TSA Now Storming Public Places 8,000 Times a Year

[Danceswithwires]

Do you feel safe yet?

http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/06/tsa_now_storming_public_places_8000_times_a_tear.h tml

[bobbyfairbanks]

I can't even imagine why people would think this is a good idea.

[colocowboy01]

I am definitely not trying to start a militia or a revolution, but how and when do we as freedom loving Americans peacefully put an end to the erosion of our freedom? Can we find State Representatives to write legislation restricting the scope of the TSA within Colorado, before we have roving TSA searches on our city streets?

[Cman]

What is really scarey is the lack of people prostesting the violations of their rights = stupid sheep.

[Ronin13]

I am definitely not trying to start a militia or a revolution, but how and when do we as freedom loving Americans peacefully put an end to the erosion of our freedom? Can we find State Representatives to write legislation restricting the scope of the TSA within Colorado, before we have roving TSA searches on our city streets?

+1... Agreed, enter Gestapo and the Police State. If I'm ever stopped and illegally searched by these Nazi muffins I'll just get the name of the man in charge and write as high up as I have to that they are violating my 4th Amendment rights.
Dear Uncle Sam,
Please cease and desist your shredding of the US Constitution... I repeat STOP SHREDDING THE CONSTITUTION!
Sincerely,
The American People

[Elhuero]

from the article:

"We'll be back," Milano told reporters. "We won't say when we'll be back. This way the bad guys are on notice we'll be back."


I can just see this guy polishing his badge.

[Big Wall]

1 - Is this really happening this way and not some dumb ass radio host trying to make a name for himself.

2 - If it is real, how can this be allowed without more outrage than this one persons article? I know for a fact that there are patriots in this country.

3 - If this is real how can we put a stop to it?

[Irving]

Reading that article just took 12 years off my life.

[sbouslog]

It's hard to find a nice medium for security. You want to feel safe and have the bad guys caught before they commit any mass murders but you don't want to be bothered with going through the screenings yourself because you know that you are one of the good guys. I don't think that tearing a bus apart on a whim is a good use of our money and I don't think they need helicopters and boats. TSA should stick to airports, bus and train stations. Leave the rest up to people who know what they are doing. I do see how it is somewhat within there right to search a bus ( a mode of transportation that they control), but they need to know what they are looking for. "large sums of cash" can be left up to interpretation and is not acceptable. I am ok with them searching for bombs, gas, and wmd's. Also, don't think for a second that you are going to take my gun from me.

[Ronin13]

"Those who would sacrifice freedom for security deserve neither and should expect neither." -Benjamin Franklin.
Sure you can feel free to search my stuff, yeah if it helps dissuade terrorists... The moment we allow this to happen they've already won. Some pansy up on the hill thinks that anything can be a prime target for terror and wants to lock this place down tighter than a republican's butt at a gay parade. With PC growing and fear spreading our nation is headed in the wrong direction.

[Irving]

It's hard to find a nice medium for security. You want to feel safe and have the bad guys caught before they commit any mass murders but you don't want to be bothered with going through the screenings yourself because you know that you are one of the good guys. I don't think that tearing a bus apart on a whim is a good use of our money and I don't think they need helicopters and boats. TSA should stick to airports, bus and train stations. Leave the rest up to people who know what they are doing. I do see how it is somewhat within there right to search a bus ( a mode of transportation that they control), but they need to know what they are looking for. "large sums of cash" can be left up to interpretation and is not acceptable. I am ok with them searching for bombs, gas, and wmd's. Also, don't think for a second that you are going to take my gun from me.

I disagree. The TSA shouldn't even exist at all.

[Ronin13]

I disagree. The TSA shouldn't even exist at all.

I agree with you there. I actually went to a concert last weekend at Red Rocks and with the searches they were doing I had to ask "You guys aren't off duty TSA employees are you?" When they said no I was tempted to ask but didn't: "So you're part of the SS? or the Gestapo?"

[sbouslog]

Ok. So we get rid of the TSA. Then the terrorists do whatever they want. We have seen how well that works. Looks like my GF will have to quit her job working in the Republic Plaza (one of the tallest buildings in downtown denver) for fear of air attack.

[Ronin13]

Ok. So we get rid of the TSA. Then the terrorists do whatever they want. We have seen how well that works. Looks like my GF will have to quit her job working in the Republic Plaza (one of the tallest buildings in downtown denver) for fear of air attack.

Hell no, in the absence of law people will usually police themselves. It's not like we're advocating a vacuum here, we just use something that doesn't have the range of the TSA's "Authority." Maybe get rid of the TSA was wrong word choice... limit their powers and try and stay away from becoming a police state. In Mother Russia police can shoot violators with AK-47 rifle. We wouldn't want that now would we?

[sbouslog]

isnt that what I said in my first post? Limit them to the sectors that they cover. Planes, busses and Trains. Someone needs to police those and they need to be able to share information easily throughout the country so it can't be done locally. They should have a very limited scope of what they can look for in a search. If they preform a random search and they find that someone has something that violates local or federal laws but was not on their list of items they can search for then they should let that person be on their way.

[Byte Stryke]

Ok. So we get rid of the TSA. Then the terrorists do whatever they want. We have seen how well that works. Looks like my GF will have to quit her job working in the Republic Plaza (one of the tallest buildings in downtown denver) for fear of air attack.

I dont think me being strip searched and having my money confiscated because I was walking by a bus station is going to make your girlfriend safe from flying Buses.

[sbouslog]

When is the last time you had either of those things happen?

[stevelkinevil]

I dont think me being strip searched and having my money confiscated because I was walking by a bus station is going to make your girlfriend safe from flying Buses.

LOL very nice sir, very nice.

[blacklabel]

When is the last time you had either of those things happen?

So I shouldn't care about other peoples rights being violated until it happens to me?

[sbouslog]

I'm on your side. I hate big government, over regulation and taxes. I dont know where you guys are getting the idea that the TSA enjoys strip searching you. You can make stuff up and blow things out of porportion all that you want to but it doesn't help your arguement. They pulled a bus over (which they have the authority to do, and patted some people down. I'm sure they didn't anal probe these people. It's probably the same half assed pat down that you get at a Bronco's game. Just like any other job the TSA swat team or what ever they call themselves doesn't want to be doing this. They want to be doing real work. The problem is that the guys above them in the suits have to justify their request for more money so they do stupid stuff like this to show that they are trying to make a difference.

[TFOGGER]

The real issue I have with all of this is that it's merely window dressing. NOT ONE SINGLE credible threat has been stopped by an airport pat down. No firearms that made it through the existing metal detectors, no bombs, no biological or chemical weapons. Yet, these invasive searches have become accepted after the initial uproar. Airlines are no more or less secure now than they were pre-9/11, but the ability of the .gov to infringe on your rights because of your choice in transportation has risen exponentially. Airport security has holes that one could quite literally drive a truck through. Biggest joke ever: We went on vacation to Hawaii in 2005. As my daughter-in-law worked for United at the time, we flew on buddy passes, and lucked out by getting first class seats from Hell-A to Maui. Dinner rolls around, and we're served on a ceramic plate, with a metal fork and spoon, a real glass drinking glass, and a plastic friggin knife. Exactly what did they accomplish by taking the dull metal knife away? "Congratulations! You've just foiled the world's stupidest terrorist..."

The TSA is a perfect example of a government agency in a runaway power grab, trying desperately to justify their existence. The "War on Terror" has given the .gov carte blanche to run roughshod over our Constitutional rights by holding up the terrorist boogeyman any time anyone objects.


Let's make their funding contingent on concrete, objective results, not nebulous threats that may or may not be credible.

Don't even get me started on them confiscating "large amounts" of cash...this is nothing more than extortion, on a mammoth scale. [Rant1]

[Irving]

Name a single event that the TSA has ever prevented in the history of their existence please. Terrorists will do whatever they want with, or without the TSA. If you think the TSA has prevented a damn thing, you're only fooling yourself. Looks like my best friend TFOGGER beat me to the punch.

[colocowboy01]

I disagree. The TSA shouldn't even exist at all.

My sentiments exactly.