"Don't Touch My Junk"?

Apparently I (4.00 / 2)

was unaware of the "viral" nature of the phrase, uttered by one John Tyner, of Oceanside, on refusing a TSA pat down and body scanner. Still one would thing a state representative would have more respect for his own legislation.

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by: Jennifer Daler @ Mon Mar 07, 2011 at 21:17:58 PM UTC

not surprising (4.00 / 2)

when you consider that these are the same clever folks who nicknamed a bill giving protections to transgendered folks "the bathroom bill."  They whine about civility, but left to their own devices they seem to prefer the crass and vulgar. Some third graders never grow out of wanting to shock the grown ups.  

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by: susanthe @ Mon Mar 07, 2011 at 21:36:21 PM UTC

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No Respect? (4.00 / 3)

Perhaps he has no respect for the NH State Legislature or the people who elected him.

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by: ProfessorMike @ Tue Mar 08, 2011 at 15:20:25 PM UTC

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More statehouse arrogance bordering on abuse of power. (4.00 / 4)

I don't like this policy, so I'll make you a sex offender.

And my solution is to start profiling.  Because terrorists like to dress up like bin Laden.

Funny how the Liberty Crowd didn't care much about these Bush era things until their demographic started getting pat downs.  

birch paper; on Twitter @deanbarker

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by: Dean Barker @ Mon Mar 07, 2011 at 21:44:07 PM UTC

Nonsense (0.00 / 0)

Dean, the 'Liberty Crowd' was doing this long before Bush was out of office.  In fact, we were at the forefront of this...

When the Tyner incident hit the media, among others, plenty of columnists pointed that out, such as Glenn Greenwald:
http://www.salon.com/news/opin...
(that links to a number of other related columns of the time)

BH's token Republican / Libertarian / TeaPartier / Free Stater, courtesy of a Federal Affirmative Action grant, despite many of his comments being marked down and hidden.

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by: SethCohn @ Tue Mar 08, 2011 at 00:34:36 AM UTC

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Strange how the tricorner hat and yellow flag phenom didn't exist (4.00 / 2)

during the various issues involving patriot act deliberations, Guantanamo, extraordinary renditions, free speech zones, Abu Ghraib, FISA, bank bailouts etc...

So odd that they would magically appear with the arrival of President Barack Hussein Obama.

birch paper; on Twitter @deanbarker

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by: Dean Barker @ Tue Mar 08, 2011 at 01:15:39 AM UTC

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Too broad a brush I think (4.00 / 1)

Plenty of very conservative and libertarian people have expressed problems with almost all of the above  from the beginning. (Bob Barr, (2008 Lib candidate for Pres.,  Ron Paul etc have opposed patiot act provisions).

What is true is that the great mass of corporate conservative republicans and the Koch created astroturf Tea groups couldn't care less about the civil liberties of anyone who doesn't belong to a country club.

"But, in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope." Si se puede. Yes we can.  

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by: Paul Twomey @ Tue Mar 08, 2011 at 14:18:20 PM UTC

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All points taken (0.00 / 0)

In general, though, I don't mind giving the bill a sensationalized name. I prefer this to, say,

Operation
Iraqi
Liberty

or whatever they called it.

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by: JimC @ Mon Mar 07, 2011 at 21:46:26 PM UTC

Ah yes, (0.00 / 0)

Clear Skies.  Healthy Forests.  

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by: Lucy Edwards @ Mon Mar 07, 2011 at 23:31:11 PM UTC

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Mr. Manuse Doesn't surprise me (0.00 / 0)

I followed Mr. Manuse' candidacy in the last election. This doesn't surprise me. It also doesn't surprise me that voters in Derry elected him. Strange things have gone on there forever it seems

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by: Chaz Proulx @ Mon Mar 07, 2011 at 22:35:34 PM UTC

Now Chaz.... (4.00 / 1)

Robert Frost? Alan Shepard? Derry is a fine town.

Have you told a stranger today about Bill O'Brien and his Tea Party agenda? The people of NH deserve to hear about O'Brien  and his majority committed to destroying New Hampshire and remaking it into a armed survivalist preserve.  

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by: Ray Buckley @ Mon Mar 07, 2011 at 23:28:32 PM UTC

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Robert Frost? (0.00 / 0)

Frost was a great poet, but he was from San Francisco.  He only lived in Derry for nine years before moving away, first to England and later to Franconia.

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by: TimothyHorrigan @ Tue Mar 08, 2011 at 00:00:46 AM UTC

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Just cuz the cat had kittens under the oven (4.00 / 3)

doesn't make 'em muffins.

Frost is from heah.

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by: elwood @ Tue Mar 08, 2011 at 01:50:56 AM UTC

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WMUR polling (0.00 / 0)

informal and unscientific of course... but the results are 9 to 1 in favor of this legislation... with over 10,000 votes cast.  Maybe that's skewed, but the emails in support going to Lambert and Manuse, and the negative emails going to Pantelakos are substantial, from what I understand.

The People seem to agree with this (ie DO something!), so perhaps the laser is right on target here?

BH's token Republican / Libertarian / TeaPartier / Free Stater, courtesy of a Federal Affirmative Action grant, despite many of his comments being marked down and hidden.

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by: SethCohn @ Tue Mar 08, 2011 at 00:38:04 AM UTC

False Equilivancy (4.00 / 1)

One can be against the TSA patdown/grope and against registering TSA agents as sex offenders for doing so.

I'm down with all the Bruce Schneier Security Theater stuff http://www.schneier.com/

It would seem a better approach to encourage Sens. Shaheen and Ayotte to Reps. Bass and Guinta to affect departmental policy.

If anything this will make it harder for them to do so.

Hope >> Fear





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by: Mike Hoefer @ Tue Mar 08, 2011 at 00:56:48 AM UTC

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Legislative theatre... (4.00 / 2)

...is what this is.

There are many ways to send a message to the TSA/Feds about procedural behavior without calling them sexual deviants in a bill that is not likely to pass anyways.

But, then, where would the media hype and sensationalism be?  And, then, how would Republicans supporting this get to appease their base?

Tactless bills like this make it harder for the TSA to be dealt with properly, indeed; but they are great for making it seem like the legislature is being productive...

pragma supra ideo
http://carroll4nh.com/

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by: Andrew Carroll @ Tue Mar 08, 2011 at 14:08:31 PM UTC

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or perhaps (4.00 / 3)

an unscientific poll at a right wing media outlet  is being freeped.

Tell, us Rep. Cohn, how's that laser like focus on job creation going?  

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by: susanthe @ Tue Mar 08, 2011 at 01:51:16 AM UTC

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I wouldn't be sure about that, Andrew (0.00 / 0)

Andrew Manuse sez:

In reality, there is nothing the TSA can do to stop us from putting one of their agents' names on our sex offender registry.

I would not be so sure about that.  I bet there are plenty of things the feds could do to stop this.

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by: TimothyHorrigan @ Tue Mar 08, 2011 at 13:01:50 PM UTC

Absurd (4.00 / 3)

I don't understand these people.  Whether or not you like it or whether or not the Congress declares it, there are people out there at war with the United States.  Have we already forgotten 9/11 or that the terrorists brought weapons through the check point?

If you restrict TSA's ability to do their job eventually someone will get through and kill a lot of people.  When it happens, remember you supported this bill.

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by: ProfessorMike @ Tue Mar 08, 2011 at 15:36:32 PM UTC

This bill is being retained, (0.00 / 0)

as are countless others.

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by: Jennifer Daler @ Fri Mar 11, 2011 at 02:35:19 AM UTC