I disagree though that this is about totalitarian leftists. Go read DU. They are as much up in arms about this as the constitutional conservatives.
This is about the money to be made in hiring training and equiping virtual illiterates to go through meaningless process. A bunch of K-street bandits backing their cohorts of RINOs (this started under Bush don't forget), completely overlooked what the likely public reaction to this would be on SS-day (Strip Search day).
Well, I think we’ll just have to disagree about the American public. The polls on this issue, voting for Obama, and assorted fascists, and, generally, the acceptance of a surveillance state weigh in my favor. I would, of course, prefr for you to be right.
The totalitarian leftists that I was referring to are relatively few, but very powerful people who set the agenda. The children at DU don’t understand what they are saying or doing, even when they aren’t under the influence of some substance or other.
I agree about th emoney angle, and while Ds and Rs whoopped DHS and TSA through Congress, the idea was one of the many imbecile excresences of the Bush Administration.