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TSA Changes Its Rules, ACLU Lawsuit Dropped
ndogg writes "Earlier this year, there was much ado about a Ron Paul staffer, Steve Bierfeldt, being detained by the TSA for carrying large sums of money. The ACLU sued on his behalf, and the TSA changed its rules, now stating that its officers can only screen for unsafe materials. With that, the ACLU dropped its suit. '[Ben Wizner, a staff lawyer for the ACLU, said] screeners get a narrow exception to the Fourth Amendment, which prohibits unreasonable searches, strictly to keep weapons and explosives off planes, not to help police enforce other laws.'"
...people with large sums of money have more freedoms than people who don't.
"His name was James Damore."
If he had paired with someone sane, he would've had a shot at capturing the moderate vote. On the other hand, he might not've fired up the suburbanites and fundies and so he would've had fewer volunteers and a less energised base. It's hard to say if he could've won.
I'm considerably to the left of Obama, but I think McCain is worthy of respect - I don't like his policies that much but I respect him as a statesman.
For every problem, there is at least one solution that is simple, neat, and wrong.
I voted R because I live in a swing state, where it could have gone either way, and I absolutely did not want to see a commun... er, Democrat in office. Democrats ignore the Constitution, and think it's okay to take my money and use it to buy some smoker a new pair of lungs. I consider that theft and unconstitutional.
I don't think the Libertarians or any other third party has a chance to win the presidency (it has never happened). But third parties have won plenty of seats in Congress and the local Legislatures - I think that's where they should focus their attention.
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
It is interesting how strongly he carried the black vote, especially when you consider that his father was not African-American (which is at least a reasonable label for part of the culture of the U.S.) and his mother was a white woman.
Nerd rage is the funniest rage.
No more interesting than the fact that if you were not black and voted against him it means you are a racist.
Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But then I repeat myself. -- Mark Twain
Agreed. I'm not even a Republican, but I'd love to see the neocons put to shovelling shit in the stables. Neos aren't conservatives at all, they are ultra capitalists and adventurers.
A little capitalism is all very well and good, but unrestrained capitalism is nothing but bad.
"Windows is like the faint smell of piss in a subway: it's there, and there's nothing you can do about it." - Charlie Br