I wish Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) didn’t come across as such an insane person all the time. Because he has some ideas that I love. Like ending a lot of useless and unconstitutional agencies. Like the Department of Education. Or the Department of Energy. And the TSA:
The Transportation Security Administration should be abolished, Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul (Texas) said over the weekend.
Speaking on his weekly “Texas Straight Talk” audio address, Paul said that recent reports alleging a 95-year-old woman was forced to remove her adult diaper and an eight-month-old baby’s diaper was inspected showed the TSA was overzealous.
“The press reports are horrifying,” Paul said. “Ninety-five-year-old women humiliated, children molested, disabled people abused. Men and women subjected to unwarranted groping and touching of their most private areas, and involuntary radiation exposure.
“If the perpetrators were a gang of criminals, their headquarters would be raided by SWAT teams and armed federal agents,” he continued. “Unfortunately in this case, the perpetrators are armed federal agents.”
Paul said he was introducing a bill called the “American Traveler Dignity Act,” which he said would force TSA employees to follow existing laws against inappropriate physical contact.
“It means they are not above laws the rest of us must obey,” he said.
Though, at this point, I’d certainly trade the crazy that is Ron Paul for the idiot that is currently sitting in the Oval Office.
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