Posted on 06/21/2011 10:52:05 AM PDT by Sprite518
Think you could avoid the TSA's body scanners and pat-downs by taking Amtrak? Think again.
(Excerpt) Read more at motherjones.com ...
This is going to be fun...as We the People are going to have to run around searching for the plug from which to unplug this beast.
No; it started out as security theatre. It has subsequently evolved to a species of terrorism in its own right -- convincing the people that their only choice is between mayhem and the omnicompetent Security State.
Get real. If Dubya and Cheney were still president this would be going down just the same.
“convincing the people that their only choice is between mayhem and the omnicompetent Security State.”
I vote for mayhem!
Yeah, well it’s a false dilemma anyway. They’re just threatening us with mayhem. That’s why they are the real terrorists. And liars, of course.
Maobama is a major league bastard, but the TSA was created under the BUSH administration. There was even a constituency here on FR that supported it.
RINOs, bluebloods and establishment GOPers love creating bureaucracies as much as lefties.
“This is about PEOPLE control. Its so the Fuhrer will have a mechanism in place when he declares his emergency PUTSCH, to stop any successful revolts.”
This is by far the most logical explanation for the expansion of tsa power, intrusiveness, near-total lack of accountability. I see they are trying to let them carry guns now too.
That Idiot Bush II did it for him. Now Obama has realized he need only modify Homeland Security to have it.
“Homeland Security” - there is a NAZIesque ring to that.
Ve are HEIR vrom HOMELANT ZECURITY!!!!! VERE ARE YOUR PAPERS!!!!!
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