Representative Marsha Blackburn, Republican from Tennessee, penned an article for Forbes yesterday titled: The TSA Is Coming To A Highway Near You. At first glance, one might think that she was out to get the TSA, or that she cared about civil liberties, but nothing could be further from the truth.
Her first order of business was to laud and spread worship upon all those who are stationed at Ft. Campbell, Kentucky, “home to that storied 101st Airborne, the 5th Special Forces Group and the Army’s 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment which piloted Navy SEAL Team Six during the raid (so-called) on Osama bin Laden.” She went on to talk about the extensive training of body and mind that Ft. Campbell soldiers go through, this to explain how they earned the right to be part of the military, and to be honored to serve on the “front lines in the fight against global terrorism.” There is a reason for this, and I will address that in a moment.
Blackburn does go on to chastise the TSA, or more accurately, the new title that Janet Napolitano calls her goons, Transportation Security Officers (TSOs). But her biggest beef with these non-deserving donut grazers is not that they abuse the civil liberties of all they encounter, but that are not trained properly to do so. She says that while they now “have the “appearance” of a federal law enforcement officer, they have neither the authority nor the power.”
Her plan to overhaul this rogue and powerful part of the Department of Homeland Security is not to abolish it, or curb its power, but in her words, “to rein in the TSA,” by drafting new legislation, H.R. 3608, the Stop TSA’s Reach in Policy Act, or STRIP Act. No, I did not make this title up, even though it is certainly appropriate. The STRIP Act will only overturn the TSA’s ability to call its employees officers, that is of course unless they receive federal law enforcement training. You just can’t make up this stuff!
Blackburn wants all citizens (serfs) to understand that when dealing with TSOs, that they are not dealing with actual federal law enforcement officers. She calls this “truth in advertising.” She also doesn’t want these cretins wearing metal badges until after they have been properly trained. This is YOUR representative at work!
Given her opening salvo, it is obvious that she would fully approve of Special Forces soldiers doing the job of the TSA domestically, because of their extensive training and their esprit de corps. And in fact, she would also fully approve of the current TSA thugs continuing their onslaught on our freedom just so long as they got more government training.
While the abominable TSA, and its parent, the Department of Homeland Security, are out every day terrorizing Americans, and Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response (VIPR) teams are conducting thousands upon thousands of unannounced searches via checkpoints scattered all around the country, Congresswoman Blackburn is hard at work drafting laws to force the TSA employees to change clothes.
Blackburn’s rantings should go unnoticed. Her completely nonsensical efforts should be ignored. This is nothing but political BS, and is a blatant exercise in political flatulence! I believe this congresswoman is dangerously close to insanity, given her latest attempt to save America by “dressing down” the TSA!