Q&A with TSA Chairman John Pistole
Q&A with TSA Chairman John Pistole
I’m sure you’ve heard Benjamin Franklin’s quote a million times: “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” But have you ever really listened to it? Because it seems almost unthinkably arrogant for you to tell us that after 200 years of living under the American constitution Ben helped write,> you > have a better way, which is to make us “safe” with fear and personal invasion. It seems like you are pissing on the graves of the millions of Americans who died defending our constitution in world wars and other struggles, who were> willing > to trade their lives for not> their > liberty but> ours > , for you to tell us that now we must give up our constitutional protections in order to be safe in our lives.> > You, sir, work against the constitution of the United States, you work against the happiness and welfare of the American people, and I brand you a terrorist.
I’d already decided not to set foot on US soil a few years back during the reign of Bush II. When Obama was elected, I was hopeful that their paranoid border “security” would be relaxed to the point that I’d be comfortable entering the country. However, it doesn’t look like I’ll be getting that particular stamp in my passport for a while now.
This is essentially an open letter to the person ultimately responsible for the overly invasive (and potentially physically harmful) security theatre in major American airports.
I hope Australia doesn’t get any silly ideas.