What an idiotic comment.
Why we, as a nation, put up with putting people such as this in positions of bureaucratic power is beyond me. We have no duty to forgo our god-given rights in the name of "security." I believe it was Benjamin Franklin who said something to that effect.
The government has a right to take reasonable measures to keep us safe which do not impose upon our god-given rights. The government does not have a right to impose measures upon us which, we, the People, see as dangerous or unduly invasive.
We do not have a responsibility as Americans to sacrifice our fundamental dignity as human beings for the sake of safety. To be sure, while I believe that it is within the role of government to regulate the safety measures taken by private companies connected to air travel, the government has absolutely no right to push such regulation in the direction of abusive measures which demean both ourselves and our children, most especially when such measures are ineffectual at best.
We need more of a ruckus around this issue. Socialist travel policies should not be tolerated in this country.
“”We need more of a ruckus around this issue. “”
I believe we’re going to see exactly that. Boortz, Rush, Hannity and Beck all covered it today on their radio programs. Boortz covered it for the 2 hours I listened to him. He didn’t mince words and says he expects to be put on the “no fly” list after his tirades today - he lives in Naples, FL and sometimes flys himself back and forth to Atlanta but sometimes flys commercial. Said he will bet someone will deck a TSA employee before the end of the month.