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Title: January 23, 2012 Rand Paul on TSA detainment: ‘I was barked at: ‘Do not leave the cubicle!”
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Published: Jan 23, 2012
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Post Date: 2012-01-23 18:23:03 by James Deffenbach
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Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul told The Daily Caller that being “detained” by the Transportation Security Administration at the Nashville airport Monday was a major ordeal that underscores flaws in TSA’s procedures that affect tens of millions of passengers every year. “It was a big headache,” Paul said in a phone interview. “I missed my speech here. I was supposed to speak to the Right to Life March, probably the biggest audience I’ll get to speak to, and I missed it.” The White House, through spokesman Jay Carney, defended the TSA’s actions during Monday’s press briefing by arguing that Paul wasn’t technically “detained.” “Let’s be clear,” Carney said. “The passenger was not detained. He was escorted out of the area by local law-enforcement.” But Sen. Paul told TheDC that he certainly felt like he was detained. “If you’re told you can’t leave, does that count as detention?” Paul asked. “I tried to leave the cubicle to speak to one of the TSA people and I was barked at: ‘Do not leave the cubicle!’ So, that, to me sounds like I’m being asked not to leave the cubicle. It sounds a little bit like I’m being detained.” The incident started after the scanner Paul walked through sounded its alarm. Current TSA rules would require Paul to undergo a mandatory pat-down before proceeding to his plane. But Paul told TheDC that the TSA agents caved in after a two-hour battle and allowed him to go through the scanner again without additional physical screening.
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#1. To: James Deffenbach (#0)
I was barked at: ‘Do not leave the cubicle!’
-Alex Kurtagic
#2. To: X-15 (#1)
In a statement to the press about his son Senator Rand Paul’s being detained by the TSA, Ron Paul says: That is why my 'Plan to Restore America,' in additional to cutting $1 trillion dollars in federal spending in one year, eliminates the TSA. We must restore the freedom and respect for liberty that once made American the greatest nation in human history. I am deeply committed to doing that as President of the United States." "The police state in this country is growing out of control. One of the ultimate embodiments of this is the TSA that gropes and grabs our children, our seniors, and our loved ones and neighbors with disabilities. The TSA does all of this while doing nothing to keep us safe.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Lord Acton
The human herd stampedes on the fields of facts and the valleys of truth to get to the desert of ignorance. Saman Mohammadi
"If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner." Mencken
"..if the military is going to defend our freedoms, then we need freedoms to defend. Our freedoms must be restored before the military can defend them..." Lawrence M. Vance
Você me trata desse jeito só porque eu sou preto. Junior (my youngest son)
#3. To: X-15 (#1)
Man, why did you have to post a picture of that brutal, bottom feeding, heinous heffalump?
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Lord Acton
The human herd stampedes on the fields of facts and the valleys of truth to get to the desert of ignorance. Saman Mohammadi
"If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner." Mencken
"..if the military is going to defend our freedoms, then we need freedoms to defend. Our freedoms must be restored before the military can defend them..." Lawrence M. Vance
Você me trata desse jeito só porque eu sou preto. Junior (my youngest son)
#4. To: James Deffenbach (#3)
Napolitano and Janet Reno will tag-team wrestle any man on Earth. And win.
-Alex Kurtagic
#5. To: X-15 (#4)
Oh the humanity! Can you imagine what it would be like to be "dogpiled" by those odious "women"?
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Lord Acton
The human herd stampedes on the fields of facts and the valleys of truth to get to the desert of ignorance. Saman Mohammadi
"If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner." Mencken
"..if the military is going to defend our freedoms, then we need freedoms to defend. Our freedoms must be restored before the military can defend them..." Lawrence M. Vance
Você me trata desse jeito só porque eu sou preto. Junior (my youngest son)
#6. To: James Deffenbach (#0)
I might be wrong, but I seem to remember some writing somewhere that says you can't go around messing with congressmen all willy-nilly & stuff, no matter who you are. The Pauls seem to be handling this perfectly.
Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner.
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#7. To: James Deffenbach, 4, *Stick a fork in it* (#0)
That barking shit has to go. I can deal with the cages and sharp stick to the eyes, but not the barking. I'm an AmeriKan, dammit!
#8. To: Esso, Dakmar, Flintlock, 4 (#6)
Yeah, but can they handle THIS!!! The Pauls seem to be handling this perfectly.
#9. To: Jethro Tull, 4 (#7)
The tsa pit-bulls need to be put down.
Break the Conventions - Keep the Commandments - G.K.Chesterson
#10. To: Jethro Tull (#8)
Your Honor, I swear the confession was not coerced. Yeah, but can they handle THIS!!!
#11. To: Flintlock, Lod, 4 (#10) (Edited)
Abe should have given the kindly officers their monthly 'dues' and that entire, ugly scene could have been avoided.
#12. To: Esso (#6)
Judge Napolitano brought that fact up on his show tonight. I might be wrong, but I seem to remember some writing somewhere that says you can't go around messing with congressmen all willy-nilly & stuff, no matter who you are.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Lord Acton
The human herd stampedes on the fields of facts and the valleys of truth to get to the desert of ignorance. Saman Mohammadi
"If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner." Mencken
"..if the military is going to defend our freedoms, then we need freedoms to defend. Our freedoms must be restored before the military can defend them..." Lawrence M. Vance
Você me trata desse jeito só porque eu sou preto. Junior (my youngest son)
#13. To: Jethro Tull (#11)
Abe should have given the kindly officers their monthly 'dues' and that entire, ugly scene could have been avoided.
#14. To: Jethro Tull (#7)
LOL! That barking shit has to go. I can deal with the cages and sharp stick to the eyes, but not the barking. I'm an AmeriKan, dammit!
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Lord Acton
The human herd stampedes on the fields of facts and the valleys of truth to get to the desert of ignorance. Saman Mohammadi
"If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner." Mencken
"..if the military is going to defend our freedoms, then we need freedoms to defend. Our freedoms must be restored before the military can defend them..." Lawrence M. Vance
Você me trata desse jeito só porque eu sou preto. Junior (my youngest son)
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