Matt Welch Talks Rand Paul vs. The TSA on Freedom Watch

[exiled30]

I have a feeling that if Judge Napolitano gets a pat down by the TSA it would get violent.

[hannas1234]

Free market solution: private chartered flights.

[snewso]

Why don't we allow air travel companies to install their own security measures?

[vonGleichenT]

I don't blame the workers who happened to have a Job. We should go after the Politicians who put the TSA into existence.

[johammbass]

Fuck the TSA pigs

[asphyxiafeeling]

During times of war, liberty is constrained. It has happened throughout our history. Once we end these senseless wars, we'll really be able to restore liberty to the people!

[linagee]

I haven't flown since the TSA started doing anal cavity searches/scans/etc. I think most people would be afraid to let their doctors do this sort of thing let alone a government stranger! I know this probably hurts tourism quite a bit, but I can only point at what a stupid decision it was to throw away our privacy so freely like that.

[Panpiper]

@linagee I am a Canadian and there is absolutely no way I will visit the States. I would experience the same level of paranoia from a US visit as I would visiting North Korea. That may be irrational on my part, but it is the literal truth.

[bentothetenthpower]

@Panpiper

It's true, a lot of us Canadians feel that way, ever since the Patriot Act.

[whoo689]

They only call it "class warfare" when we fight back ;)

[TicoNicaX4]

I already send in my absentee ballot for the primary here in Florida. I hope everyone else who supports Ron Paul not to forget to vote. :-)

[dd00hli]

Terrorists would never hijacked American airliners if the airlines had security. The lousy fed gov has made sure the airlines have zero security. One handgun and a couple tazers in the cockpit would deter all hijackings of US planes.

[dd00hli]

The airlines should be held to secure the airplanes they sell seats on. It's about holding companies to the law. Not bailing out airlines and definitely about not providing crap security for them at the private airports with tax dollars from American taypayers.

[18wheeler76]

what is wrong woth all you people talking about terrorist,where th fuck are they ?please tell me.altho there may be some real terrorist its just a created scnerio for the people in charge to get away with there unconstitutional agenda.how dumb are you people.o know the boogey man may be uinder your bed,lets put cameras in everybodys house to keep them safe....why are we allowed to drive whane thats statistically the easiest way to die,shouldnt they keep us safe

[dslider1]

Find out who works for the TSA and publish it, like the old photos at the Post Office of FBI's most wanted. Only it would be a list of the least wanted. I think TheCaptinLove is on to something here. Social ostracism of these people would be an effective weapon.

[uzimodem]

the TSA is the friend of the terrorists. but an enemy of the Constitution. It is an outrage. is should be eliminated and done right now!

[TheCaptinLove]

Here's an idea, if a community knows there is someone who works for the TSA among them do not speak to them, do not service them in your businesses, do not sell anything to them or buy anything from them, or in any way interact with them. Anyone who will interact with them should be likewise isolated. Let them know they aren't wanted or welcome.

[SuperSneakySteve]

RON PAUL 2012!

[sheepOG]

I'm hoping this won't be Rand's last controversy to exploit. But it's clear that the revolution is obviously not ending with Ron.

[TheLegalImmigrant05]

"Congress needs to investigate what's going on here" No, TSA needs to be abolished, and airport security needs to be privatized.

[yojimbo81]

Rand has a great platform to exploit that most Americans do not. He knows this and I'm glad he's exploiting his position to focus on the tyrannical TSA.

[62636263c]

Random is also a terrible tactic that does not work. If you want to find a terrorist, you must look for terrorists. Yes, that means you must use good police type work and profile. When the hell did proper profiling become a bad thing. This the most upside down bunch of stupidity I could have never imagined. This PC bologna has gotten so out of hand that the American people are not safer, they/we are simply being harassed for no apparent reason. It can be only one thing, and that is conditioning.

[TWSceptic]

What happens in US is exactly what the terrorists wanted. After they blow up those building and killed all those people, they have now also achieved that US government is taking away the rights and liberties of the people. And the worst part is it is almost completely ignored.

[18wheeler76]

@TWSceptic lol,cavemen blew up 3 buildings with 2 planes,are you ok.a so called hijackers passport made it out of his pocket,out of his pants,out of the plane,out of the fireball,out of the demolished bulding and was untouched and found.thats a pretty good story,lol what a joke people can think thats possible.

[freesk8]

@TWSceptic The neocons often say that the terrorists hated us for our freedoms. Well, they didn't. They hated the fact that we were funding the dictators that oppressed them in the Middle East. But if the terrorists really DID hate us for our freedoms, then they did the right thing by attacking us. As you say, they caused us to roll back our own freedoms. This is something they never could have done by merely advocating legislation.

[lives2live]

@TWSceptic This is exactly the mind set Paul has been trying to shake. The terrorists DID NOT ATTACK US BECAUSE OF OUR LIBERTIES. That is the message of the media and the main stream politicians, because that makes us the good guys and creates a reason to keep bombing and meddling. They attacked us because of our decades long bombing, military and political involvement in their part of the world. WE PROP UP GOVERNMENTS THAT OPPRESS THEIR PEOPLE. Please stop propagating the lie.

[TWSceptic]

@lives2live That's not what I said if you read carefully and understand what I said. NOWHERE did I say they knew what our government was going to do and anticipated on that. For them it is probably an UNEXPECTED consequence of their attacks.

The point was that they WON and we LOST. And we keep losing.

[TWSceptic]

@lives2live PS: the whole point of terrorism is to spread fear with the people. The 'funny' thing is that after the attacks, the government actually helped them with that. Think about that one for a while. Because that's how stupid our government is.

[andrewjefferson1776]

@TWSceptic Dude, I appreciate the sentiment but the terrorists are the US government! The only real threat is a tyrannical government who takes away its people's liberty with the excuse of giving them security. We are less secure than we've ever been now because we can't even defend ourselves from our own government. Al Qaeda is the boogeyman the government uses to usurp power from the people. Please try to see the bigger picture before all is lost. This government is the terrorist!

[kwoffy]

Some of my family members who fly quite frequently have had their genitals literally groped or felt. Legally, this falls within the definition of molestation. It is precisely because we all consent to what none of us really should accept, because we don't want to make a scene and disrupt other's plans, that they get away with what is in fact against the law. DO NOT CONSENT TO TSA SEARCHES

[HyperMediaNews]

What does this have to do with walmart and the chamber of commerce and monopoly abuse?

[ThePythagoran]

Paul 2012, Paul 2016, whenever we can get one in. Oh, and first I guess.