Friday, August 20, 2010

But It's Good for Us

At what point does our national security state get way out of hand? You know the drill. We can't ... insert controversy du jour... or the terrorists will have won. Too late honey. The events in the first blockquote and link make the position in the second look a bit less wingnutty and a bit more precient.

At what point does an airport search step over the line? How about when they start going through your checks, and the police call your husband, suspicious you were clearing out the bank account?

What happened sounds to me like a violation of a TSA policy that went into effect Sept. 1, after the American Civil Liberties Union sued the agency on behalf of the former campaign treasurer of presidential candidate Ron Paul. In that case, Steven Bierfeldt was detained after screeners at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport discovered he was carrying about $4,700 in cash. He challenged their request that he explain where his money came from.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Fronting armed response teams with Stasi style psychologists; 'It might have been a divorce situation.' Boy howdy, do I feel safe now. However, the folks in the next link feel a little less sanguine.

That was a Republican administration, I pointed out. ‘The Democrats are running towards socialism at 100 miles an hour and Republicans are only running 60,’ he said. ‘They’ll all get to the same damn place eventually. Our job as militia is to re-establish the government in a way George [Washington] and the boys intended. And to do that we can’t go and hide in the bushes; we have to take active participation in the overthrow that Thomas Jefferson point-blank told us was our duty as Americans.

Telegraph: U.K.

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