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lib2DaBone

(8,124 posts)
29. The TSA has promised that they will expand to Bus and Train stations...
Mon Jan 9, 2012, 09:52 PM
Jan 2012

The average TSA supervisor makes $116,000 Per Year.

This cancer will continue to creep across free America...and the population will allow it.

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WTF? graywarrior Jan 2012 #1
Give it a few more years and imagine where we'll be at, permanently lost RKP5637 Jan 2012 #4
no, no police state here......nt patrick t. cakes Jan 2012 #2
Practice makes perfect, for the police state. RKP5637 Jan 2012 #3
+1 patrick t. cakes Jan 2012 #6
There is no way I would ever go into law "enforcement". Dawson Leery Jan 2012 #5
So Florida has become a police state? Cleita Jan 2012 #7
Florida is part of the US... patrick t. cakes Jan 2012 #8
So I guess "papers please" doesn't just apply to those Cleita Jan 2012 #11
+1 patrick t. cakes Jan 2012 #15
Randomly checking identifications? Is that legal without probable cause? Poll_Blind Jan 2012 #9
When I lived in Chile, all of us Americans were routinely stopped and had to show our ID's and Cleita Jan 2012 #12
Just wanted to comment to you, Cleita... nice sig! Medicare for all! Wish there was a way to K&R you Zalatix Jan 2012 #20
I have to pass through a metal detector and show photo ID every time I enter the local Federal Ikonoklast Jan 2012 #14
Men with guns are "soldiers." Yeah, that's the ticket. MineralMan Jan 2012 #25
The guards at the entrance are armed, although most people don't realize it. Ikonoklast Jan 2012 #30
That's true. I don't go into Federal buildings very MineralMan Jan 2012 #31
Where were the soldiers at? michreject Jan 2012 #10
The soldiers and the automatic weapons exist only in the MineralMan Jan 2012 #22
If I saw the soldiers with guns Politicalboi Jan 2012 #13
Gross overreaction on part of DU Muskypundit Jan 2012 #16
This message was self-deleted by its author Obamanaut Jan 2012 #17
I guess some people are simply more comfortable with "security procedures" than others. Pholus Jan 2012 #18
Troops with big firearms = utterly useless. That does precious little to prevent bombings. Zalatix Jan 2012 #19
Incorrect title, and not the one at the news story. MineralMan Jan 2012 #21
The title is from the link proud2BlibKansan Jan 2012 #23
Do you care about accuracy? Did you read the excerpt? MineralMan Jan 2012 #24
Take it up with the author proud2BlibKansan Jan 2012 #26
No, I care a great deal. That's why it's so important to get MineralMan Jan 2012 #28
The Department of Homeland Security is a paramilitary organization MinervaX Jan 2012 #33
All law enforcement is paramilitary. MineralMan Jan 2012 #34
You are wrong MinervaX Jan 2012 #36
Those are not soldiers nadinbrzezinski Jan 2012 #27
The TSA has promised that they will expand to Bus and Train stations... lib2DaBone Jan 2012 #29
The militarization of police forces MinervaX Jan 2012 #32
..."and the home of the brave" ...trading freedom for security ...pffft L0oniX Jan 2012 #35
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