he fact that the TSA hasn't a clue that they cannot detain a United States Senator --- they can and will
interesting that you support disbanding the TSA ... the first line of defense against another 911. some fears are unfounded On Jan 26, 1:12 am, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]> wrote: > I salute Rand Paul for his composure and dignity during this offensive > bureaucratic clusterfuck! The fact that the TSA hasn't a clue that they > cannot detain a United States Senator on his way to conduct congressional > business speaks volumes; and the fact that the Obama Administration > defended the TSA's actions is even more telling. > > It's time that this agency be disbanded, as it is broken, beyond repair. > It is a boondoggle, for which President Bush should be ashamed. > > On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 8:53 AM, Bruce Majors <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > People inside the Beltway have been discussing what happened and what it > > means that the Nashville airport TSA staff detained Senator Rand Paul, > > making him miss a speech in DC and campaigning with his father, because he > > refused the invasive "pat down" groping procedure that he and other people > > have been protesting for months. > > > I think the most likely explanation is Sen. Paul's own. TSA is a > > bureaucracy and its management is incompetent. They probably actually try > > NOT to grope famous or connected people, but every once in a while they > > slip up. > > > <http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YNQHn4zHhAU/TyAGBFQqCsI/AAAAAAAABV0/18bUXDq...> > > > What's funny about this incident is that it recalls a pre-TSA comedy about > > government groping, Christopher Buckley's novel *Little Green Men*. Many > > people are familiar with Buckley's novel about lobbyists, *Thank You For > > Not Smoking,*having seen the movie based on it. *Little Green Men* is a > > comic explanation of what is going on with all the people who think they > > see, and especially those who think they are abducted by, UFOs or aliens > > aboard them. The plot is that a government agency actually sedates and > > strips and probes unsuspecting unknown people, Iowa farmers and South > > Carolina soccer moms, and then releases them, so that they will *believe* in > > aliens. Because as long as a certain percentage of American voters believe > > in aliens they will vote to keep NASA funded and various top secret > > military projects can be hidden in the NASA budget. > > > <http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MC5EL4w3kSY/TyAGJuk6kfI/AAAAAAAABV8/n0n-txE...> > > > A problem occurs when the government agents involved accidentally abduct a > > famous person, a mainstream Sunday political talk show journalist (rather > > obviously based on John McLaughlin of *McLaughlin Group* fame). He > > becomes a zealot, organizing a million march on Washington demanding the > > release of all classified documents about UFOs. > > > Now I don't think TSA exists to create a budget to hide secret programs > > in, or even to irradiate Americans routinely for some nefarious purpose. > > If that were so it would actually catch a terrorist, or at least a fake > > terrorist, to show what a good agency it is and how its budget should be > > increased. I think it exists in part for security theater, to make it > > look like the government knows how to do something. But the real reason > > for it is to teach Americans to be servile. To give up dignity and privacy > > and accept regimentation. To return to a feudal relationship to government > > where one hands over one's daughter (as well as one's son, one's spouse and > > one's self) to the feudal Lord's seignorial right to possess her virgin > > body before anyone else. > > > I hope Sen. Paul is able to lead something like a million man march > > against our current return to a pre-Bill of Rights, pre-Magna Carta, feudal > > relationship to government. > > >http://teapartiers.blogspot.com/2012/01/senator-rand-paul-and-tsas-li... > > > -- > > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > > For options & help seehttp://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > > * Visit our other community athttp://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
