Posted on 11/17/2010 11:22:37 AM PST by Mike Evers
I'll take this one.
But we need someone more sympathetic. He’s a white male in his 30’s. We need a black female nun refusing the scanner and the groping.
The United States has now become a country where you are better off to renounce your citizenship, leave the country, sneak back in using a stolen identity with a Hispanic name while pretending to be a Muslim.
Do that and the government will bend over backwards to see that your “rights” are upheld.
Be a law-abiding, tax-paying citizen, and there is no end to the degradation you will be put through.
Wow! So many reply comments to this post of mine.
Yes, I AM a lawyer, and I was (am) on my way to Atlanta for two days of continuing legal education to help sharpen my skills. I assure you this episode will be discussed with my colleagues, and I’ll be even better prepared for my return flight Saturday (assuming I am allowed to board later today).
I agree that we need to come together as a freedom-loving nation and put an end to this unwarranted intrusion into our bodies. The stories I’ve read online from others demonstrate a far more pervasive problem than my little incident.
So let’s keep this thread going, and look for others to comment on as well. I’ve already sent my original post to my congressman, who just happened to send out an email poll today asking if these pat-downs are good, bad, or you’ve never flown on an airplane lately. I will follow up with him, and I encourage everyone on this board to do likewise. We can make them rescind this policy if you yell loud enough.
One thing we can push (read: scream) for is higher speed limits on certain interstates. A mere bump from 65 to 70 on the PA Turnpike (or even just the new six-lane parts) would increase my operating radius by 40-50 miles.
I-78 would also be a good candidate, as would be I-476.
They probably aren’t through with you they are investigating another who didn’t play along and look at the fines! You will probably need an attorney unless you are going to represent yourself. This fellow had a video camera hopefully it will help him.
TSA to investigate body scan resister
Oceanside man took a stand against security, went viral
Michael J. Aguilar, chief of the TSA office in San Diego, called a news conference at the airport Monday afternoon to announce the probe. He said the investigation could lead to prosecution and civil penalties of up to $11,000.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/nov/15/tsa-probe-scan-resistor/
Of course this is about Money.
Duncan Blasts TSA Pat-Downs, Body Scanners
November 17, 2010 11:01 AM
VIDEO
WASHINGTON – Congressman John J. Duncan, Jr. (R-Tenn.) blasted the Transportation Security Administration Wednesday during a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives for invasive “pat-downs” of U.S. citizens and the role lucrative government contracts played in the use of body scanning machines at airport checkpoints.
Duncan, former Chairman of the House Aviation Subcommittee and the current top Republican on the House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, said: “Unfortunately, for the traveling public, big brother never makes a mistake, so I am not surprised they are trying to defend the purchase of these scanners.”
The text of Rep. Duncan’s speech is copied below:
Mr. Speaker:
A nationwide revolt is developing over the body scanners at the airports, and it should.
Hundreds of thousands of frequent fliers who fly each week are upset about getting these frequent doses of radiation.
Parents are upset about being forced to have their children radiated or being touched inappropriately by an unrelated adult.
There is already plenty of security at the airport, but now we are going to spend up to $300 million to install 1,000 scanners.
This is much more about money than it is about security.
The former Secretary of Homeland Security, Michael Chertoff, represents Rapiscan, the company which is selling these scanners to his former department.
Far too many federal contracts are sweetheart, insider deals.
Companies hire former high ranking federal officials, and then magically, those companies get hugely profitable federal contracts.
The American people should not have to choose between having full-body radiation or a very embarrassing, intrusive pat-down every time they fly, as if they were criminals.
We need a little more balance and common sense on this.
http://duncan.house.gov/2010/11/duncan-blasts-tsa-pat-downs-body-scanners.shtml
I have known Mike Evers personally for years. He is a good friend, frequent house guest here, makes a great martini and pursues only the most beautiful of women... and does so successfully.
Mike fits no one’s profile of a terrorist. He is 50+/- year old white male.... in an expensive suit.
He is also a bulldog lawyer.
Good luck, TSA.
I'd have no problem finding an attorney.
It boils down to: they don't have right to do anything without my consent. And, buying an airline ticket does not grant consent for anything.
If I choose to go through the metal detector or the new X-ray machines, I've consented. But, I have the right to revoke my consent at any time -- I don't care what the government says.
If I revoke my consent, I also forfeit my ability to depart on my flight. But, it doesn't give them the right to detain me.
The only way I lose my right to consent or they have the right to detain me if I'm arrested. And if they do that, I'm not answering any questions or consenting to anything unless my lawyer is present.
The only exceptions to that rule is if there is an reason to suspect that I committed a crime. And my refusal to consent to a search is not a valid reason to suspect I've committed a crime. There are multiple Supreme Court precedents for this.
If it was that simple there would already be cases pending.
You didn't see the earlier posting from the woman who is doing exactly that?
This is a new policy. And that's why you are suddenly seeing an explosion of people that experience it.
They should at the least have to buy you dinner beforehand.
Sue for unlawful restraint, unlawful arrest, indecent touching, violation of Federal Civil Rights, and others. We need more citizen Rosa Parks. I apologize on behalf of my nation to you.
So sorry for what you've gone through and the residual stress it must be putting you under. Our nation is BETTER than this.
November 17, 2010 10:34 AM PST
Senate Democrats back TSA ‘virtual strip searches’
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-20023108-281.html#ixzz15ZTwcpBN
P.S. Mike spoke at a lot of TEA Party rallies this year, where he was known as “Red Meat Mike.” He was the one who would throw the pink slips out into the crowd.
I’m told they won’t do the pat down thing unless something triggers the metal detector. At least that’s how it was explained to me.
“Don’t Touch My Junk” Flier Unlikely to Face Fine
by Craig Schulz | November 17, 2010
Transportation Security Administrator John Pistole doubts the “don’t touch my junk” traveler, John Tyner, will face the $10,000 fine allowed by law.
“I don’t anticipate anything coming from that,” Pistole said.
Tyner secretly recorded his TSA pat down experience on a cell phone camera and has become one of the voices in a chorus of angry Americans protesting the new security procedures in place at the nation’s airports.
And if you’re traveling soon, consider yourself forewarned: Even the man in charge of the TSA’s aggressive new procedure says he was “uncomfortable” the first time he received a pat down.
“It is clearly more invasive,” Pistole admitted to the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation committee Wednesday. He insisted that he receive a pat down before deploying it as a security technique nationwide.
But that doesn’t mean the public outcry over the pat downs and scanners is going to lead to a scaling back of the tactic.
He is the perfect profile of everyone's favorite "soft target" the middle aged white male.
Thanks for all those complements Mindbender. I am changing clothes for the return this afternoon so I don’t call too much attention to myself. I had quite a crowd gathered this morning.
And you know who is going to get a call about this in Washington. This is destined to be a very short-lived experiment in social control—very short-lived!
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