WSJ's Scott McCartney reasonably asks "Will Turkey Day Fliers Cry Foul?"; now taking nominations for Hallandale Beach Blog's "Turkeys of the Year"

Just a reminder, I'm now beginning to take your nominations for the prestigious Hallandale Beach Blog Turkeys of the Year, in which the turkeys in our community get their due recognition.
Drop me a line with the name of the individual(s) and a short description of what they have done this past year to be worthy, at hallandalebeachblog-at-gmail.com.
Above, the turkey balloon at the Publix grocery store on Hallandale Beach Boulevard and NE 14th Avenue in Hallandale Beach. November 24, 2009 photo by South Beach Hoosier

How can you not love a turkey with a Pilgrim hat?

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The Wall Street Journal
The Middle Seat column
Will Turkey Day Fliers Cry Foul?
By Scott McCartney November 18, 2010

Full-body scanners, now deployed in 68 airports, and more-thorough pat-downs have some fliers concerned about their privacy and the airlines worried about delays.

Airlines will have extra staff, spare airplanes and plentiful plastic bags for shipping car seats. Airports will have executives working as greeters, gifts in Los Angeles for restless kids in long lines, and people with big yellow clipboards in Boston acting as roving information booths.

Yet even with most elaborate preparations for the crowded Thanksgiving travel rush, which starts this weekend, the lowdown is that the pat-downs could sour some family feasts.

Read the rest of the article at: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703688704575620601511628936.html

Speaking of feeling like a turkey at Thanksgiving...

Melrose Place - Thanksgiving Date (1993, second season on FOX-TV)

Billy makes a phone call he'll always regret. (The clip above is how this episode from Season Two ended.)

Billy, trust me, it's never going to work out with you and Allison!

And if you ever meet a very good-looking woman by the name of Brooke Armstrong -RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-JmOoSAKq4

To see this full episode, Cold Turkey, go to: http://www.imdb.com/video/cbs/vi4058777369/

U.S. TV Commercials - November 1986

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDWov3cYKFM

Ineptitude reminiscent of HB City Hall! WCBS-TV: Comedy Of Errors - Cameras Didn't Work At Newark Airport

WCBS-TV, New York
Comedy Of Errors: Cameras Didn't Work At Newark

Sources Tell CBS 2 That TSA Surveillance Cameras Were Inoperable At Time Of Terminal C Security Breach

TSA Apparently Didn't Know Number For Continental To Get Other Footage

It's a tale of shocking ineptitude: CBS 2 has learned a series of missteps unnecessarily added to the mayhem at Newark Liberty International Airport on Sunday. The six-hour delay stranded thousands of people, creating extreme crowding and chaos.

The mistakes made at the airport give new meaning to the term "domino effect." It was a cascading series of missteps that cry out for action.

The sign at the Transportation Security Administration screening post at Newark read: "Premises Under Constant Video Surveillance."

What is should add is: "If We're Lucky."

Read rest of story at:
http://wcbstv.com/local/newark.airport.continental.2.1407062.html

Video at:
http://wcbstv.com/video/?id=136879@wcbs.dayport.com

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Ineptitude reminiscent of Hallandale Beach City Hall!

You know, the Broward city where the Police Chief,
Thomas Magill, actually shrugged and said at a 2009
HB City Commission meeting that the pitch black
public parking lot in front of City Hall AND the
Police Dept. HQ, which has been that way for a
good part of the past two years, wasn't that big a deal.

And the City Attorney, David Jove, just sits there
on the dais, dreaming of his pension, ignoring the
self-evident public safety and liability issues for the
city's taxpayers.

Who's their boss?
City Manager Mike Good.
That explains it.

Tonight, like last week, last month and last year,
three of the four parking lights closest to the public
entrance to HB City Hall have been out.
Much like they have been for the past six months,
and most of the past two years, but fortunately for
air travelers, the City of Hallandale Beach doesn't
have operational control of an airport!