Rep. Duncan Blasts TSA ''Pat Downs,'' Scanners on House Floor

[Tx4obama]

Run time: 01:04 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xH-dpkJZiOM   Posted on YouTube: November 17, 2010 By YouTube Member: RepJohnDuncan Views on YouTube: 88000   Posted on DU: November 21, 2010 By DU Member: Tx4obama Views on DU: 439

 
Rep. John J. Duncan Jr., former Chairman of the House Aviation Subcommittee and the current top Republican on the House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, blasts TSA's invasive "pat downs" during a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives on November 17, 2010. Duncan also questions the role of lucrative government contracts in TSA's new naked body scanning machines. The text of the speech is copied below:

"Mr. Speaker:

A nationwide revolt is developing over the body scanners at the airports, and it should.

Hundreds of thousands of frequent fliers who fly each week are upset about getting these frequent doses of radiation.

Parents are upset about being forced to have their children radiated or being touched inappropriately by an unrelated adult.

There is already plenty of security at the airport, but now we are going to spend up to $300 million to install 1,000 scanners.

This is much more about money than it is about security.

The former secretary of Homeland Security, Michael Chertoff, represents Rapiscan, the company which is selling these scanners to his former department.

Far too many federal contracts are sweetheart, insider deals.

Companies hire former high ranking federal officials, and then magically, those companies get hugely profitable federal contracts.

The American people should not have to choose between having full-body radiation or a very embarrassing, intrusive pat-down every time they fly, as if they were criminals.

We need a little more balance and common sense on this."

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1. Don't look for it from the President

The President has his head buried pretty far up the TSA's backside.

[sabrina 1]

2. 'Rapiscan', what an apt company name for the virtual rape machines

that I hope will soon be tossed into Boston Harbor.

This is much more about money than it is about security.

He is 100% right about that. If people opt out of using the 'rapiscans' something the money people had to allow in order to get them into airports, then they will not be needed. So the sickos behind the marketing of this product, thought up a way to force people to opt for the virtual rape by thinking up a vile, abusive 'enhanced patdown' hoping word would get out and people would chose the 'lesser evil', or at least that was the reasoning.

It's getting really bad when I find myself agreeing with a Republican and disagreeing with the man I supported hoping he would be the one to represent the people against big business. It seems whenever Big Business calls, Obama goes out and tries to make their case for them. Shameful of him to even think these abuses are in any way defensible. And kudos to Duncan and anyone else who opposes them much as it pains me to say.

[sabrina 1]

3. I forgot to mention. It looks like Congress is beginning to hear from

their constituents about this, and Duncan is reacting to those calls, so it is worth while to start calling them.

I am surprised that a Republican would expose the role of money via Michael Chertoff, but glad he did. That is the real reason for the push to force people to use those machines.