Intended Consequences

Posted by deancameron on March 26, 2013 under Libertarian, Tax, The TSA, U.S. Constitution, USA PATRIOT ACT, You're kidding me! | Be the First to Comment

One of the problems with any new government agency is the question “How are we going to pay for this?”. It’s not just salaries and infrastructure: it’s pensions, attorneys (read more about the TSA regarding the need for attorneys ) and all that other chewy goodness that goes along with starting a new business. Which is, ostensibly, what a new government agency is… with infinite funding, it all but does away with that pesky “competition”.

The way to pay for a “free service?”

Taxes. Taxes. Taxes.

For all the anti-libertarians out there, this tax has nothing to do with your roads.

Enjoy:
http://www.travelagentcentral.com/government-regulations/senate-passed-budget-hikes-tsa-passenger-tax-39699

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This is the kind of spontaneous publicity I need to get ahead!

Posted by deancameron on July 13, 2012 under Freedom Fighters, Libertarian, Self-Promotion, The TSA, U.S. Constitution, Uncategorized, Unreasonable Search? | Be the First to Comment

He has modestly removed the six zeroes from the total views. Not only does he say very nice things about me and acts like he has ever seen Hollywood Palms, but he pimps the Bill of Rights – Security Edition.

(cross posting this to deancameron.com & securityedition.com woohoo!)

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Stop the TSA – Petition

Posted by deancameron on May 3, 2012 under Freedom Fighters, Libertarian, Ron Paul, The TSA, U.S. Constitution, Unreasonable Search?, USA PATRIOT ACT | Be the First to Comment

Of course, there’s one presidential candidate who wants to dismantle the TSA. He also wants to stop the United States campaign of worldwide destruction, but I’ve been told that a vote for him is childish. Idealism is so 2008 and shouldn’t be applied to actual issues.

I’m not convinced that, unless one is Betty White, an online petition does anyone any good except for feeling like they’ve done something. Which is kinda/sorta the reality of the Bill of Rights – Security Edition. It feels like you’re making a statement, but you’re only preaching to your very own choir of one.

Those childish and unrealistic folks over at Campaign for Liberty have begun a petition to support a bill to END THE TSA.

http://www.chooseliberty.org/tsa_sign.aspx?pid=0503

Freedom is a sweet thing which I hope doesn’t change.

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Schneier Schafted

Posted by deancameron on March 27, 2012 under Freedom Fighters, The 'If I were a terrorist' game, The TSA, U.S. Constitution, USA PATRIOT ACT, You're kidding me! | Be the First to Comment

That is my horrible headline for this horrible event.

Wilco Tango Foxtrot is happening, people?

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2012/03/congressional_t.html

On Friday, at the request of the TSA, I was removed from the witness list. The excuse was that I am involved in a lawsuit against the TSA, trying to get them to suspend their full-body scanner program. But it’s pretty clear that the TSA is afraid of public testimony on the topic, and especially of being challenged in front of Congress. They want to control the story, and it’s easier for them to do that if I’m not sitting next to them pointing out all the holes in their position. Unfortunately, the committee went along with them.

The title of the hearing: TSA Oversight Part III: Effective Security or Security Theater?

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One Man Promotion Machine

Posted by deancameron on January 21, 2012 under Freedom Fighters, Libertarian, Self-Promotion, The TSA, U.S. Constitution, Unreasonable Search? | Be the First to Comment

Penn Jillette, the louder, larger half of Penn & Teller, continuing his decades long promotional gauntlet for the Bill of Rights – Security Edition.

Nice to show up in a piece by the Cato Institute.

The mention shows up around minute 14:00.

Thanks again, Penn!

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Freedom from across the pond

Posted by deancameron on December 22, 2011 under Freedom Fighters, Good News, Libertarian, Self-Promotion, The TSA, U.S. Constitution, Unreasonable Search? | Be the First to Comment

I just saw this. Very cool from a good bloke from across the pond!

Thanks, Andy!

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Let’s get rid of the TSA, shall we?

Posted by deancameron on December 21, 2011 under Freedom Fighters, Libertarian, The TSA, U.S. Constitution, Unreasonable Search?, USA PATRIOT ACT | Be the First to Comment

From Downsize DC’s “Downsizer Dispatch”.

“The right to travel enables the free exercise of the other rights we most cherish. We should not have to check our constitutional freedoms at the curb simply because we decide to leave the house. Sadly, freedom of movement has been one of the most disparaged rights throughout human history, and our country is no exception. If we are ever to be truly free, then we must possess an absolute, uninhibited right to travel throughout America and the world free from interference by government.” – Judge Andrew Napolitano

The TSA is a worthless and pointless bit of theater sponsored by the U.S. Government. Government theater is the worst kind of theater.

Let’s get rid of it. Send a letter to your reps via Downsize DC.

Read about what they’re doing to fight the good fight here: https://secure.downsizedc.org/etp/tsa/

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Staying Out Of It

Posted by deancameron on November 9, 2011 under U.S. Constitution, Unreasonable Search?, USA PATRIOT ACT, You're kidding me! | Be the First to Comment

We try to stay out of the good vs. bad president argument… we like to think that we haven’t had a good one since… Adams.

But come on now…

If George Bush had done this people would have had kittens.

Don’t you think we ought to be getting rid of an administration that thinks it can do anything it wants to its citizens?

From the article:

The government is arguing that people do not have a right to privacy while traveling on public roads. Police are allowed to physically follow people and even dig through their trash without a warrant, and the Obama administration says that the GPS technology amounts to the same surveillance method.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/police-able-put-gps-trackers-cars-without-warrant-204027866.html

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