I like Rand. I hate the TSA. It’s hard not to make a thoughtful comment without knowing more.
If only Rand could hijack the entire TSA and put them on the southern border....
I never, ever, allow them to use the full body scanner. I’ve been patted down dozens of times and even failed one and they had to do the “private room” thing. Apparently my trip to the feed store to pay my monthly storage bill had set it off.
I did apologize to the guy doing the patting for the wood.
"The Senators and Representatives shall receive a Compensation for their Services, to be ascertained by Law, and paid out of the Treasury of the United States. They shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place."
I travel a bit, went through a full body scanner and the glitch hit me. The panel the guard can see, will show where the ‘glitch’ is. There is a stick figure broken into zones. The zones are head, torso, right shoulder/arm, left shoulder/arm, waist to thigh, left thigh, right thigh, left knee to foot, and right knee to foot.
These zones are mirrored again on the back of the stick figure.
Apparently my ‘glitch’ was on my front right thigh - the agent was professional, touched me with his fingers spread, and made a single sweep from my front pocket down to my knee - took all of 3 seconds and I was out of there. If you want to make a scene; I guess you can make a scene - and be detained by the TSA.
Why should he get special treatment?
A sitting US Senator....really? The TSA has lost it....
Maybe if the TSA plays grab azz with enough congressmen and senators they will wise up and get rid of TSA. I hope Rand Paul makes a major stink out of it.
Former Senator Larry Craig now spends all of his time in airports at the TSA checkpoint instead of the airport restrooms.
When Larry goes through the checkpoint, he says “Give me the works, in fact make it a double.”
The Senators and Representatives shall receive a Compensation for their
Services, to be ascertained by Law, and paid out of the Treasury of the
United States. They shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and
Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance
at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning
from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall
not be questioned in any other Place.
Ron Paul’s facebook page (never thought I’d go there) stated Rand refused a full body pat-down. I think there’s going to be a big stink and it’s going to stick to Zero.
Government using "underwear bomber" to take away our freedom.
Good for Rand.
He is consistent in opposing big federal government tyranny, whether it be the unPatriot Act or other Big Brother legislation.
If this report about the TSA holding him is correct, I hope it turns into a major incident that will change how Janet Incompetano’s jackbooted thugs treat American citizens.
The TSA is an anomaly.
If the rest of the civilized world outside of their own TSA environment had knowledge of exactly who these people are, etc. they might think twice about ignoring our rights.....
Wonder if this was the same TSA “official” that I ran into at Nashville last fall? I was there to see my son-in-law off for the remainder of his deployment in Afghanistan and refused to enter the full body scanner. She repeatedly asked me if I was “opting out.” When I told her I was she used her radio to call for someone to pat me down. I waited for about 5 minutes for a very overweight guy to show up and then pat me down. To his credit he was professional and used the backs of his hands.