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State Department Expands Travel Warnings For Mexico

Please be advised that the U.S. State Department has expanded its travel warnings for Mexico.  Kidnappings, murders and other crimes have increased dramatically and American citizens are being alerted to these increased threats.

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Watching Granny Strip

What's the world coming too!  Hollywood and Penn State are plagued with pedophiles and the TSA likes to watch grandma strip naked.

I have a solution for your holiday travels. How about a stocking stuffer that will allow your family to go through the body scanner without the indignity of a high res photo of your nude body being burned onto a government computer?

We've got product on hand and ready to ship.  Visit us at Scannershirts.com.  They make great gifts and they are 100% American made.

TSA Drops The Ball Again

This from Michelle Malkin:

Six year old girls? Check. 95-year-old wheelchair-bound women in adult diapers? Check.

Nigerian men with no ID carrying multiple expired boarding passes not in their own names? Ch… wait, where’d he go?

CBS New York:

CBS News has confirmed that authorities are looking into a shocking security breach that took place at John F. Kennedy International Airport last week.

Investigators say Olajide Oluwaseun Noibi, a Nigerian, boarded Virgin America Flight 415 to Los Angeles without a valid passport or identification, using an expired boarding pass for a flight the day before that belonged to someone else.

Officials say Noibi got through security and was able to board the plane. No one noticed until the flight was airborne when a flight attendant realized Noibi was sitting in a seat that was supposed to be vacant.

TSA: Tin Soldiers And........

Do you remember the Neil Young song "Ohio"?  It was performed by Crosby, Stills Nash and Young and recorded after the National Guard shot four students dead during a protest at Kent State University in Ohio on May 4, 1970.  While viewpoints regarding the matter varied widely at the time, it was an eye opening event.

I have often said that what is beating in the hearts of TEA party folks today is the same yearning for freedom from government intrusion which burst forth in the late 60's and early 70's among what was then America's youth.  Those youth are today's adults and senior citizens.

Like the freedom movements we are witnessing in the Middle East today, the freedom movement in the United States 40 years was usurped by socialists as a vehicle by which to advance their own agenda.  They piggy backed upon a very healthy and patriotic call by thousands of young people, the children of WWII heroes, for more liberty, more freedom and less government intrusion.  Of course the socialists, like the Chicago Seven, The Weather Underground, The Black Panthers and the SDS, saw the energy and crafted a way to re-direct it, not only to sway the minds of impressionable youth, but to force subtle changes which would pave the way for them to advance their insidious agenda on the backs of unsuspecting, good kids.

The Neil Young song captured the horror of what happens when an armed military opens fire on unarmed citizens.  We are outraged today when this happens in Syria.  We send money and troops to help kill the leader of Libya upon reports of the same thing.  And we rightly objected when students were shot dead in Ohio by the National Guard.

Today, in the United States, more mature Americans have be aroused from a 40 year slumber to the encroachment of government intrusion.  The TEA party movement is in one sense a manifestation of this heightened passion for liberty.

No one has fired a shot at unarmed citizens, yet.  But uniformed agents of the government are pushing the envelope every single day, and here is but the latest example:

A woman has filed a complaint with federal authorities over how her elderly mother was treated at Northwest Florida Regional Airport last weekend.

Jean Weber of Destin filed a complaint with the Department of Homeland Security after her 95-year-old mother was detained and extensively searched last Saturday while trying to board a plane to fly to Michigan to be with family members during the final stages of her battle with leukemia.

Her mother, who was in a wheelchair, was asked to remove an adult diaper in order to complete a pat-down search.

“It’s something I couldn’t imagine happening on American soil,” Weber said Friday. “Here is my mother, 95 years old, 105 pounds, barely able to stand, and then this.” [News Herald]

Where are the protest songs today?  Have we become so afraid of our government that we dare not speak out?  Are the youth of the 70's now too old or too tired to take a stand?

As time goes by we can see more clearly how our youthful exuberance left America exposed to the wrong influences in politics and culture; that is an advantage of perspective and maturity.  But that shouldn't mean that we give up our passion for smaller government, lower taxes, open markets and more liberty.  We still just want to be left alone to pursue happiness in our own uniquely personal ways.

The TSA is not about airline safety.  Their own survey shows that they miss hidden weapons and other contraband 60-90% of the time.  No, the TSA is kindergarten for sheeple.  It is part of the re-training of the American public.  It is the civilian security force that Obama said he wanted.

Kindergarten didn't teach you math, how to read or anything else of substance.  Kindergarten taught you to sit down when told, to stand up when told, to be quiet, to submit to authority  or, in other words, how to be obedient.

It won't be long until the last of we, the children of WWII heroes, has passed away.  The world we leave behind will not know the experiences we had, the lessons we learned or carry into their future our sense of freedom and liberty unless we take a stand today.

You might ask, "why"?  In return I'd ask, if not us, who?  If not now, when?

This summer I hear the drumming.

TSA Adopts Bully Tactics Of Union Thugs

Airports were granted the freedom to contract out to private companies the duty to screen passengers before boarding.  But the TSA didn't like the competiton.  And now they have reportedly blocked some aiports from exercising this right by using bully like tactics.

One airport director even said TSA agents actively protested the airport’s attempt to privatize, going so far as to stand at gates in uniform and tell passengers they would be less safe if the airport joined the SPP (Screeening Partnership Program)

After 9/11, TSA was created and given authority over passenger and bag screening, but airports were allowed by the Aviation and Transportation Security Act to opt out after two years and join the SPP. Sixteen airports in the US currently use privately-contracted screeners. [Daily Caller].

And you thought the government was here to help you?  They are here to help you, help you learn to do what you are told that is.

Where is William Wallace when you need him?

TSA: Terrorism Support Agency?

Their blue gloved hands graze your testicles, rub your breasts, fondle your children and find their way inside your clothing.  Unless, of course, you are wearing Arab garb, then you get a pass.

Rep. Paul Broun (R-Ga.), a member of the House Homeland Security Committee, said TSA is too politically correct when it chooses which passengers to search at airport security checkpoints.

"I walked through … right behind me there was a grandmother — little old lady, and she was was patted down," Broun said on C-SPAN's "Washington Journal."

"Right behind her was a little kid who was patted down. And then right behind him was a guy in Arabian dress who just walked right through. Why are we patting down grandma and kids?"

"We've got to forget political correctness," Broun continued. "We've got to start focusing on those people who want to harm us as a nation." [The Hill]

Yeah, well that all sounds good, but the TSA isn't there to make air travel safe, it's there to train Americans to accept government intrusion, indoctrinate people into becoming more easily manipulated, serve as the first line of defense to prevent people from traveling freely around the country in time of national emergency and to get us ready for the next nudge, whatever that might be.

If we really want to start focusing on the people who want to harm us as a nation, we need to take a much broader view of things.  For every roach you see, there are hundreds more hiding.  Terrorists are used as the front line, or as a diversion.  The real threat comes from the socialists, and some of them wear suits, ride in limos and read toasts from note cards at gaudy dinners.

More TSA Abuse

I received a call last night from a man who recently had a first hand look at the abuses of the TSA.  I promised him that he would remain anonymous, but that I would make his story known.  What you are about to hear is why we must all,  now, today, take back our country from the hands of tyrants.

This man is in his mid fifties, a loyal citizen of the United States, certainly not a terrorist or any threat to the security of this country, an airline, airport or any of his fellow passengers.

He has recently undergone surgery to deal with a disabling injury to his neck and shoulder.  The most recent surgery was, as I am told, his last best chance to regain function, and return some of his life back to him.  It required the implantation of a cadaver tendon, a transplant with serious re-attachment and rejection issues surrounding it.

Because of the location of the transplant, his shoulder and arm had to be imoblized in a very complicated brace.  He decided to go to Florida, some warmer weather, to recuperate, but was warned by his doctor that any injury, any blow to the area of the surgery could seriously jeopardize the chances for recovery and that any such injury would likely require much more invasive, and risk laden surgery.

At the airport, as is his right, he opted out of the body scanner.  The TSA agents at first questioned him as to why he didn't want to go through the nude body radiation machine.  He explained.

His concerns were with regard to the higher levels of radiation being fired at our bodies than had at first been reported, but which are now widely known.  After all of his recent surgeries, and numerous x-rays, he was concerned that he had already received enough radiation for one year.

Then he was told to stand on a rubber mat and they waved a wand over him.  He alerted them to the presence of his medical device (the brace) and in fact unbuttoned his shirt to show it to them.  He offered to go to a private screening room and fully undress if necessary, reassuring them that he was compliant and no threat.

They refused and insisted upon doing a pat down search.

He told them about his medical condition, the warnings his doctor had given him and clearly told the agent that they could not touch the area of the surgical scar, but were free to examine him in any other way.

The agent had him turn around, and from the back, during the pat down, slammed his hand down on the surgery site.  The blow and the pain drove my friend to his knees.  He says he was immediately dizzy, disoriented and nauseous.

Eventually he got up, without any offer of help, turned around, and in obvious pain, asked the agent (admittedly upset) "Why in the hell did you hit me like that?"  The agent did not respond.  He repeated the question.  The agent just stood there, smiling.  In great pain he asked to speak to a supervisor.

The supervisor came, he explained what had transpired and asked to fill out a civil rights complaint form.  The supervisor told him, sternly, you won't be filing anything, leave this area and board your plane.  My friend said he unmistakeably detected that this was not a request he was free to ignore, without being arrested.

He boarded the plane, in great pain and with concern for his recent transplanted tendon.  He called me from Florida, a grown man, nearly in tears, not only from the physical pain, but out of fear and frustration that the power of our government seems to have outgrown the consent of the governed, and his sense of being powerless.

I submit that the time is fast approaching when the people of the United States will once again recognize that certain agencies and people operating with the full power of our government have become destructive to the ends of liberty. 

It is now, as it was in 1776, our right and our duty to abolish those agencies of government and institute new ones, organizing their powers in such form as to us seem most likely to effectively protect our safety and happiness.

If you know of anyone suffering abuses at the hands of the TSA, let me know.  I fully expect that one day a client will come in and request that I seek judicial redress for these ills. I fully appreciate that by filing that lawsuit I will step into the arena of courtroom warfare. 

But, my friends, it will be a noble battle for the preservation of our republic.  What is at stake is nothing less than the cause of liberty.  And, my friends, it is unmistakable now, the war has already come to some.  Let us remember the words of Patrick Henry:

Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance, by lying supinely on our backs, and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot?

The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.

There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come.

The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!

What? Is Drudge Now Getting His News From Me?

Of course not, BUT, more and more often the news we here at BluegrassBulletin.com go out and find, we bring to you BEFORE you see it elsewhere.  Like this story we put up yesterday wasn't a Drudge Report Headline until today.

Thanks for reading.  Now isn't it time you told all your friends about us?

Don't forget, "If you're not reading the BluegrassBulletin every day, then you're living in the dark".

 

I Want To Highlight A REALLY Good Idea

Who says American ingenuity is dead?  This is the kind of story which gives us all hope.  A man in Alabama came up with a very practical solution for a very common problem.  If you own a pickup truck, or know somebody who does, you will want to read this, go to the website and buy one of these.  I did.  Here it is.

Pickup trucks are great vehicles, but there is one problem.  If you are planning a trip, where do you put your luggage, laptop, sleeping bag and things you might need to keep clean and dry?  If you have a standard cab, there's no room inside.  If you have an extended cab or crew cab, the back seat is a good place, but what happens if you need that space for passengers?

You could spend a lot of money on a truck cap, but they are a nuisance when you need to use the truck to haul that dresser or pick up a new appliance.  You could get a truck bed cover, but they are expensive, fairly permanent and make access to your cargo a needless struggle.

Enter The Tuff Truck Bag.  It is a heavy duty, waterproof bag which is sized to fit the cargo area of your pickup truck, held in place by four included bungee cords which attach to the usual four corner hooks in the truck bed, and is large enough to accommodate lotsa stuff like luggage, laptops and the things you need to keep clean and dry.

And the best part?  Unlike a roof top luggage carrier, which some people buy and use in the bed, the Tuff Truck Bag rolls up for storage when not in use!

I have a trip planned in the near future and will be accompanied by my wife, my sister and brother in law.  When talking about which vehicle to drive, they questioned using my pickup truck with a full backseat wondering what they would do with their luggage if it rained?  A little Google searching and I found TuffTruckBag.com.

I spoke with the owner's son who told me that his family lives in Alabama, just a few hours from Panama City Florida, and most of his friends drive pickup trucks.  They often take short trips to fish and go to the beach and had experienced the same problems.  Out of that experience his dad invented, and patented, the Tuff Truck Bag just a little over a year ago.  Now the son, a recent college graduate, is helping run the business which they are operating as an e-commerce store out of a small warehouse, handling all of the orders themselves.

What a great idea!  And what a GREAT story.

I ordered one myself, and hope you will share this information with all of the pickup men and women you know.

Congratulations to the guys at TuffTruckBag.com. 

And long live American ingenuity!

TSA: Groping 6 Year Old

By golly that 6 year old little girl needs to have her crotch and chest felt by a government agent in order to make us all safe.  NOT!  You do know, don't you, that this procedure has only one goal in mind: training us to stand and take it when the government tells us to.  That's right, we are being conditioned, nothing more.