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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.'"
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.
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