Monday, November 15, 2010
TSA: Anyone Who Denies Groin Check Could Be “Subject to Civil Penalties”
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Drudge says it best…

When you have TSA screeners shamelessly telling passengers they're going to conduct a groin check, When you have TSA screeners accosting 3 year-old girls, when you have Catholic nuns being felt up…
You know the system is broken.
Now, the Transportation Security Administration warning that any passenger who denies TSA agents from patting down, doing in groin checks or who refuses full body scanners could be subject to civil penalties.
CNN reported:
In response to a video of a California man's dispute with airport security officials, the Transportation Security Administration said Monday it tries to be sensitive to individuals, but everyone getting on a flight must be screened.
The video, in which software engineer John Tyner refuses an X-ray scan at the San Diego, California, airport, has sparked a debate over screening procedures…
…Tyner said that after he declined the body scan, a TSA agent told him he could have a pat-down instead. Once the procedure was described, Tyner said he responded, "If you touch my junk, I'll have you arrested."
The dispute that followed, Tyner said, included police escorting him from the screening area and a supervisor saying he could be faced with a civil lawsuit for leaving the airport before security had finished screening him.
"The whole thing just seemed ridiculous… I don't intend to fly until these machines go away," he said.
"Advanced imaging technology screening is optional for all passengers," TSA said in a statement released Monday. "Passengers who opt out of [advanced imaging] screening will receive alternative screening, including a physical pat-down."
But anyone who refuses to complete the screening process will be denied access to airport secure areas and could be subject to civil penalties, the administration said, citing a federal appeals court ruling in support of the rule.
When Obama said Americans were "the enemy" he wasn't kidding.
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SICK… TSA Office Caught With ‘Child Cavity Search Cartoon’ on Computer
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OMG–
Gizmodo posted this photo of the TSA booth by the security check-in point at Indianapolis International Airport:

In case you're not familiar with the cartoon Sharp Elbows posted a closeup a closeup:

Considering how they handle 3 year-old girls… This is very disdurbing.
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Wow! HUNDREDS OF RIDERS WITH US FLAGS Escort Cody Alicea to School Today (V...
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Hundreds of American Legion Riders and fellow patriots escorted Cody Alicea to Denair Middle School this morning. They all had American Flags on their bikes.

A veteran brings Cody to tears when he gives him his Purple Heart hat during a rally outside Cody's school. (KCRA)
Live Wire has several photos from the parade of patriots this morning.
Hat Tip Roland C.
Hundreds of riders joined Cody this morning on his ride to school.
How cool.
Cody led the parade.

(KCRA)
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Wow! What a Speech– Rep. Michele Bachmann: “111 Company Waivers Means… Obam...
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WOW!… Rep. Michele Bachmann absolutely took Team Obama to the backroom woodshed.
This speech by Michele Backmann today at a conservative rally in Washington DC was incredible.
This had to hurt.
Backmann declares, "111 company waivers from the health care bill… means that Obamacare is an abject failure."
Via HotAir:
Don't forget, Michele, that SEIU local 25 and 12 other union groups received waivers.
From her terrific speech:
"What an abject failure is this government takeover of health care that fully 111 waivers have been issued? What does this mean? This is an admission of failure by the White House. They may not be admitting it, but their actions are admitting it. Why? Because we see universities and unions and favored companies are getting waivers. What's a waiver? It's an exemption. Why do they they need an exemption? Obamacare is a cost driving hiker. It's a failure.
We were told we had to pass Obamacare. We couldn't wait. We couldn't even read the bill. We couldn't take the time to even debate it. Because why? President Obama promised us, he promised that it would drive down the cost of health care. He promised. He promised."
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Confirmed: Department of Justice officials lied about Black Panther case
Of course, DoJ officials lied about why the case was dropped. They have now been caught red-handed in that lie. From The Washington Examiner: Judicial Watch obtains emails contradicting Justice Dept. official's sworn testimony about New Black Panther case
A whole lot more at the Judicial Watch website. And a pdf of the actual emails obtained can be found at this link. But honestly - is this revelation really surprising to anyone?Judicial Watch has obtained Justice Department emails that seem to contradict sworn testimony by Thomas Perez, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division. In testimony before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Perez asserted that none of Justice's political leadership had anything to do with the in the decision to stop pursuing voter intimidation charges against the New Black Panthers seen standing in front of a polling place in Philadelphia brandishing weapons during the 2008 election. The emails were obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request.
The new documents include a series of emails between two political appointees: former Democratic election lawyer and current Deputy Associate Attorney General Sam Hirsch and Associate Attorney General Thomas Perrelli. Both DOJ officials were involved in detailed discussions regarding the NBPP decision. For example, in one April 30, 2009, email from Hirsch to Perrelli, with the subject title "Fw: New Black Panther Party Update," Hirsch writes:
Tom,
I need to discuss this with you tomorrow morning. I'll send you another email on this shortly.
If you want to discuss it this evening, please let me know which number to call and when.
These emails were put in further context by an updated Vaughn index obtained by Judicial Watch, describing NBPP documents the Obama DOJ continues to withhold. These documents, which were attached to the DOJ's Motion for Summary Judgment filing, include a description of a May 13 email chain that seems to suggest political appointee Sam Hirsch may have been orchestrating the NBPP decision.
Acting DAAG [Steven Rosenbaum] advising his supervising Acting AAG [Loretta King] of DASG's [Hirsch's] request for a memorandum by the Acting DAAG reviewing various options, legal strategies, and different proposals of relief as related to each separate defendant. Acting DAAG forwarding emails from Appellate Section Chief's and Appellate Attorney's with their detailed legal analyses including the application of constitutional provisions and judicial precedent to strategies and relief under consideration in the ongoing NBPP litigation, as well as an assessment of the strength of potential legal arguments, and presenting different possible scenarios in the litigation. [Emphasis added]
Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Thomas Perez testified before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights that no political appointees were involved in the NBPP decision. Perez suggested that the dispute was merely "a case of career people disagreeing with career people."In fact, political appointee Sam Hirsch sent an April 30, 2009, email to Steven Rosenbaum (then-Acting Assistant Deputy Attorney General in the Civil Rights) thanking Rosenbaum for "doing everything you're doing to make sure that this case is properly resolved." The next day, the DOJ began to reverse course on its NBPP voter intimidation lawsuit.
Previously:
Good News: New Black Panther thugs head back to polls; Democrat panelist blocks Civil Rights Commission report
Top DOJ Voting Rights Official Testifies Before Congress, Calls Dismissal of Black Panther Case a 'Travesty of Justice'
U.S. Civil Rights Commission hearing erupts into shouting over Black Panther case
Dishonest: Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) writes letter to AG Eric Holder demanding that he re-file "criminal" charges against the New Black Panthers to cover his a$$ after claiming to not know of the case and getting booed by constituents
Video of Bob Schieffer: I Didn't Ask Holder About Black Panther Case Because 'I Just Didn't Know About It'
Deputy Assistant Attorney General Julie Fernandes: 'Never Bring Another Lawsuit Against a Black'
Video: Megyn Kelly (FoxNews) Destroys Kirsten Powers (D) On Black Panther Case
Video: Constituents erupt in anger and disbelief as Rep Brad Sherman (D-CA) claims not to know of release of Black Panther criminals
Irony: Eric Holder who refuses to prosecute black criminals wants to sue Arizona for racial profiling
Video: New Black Panther Party Leader Admits That 2008 Voter Intimidation Effort Was Coordinated From The Top Down
Video: New Black Panther Party that Obama set free hearts Osama Bin Laden
Leonard Pitts Jr: I'm going to ignore black panthers calling for death of white babies, and instead write a whole column on how hateful Mel Gibson is
Video of the Black Panther that Obama let loose: "you want freedom, you going to have to kill some crackers. You going to have to kill some of their babies"
Racism: Former Justice Department Lawyer Accuses AG Eric Holder of Dropping Black Panther Case for Racial Reasons
Obama Justice Department Drops Complaint Against Black Panthers Who Blocked Polls, Wielded Weapons - Part 2
Obama Justice Department Drops Complaint Against Black Panthers Who Blocked Polls, Wielded Weapons
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Charlie Rangel Decides To Waste Our Money Instead of Stealing It
Today different, today Charlie Rangel decided to waste our money. Six months ago Rangel could have admitted his wrong-doing, get a minor slap on the wrist and gone his merry way into the 112th congress, but Charlie refused to admit any guilt.
So Charlie's ethics trial began today, just as it was supposed to....but Charlie must have forgotten. He showed up without a lawyer, asked for a delay giving an excuse so lame that "my dog ate my homework" would have worked much better.
Rangel wanted a delay because he didn't have a lawyer and couldn't afford one. I guess he feels that six months was not long enough to prepare for a trial.
After his request for a delay was denied Charlie walked out. The Congressman feels that he has been denied council, but in actuality he is doing to America what the TSA folks do if you don't want to use the full body scanners, he is fondling our private parts.
One of the reasons Rangel may not have the cash for an attorney is that according to the NY Post, he was paying his legal team via another violation of ethics rules.
Congressman Charles Rangel, whose ethics trial starts tomorrow, appears to have improperly used political-action committee money to pay for his defense.
Rangel tapped his National Leadership PAC for $293,000 to pay his main legal-defense team this year. He took another $100,000 from the PAC in 2009 to pay lawyer Lanny Davis.
Two legal experts told The Post such spending is against House rules.
"It's a breach of congressional ethics," one campaign-finance lawyer said.
So the ethics trial that didn't have to happen is going on without the defendant a great use of our tax dollars.
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Video of NYT's Paul Krugman: "Death Panels" Needed to Help Balance Budget (Plus The VAT)
Liberals want you to die if some bureaucrat determines that you are too expensive to treat. By definition a death panel. Democrat Gary McDowell, who lost to Dan Benishek (R) for the seat of disgraced Judas turncoat Bart Stupak in Michigan's 1st Congressional district, admitted to a crowd of supporters that people near the end of their will get kicked down the stairs to save on cost:
I have said many times in this blog that the hardest hit by ObamaCare will end up being seniors. All government run plans have one end result - rationing. And what is rationed is that which is most expensive. And those that bear the brunt of the rationing are those that need those expensive procedures but who aren't expected to be paying much in the way of taxes - the elderly. From the bureaucrat's point of view, why care for the elderly that 1) don't pay taxes and 2) aren't going to live much longer anyway? That's liberal compassion, the same that a fetus gets at Planned Parenthood. This is the essence of comparative effectiveness that is at the heart of ObamaCare. Comparative effectiveness, as per Obama's rationing czar 'Dr.' Ezekiel Emanuel, takes only 2 things into consideration when denying or approving treatment: 1) age, 2) cost. Simple as that. It yields this ghoulish chart:
This chart would be page 1 of the "how to" guide of any death panel. Old people are too expensive to be worth keeping alive because they've already paid their taxes and are thus essentially useless to a totalitarian state. The very young too are of little value since they won't be paying taxes for a while yet. The people that should be treated are healthy people that pay taxes, but don't really need it because, well - they're mostly healthy. Welcome to ObamaCare, where people that don't need treatment get it, and those that need it don't.![]() |
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