Wow. Rather than abolishing the TSA, as Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) was promising to do just a few weeks ago, hes now seeking to privatize it not only a bait-and-switch but exactly the non-solution for which Rep[rehensible] John Mica (R-Fl) is crusading. One of the two bills Rands introduced would require that the mostly federalized program be turned over to private screeners and allow airports with Department of Homeland Security approval to select companies to handle the work. Whether its Micas or Rands proposal, both leave the Feds in charge of bungling security at airports. Yes, the deviants pawing you at checkpoints will receive their paychecks which your taxes will continue to finance from private companies, but the TSA (or, per Rands bill, its über-bureaucracy, the DHS) will dictate every move they make, from groping you to stealing your mouthwash.
Some airports already sexually assault passengers under this private-public partnership (when foreign governments practice this arrangement, we call it fascism). San Franciscos is one of them. If youve ever flown through there, you can testify that from the passengers standpoint, theres absolutely no difference whether Uncle Sam or a private company taking detailed orders from Uncle Sam employs the deviant with his hands down your pants.
No wonder the second bill Rands offering would establish a passenger bill of rights. Um, Rand? We already have a Bill of Rights; it's appended to the US Constitution, which never, ever even remotely allows the Feds to interfere with our travels in any way, let alone gate-rape us at airports. Indeed, its Fourth Amendment specifically prohibits unreasonable search and believe me, the TSAs searches are as unreasonable as they get. No other regime anywhere at any time, no matter how brutal or totalitarian, has sexually molested its citizenry as a condition of travel.
Rand, no offense, but Ill take that Bill of Rights over yours any day. Geez, guy, get with the program.
