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Holiday Memories You'll Cherish Forever
steynonline.com ^
| 7-25-2014
| Mark Steyn
Posted on 07/26/2014 7:48:49 AM PDT by servo1969
This is the evil of a dying republic - waving through gangbangers at the southern border, but at the northern border detaining boy scouts for four hours. No novelist or movie director would attempt that contrast - it's too pat, too neat. But it's somehow become American reality in the 21st century.
Just to be clear: that boy scout did nothing wrong. When the CBP officer demanded he hand over the camera, Mr Fox should have refused and asked to see the agent's supervisor.
But it gets better:
Another of the Scouts was taking luggage from the top of a van to be searched when something startling happened.
"He hears a snap of a holster, turns around, and here's this agent, both hands on a loaded pistol, pointing at the young man's head," Fox explained.
Fox said that had them all in fear.
Ultimately no one was hurt or arrested, and after about four hours they were allowed to continue their trip into Alaska.
"No one was hurt or arrested": Two and a third centuries after a great revolution for the right to live in liberty, law-abiding Americans are apparently now grateful not to be shot or incarcerated after interactions with their government. If you're wondering what the short-trousered national-security threat did wrong, he apparently reached for his suitcase "without authorization".
Oh, my. As I always say round about this point in the story, if you need to level a gun at a boy scout's head, you're doing it wrong.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Editorial; Government
KEYWORDS: banglist; border; canada; customs; scouts; steyn; tsa
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To: servo1969
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posted on
07/26/2014 9:42:14 AM PDT
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spodefly
(This is my tag line. There are many like it, but this one is mine.)
To: tumblindice
That’s an interesting story. Why haven’t I heard that before? To have a congressman get involved in a TSA theft ring should be big news. What congressman was this?
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07/26/2014 9:44:34 AM PDT
by
Kirkwood
(Zombie Hunter)
To: servo1969
I was born (in 1947) in the Roman Empire. Now I live in Italy.
In one lifetime.
Sigh.
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07/26/2014 2:25:27 PM PDT
by
rmh47
(Go Kats! - Got eight? NRA Life Member])
To: bubman
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posted on
07/27/2014 8:14:54 AM PDT
by
OneWingedShark
(Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
To: servo1969; Alaska Wolf; TexasFreeper2009; DCBryan1; Slings and Arrows; Doomonyou; ...
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posted on
07/27/2014 7:03:41 PM PDT
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null and void
(If Bill Clinton was the first black president, why isn't Barack Obama the first woman president?)
To: null and void
Sodomy Scouts of America
“Hey we’re PC now, you can’t do that!”
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07/27/2014 7:06:45 PM PDT
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GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: JLS
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posted on
07/27/2014 7:36:54 PM PDT
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Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: OneWingedShark
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07/28/2014 12:30:30 AM PDT
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FBD
To: Abathar; Abcdefg; Abram; Abundy; albertp; Alexander Rubin; Allosaurs_r_us; amchugh; ...
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07/28/2014 6:10:39 AM PDT
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bamahead
(Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. -- Sallust)
To: bamahead; FReepers; Patriots; FRiends
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07/28/2014 8:42:29 AM PDT
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Lady Jag
(Tolerance and apathy are the last virtues of a dying society. - Aristotle)
To: lee martell
Scary and stupid, a dangerous combination. preconditions for employment in Obama's State CircusEdited for relevance and clarity. ;)
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posted on
07/28/2014 3:37:11 PM PDT
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: celmak
Is it really a federal crime to take a picture of a federal officer? If so, please give a link, I cant find one googling it.Who cares? Even if it is, it's totally invalid. They work for us, not the perverse.
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07/28/2014 3:38:37 PM PDT
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Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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