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TSA shuts door on private airport screening program
CNN ^ | 1/29/2011 | Mike M. Ahlers and Jeanne Meserve, CNN

Posted on 01/29/2011 9:23:03 AM PST by GreaterSwiss

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To: Noob1999; Don Corleone; GreaterSwiss; The Pack Knight; dljordan; Jeff Gordon; GreyFriar; ...

Gee. hmm confusing. Where’s competitive WTF economy we were promised??

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21 posted on 01/29/2011 2:14:54 PM PST by 4Liberty ( How do you spell "moral hazard"?: $ 19, 0 0 0, 0 0 0, 0 0 0, 0 0 0.)
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22 posted on 01/29/2011 2:15:33 PM PST by 4Liberty ( How do you spell "moral hazard"?: $ 19, 0 0 0, 0 0 0, 0 0 0, 0 0 0.)
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To: GreaterSwiss
Time for America to go


23 posted on 01/29/2011 2:38:10 PM PST by null and void (We are now in day 739 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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To: GreyFriar
You forgot to include the words “SEIU UNION” employees.

Yeah, this government-supporting union is flexing its muscles.

24 posted on 01/29/2011 2:40:43 PM PST by zot
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To: Hoodat
they have that right under the law.

The Law? What do I care about the law?

25 posted on 01/29/2011 2:41:04 PM PST by null and void (We are now in day 739 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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To: dools0007world

The next election is too late. By 2012 they will have homosexualized a large segment of the population by making these same-sex gropings the first sexual experiences of our children.


26 posted on 01/29/2011 3:52:21 PM PST by firebrand
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To: Don Corleone
This too shall be taken care of in the next revolution.

Get rid of these government leeches once and for all.

27 posted on 01/29/2011 4:31:47 PM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal The 16th Amendment!)
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To: GreaterSwiss

NATURALLY the fed.gov HATES competion, as do the nefarius unions - THAT is why real reform us NOWHERE to be even SEEN!


28 posted on 01/29/2011 5:09:00 PM PST by 2harddrive
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To: The Pack Knight

Pournelle’s Iron Law of Bureaucracies knows no exceptions.


29 posted on 01/29/2011 5:45:39 PM PST by Darth Tokarev (Liberalism: Using intellectualism to justify moral cowardice.)
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To: GreaterSwiss
Pistole knows how to play the game.

Feign indifference, wait a month, then screw the competition with a bureaucratic edict.

He and Jihad Janet have no intention of releasing the stranglehold they have on travel in the U.S.

Imagine who they can intimidate at will.

"Gosh, Sen. Paul, we don't know how you got on that watch list. We're so sorry! Now strip!!"

30 posted on 01/29/2011 6:18:05 PM PST by Regulator (Watch Out! Americans are on the March! America Forever, Mexico Never!)
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To: Jeff Gordon

Your post is right on the mark. Precisely the reason.


31 posted on 01/29/2011 7:22:10 PM PST by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will, they ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: Hoodat

“If an airport prefers to use a private company to conduct screenings, they have that right under the law.”

Law? 0bama don’t need no stinkin’ law!


32 posted on 01/29/2011 8:22:11 PM PST by MichaelCorleone (Sarah Palin is America's Margaret Thatcher)
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To: GreaterSwiss
A union for Transportation Security Administration employees said it supported the decision to halt the program.

A 62,000 member union says no to privatization. How bout if 1 million frequent flyers says, give way assholes? Move over and stand down.

If this union seeks to declare war on the frequent flyers, then they are outnumbered.

Now is the time to stand up to these commie union thugs.

33 posted on 01/30/2011 1:13:12 AM PST by takenoprisoner (Repeal the 16th amendment . Send Islam packing to their homeland.)
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To: Don Corleone
"I examined the contractor screening program and decided not to expand the program beyond the current 16 airports as I do not see any clear or substantial advantage to do so at this time," Pistole said.


34 posted on 01/30/2011 5:14:28 AM PST by Upstate NY Guy
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To: Don Corleone

“The vice is closing inexorably, day by day, on our freedoms under this totalitarian dictatorship. One day we will wake up to find that we are indeed in a soviet gulag.”

That is the democrats’ plan and has been the democrats’ plan for 130 years.


35 posted on 01/30/2011 10:01:51 AM PST by Democrat_media (Why is no government creating a product we can hold in our hands like a cell phone..?)
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To: GreaterSwiss
Headline: Government Agency Outlaws Its Competition, Citing "No Advantage To It."

-PJ

36 posted on 01/30/2011 10:07:28 AM PST by Political Junkie Too ("Comprehensive" reform bills only end up as incomprehensible messes.)
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To: Political Junkie Too

Exactly.


37 posted on 01/30/2011 2:44:41 PM PST by matt04
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To: GreaterSwiss

Before the government seized the nation’s airports, I flew several times a month. I haven’t been on a commercial flight since they took over.

If it involves a 2 day car trip, it’s worth the inconvenience.


38 posted on 01/30/2011 3:05:36 PM PST by gitmo ( The democRats drew first blood. It's our turn now.)
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To: GreaterSwiss

Protecting Union jobs, shutting down liberties...


39 posted on 01/30/2011 5:49:13 PM PST by patriot preacher
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To: GreaterSwiss

I’m not a big believer that the private sector should be involved in every aspect of our nations govt. We need to decide exactly what we the people should take care of (as govt) and what should be handed over to the private sector. I am a believer that unions or employee associations may be OK in govt as long as they can not strike.

I see it as dangerous to the people to get profit motive involved with any issues of public safety, law enforcement, and incarceration or any aspect of government that uses sworn employees. It will eventually lead to more corruption and abuse than what we have. In PA the private prison contractors bribed some judges to get get more inmates.

One other small example are the photo cameras used for speed control. Most states use them because they are run by big business (Boeing) and generate profits that they then share. I despise the concept of law enforcement for profit.

I still oppose any use of private sector as military. That also opens the door to using private military as they did in New Orleans and abused the rights of citizens by taking firearms. I accept that sworn govt agents may have a right to order or tell me what to do, but not private cops.

This is a conversation worth having. My experience and I’ve never worked in government, except for a tour in the military, is that anytime there are public private partnerships with our tax money the door to corruption by politicians, bureaucrats, and contractors is wide open.


40 posted on 01/31/2011 6:34:47 AM PST by apoliticalone
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