙂

    1. Bearman Avatar

      I did not know rip was a gawker. In fact I haven’t done much there. You’ll have to send a link to him

      1. Lynn and Rip Avatar
        Lynn and Rip

        yes.. that’s his blog o’ choice. he’s mostly a political commenter, in that nest of liberal democrats he can ruffle quite a few feathers! he’s got a loyal following though and has a star rating (whatever the hell that means). i’ll email you his screen name but beware he’s libertarian and not afraid to step on toes in his comments.

        1. Bearman Avatar

          As if I’m afraid to step on toes. Haha

          1. Friggin Loon Avatar

            I second that, did you see the friggin damage Rip did to that train????

  16. Mel Avatar

    I wonder if they pat down children. This could cause lots of law suits.

    There has to be a better way.

    Funny pic btw 🙂

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Haven’t seen the crotch grab but I have seen the pat down of kids as well.

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  18. George Avatar

    Hahaha! I see now why you made them two different ethnicities. It would have looked like the TSA guy had a trick “up his sleeve” if you didn’t. 🙂

    1. Bearman Avatar

      I’m smart…sometimes.

  19. jynksie Avatar

    I recently traveled and had a pat down and light groin groping. I’m leaving my wife for him and we’re moving to Miami! o.O (no, not really! *smirk*)

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Just don’t threaten to fly next time you and your wife get in an argument.

  20. MJ Avatar

    Ha! It looks like the TSA is about to get an MMA knee to the head.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      I think the TSA agent has the upper “hand”

  21. WannabeHero Avatar

    Nice…. love the button!

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Thanks…now tell your friends to buy you one for xmas..haha

  22. bschooled Avatar

    Hilarious, Bearman!

    That was the first thing I thought about when I heard the news. I just hope the airlines offer psychological counseling to their employees.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      I wonder if they do Rock Paper Scissors to see who has to grab certain travelers.

  23. Lynn and Rip Avatar
    Lynn and Rip

    remember the thing where people opposed to the gate rape were supposed to opt out and request a pat-down to bog down the system? well the mainstream propaganda reported it was a huge failure. the truth is this: all scanners were ordered shut down that day, not giving the people the chance to opt out, thus the faux news report of a failure was a lie!

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Flew today and they let most people go through the security line as well. They only pulled one person out about every 20 passengers.

      1. Lynn and Rip Avatar
        Lynn and Rip

        what?! you didnt ask for a pat-down? c’mon..

        1. Bearman Avatar

          I’m usually the guy that they tend to pick on so I just walked on.

  24. SpilledInkGuy Avatar
    SpilledInkGuy

    Ha! Just another reason to stay locked up in my apartment. 🙂

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Which would be fine if you didn’t have a retail establishment to run.

  25. 25BAR Avatar

    Lol! That’s hilarious! HAHAHAHA