Ron Paul Tampa speech

[kgbsquirrel]

Is he suggesting that the GOP somehow ordered the TSA to harass Ron?

Probably no more than certain folks "ordered" swat teams to raid the houses of conservatives I'm sure. But I wouldn't be surprised. I don't really surprise anymore. 

[Blakenzy]

I hear the TSA had quite a showing at the RNC venue itself. TSA seems to be spreading like Bangkok lice.

[Fly320s]

I hear the TSA had quite a showing at the RNC venue itself. TSA seems to be spreading like Bangkok lice.

Last year I saw TSA gestapo agents at Comicon. WTF, over?

[Tallpine]

Last year I saw TSA gestapo agents at Comicon. WTF, over?

Yeah, but you only have to go through that if you want to fly commercial airlines 


Must have been interesting with some of those cosplay outfits ...  some of the ladies leave very little to search, and you can hide a lot in a storm trooper outfit 

Are they banning phaser blasters now ?

[De Selby]

What I find bizarre is that Ron Paul's common sense on this issue isn't being taken seriously - applying the same laws to the TSA as everyone else is apparently not interesting to congress.

[Perd Hapley]

Bizarre? You find that bizarre? What are ya, new? 

[Jamisjockey]

I hear the TSA had quite a showing at the RNC venue itself. TSA seems to be spreading like Bangkok lice.

And the infowars types are worried about FEMA.....
TSA scares the *expletive deleted*ck out of me.

[erictank]

Yeah, but you only have to go through that if you want to fly commercial airlines 

Or, more and more, if you want to use Amtrak, or Greyhound, or your local light-rail...

TSA and mission creep go hand-in-filthy-gloved-hand. It USED to be "If you don't like it, you don't have to fly." As predicted YEARS ago, it really is looking as though it'll end up being, "If you don't like it, you don't have to open your front door."

[Jamisjockey]

Or, more and more, if you want to use Amtrak, or Greyhound, or your local light-rail...

TSA and mission creep go hand-in-filthy-gloved-hand. It USED to be "If you don't like it, you don't have to fly." As predicted YEARS ago, it really is looking as though it'll end up being, "If you don't like it, you don't have to open your front door."

Ayup.
As much as I like the idea of a free Texas, it was Texas that first had TSA VIPR teams doing random bag searches on the Houston Metro.  True cecession is a wet dream.

[Marnoot]

"If you don't like it, you don't have to open your front door."

"Hey now, what's that you're doing in your house? Transporting dishes from one room to another? You'll need to submit to a strip search sir!"

[zxcvbob]

"Hey now, what's that you're doing in your house? Transporting dishes from one room to another? You'll need to submit to a strip search sir!"

"Get off my lawn!" --Walt Kowalski (with an M1 rifle to back it up)

[longeyes]

Or, more and more, if you want to use Amtrak, or Greyhound, or your local light-rail...

TSA and mission creep go hand-in-filthy-gloved-hand. It USED to be "If you don't like it, you don't have to fly." As predicted YEARS ago, it really is looking as though it'll end up being, "If you don't like it, you don't have to open your front door."

Spot on.

And this will come to a head soon enough.  They will go for total control, playing all their cards.

[Tallpine]

Spot on.

And this will come to a head soon enough.  They will go for total control, playing all their cards.

Yeah, I'm thinking that I don't have to worry about long term care