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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-11 06:16 PM
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New Hampshire Bill Would Make 'Touching Junk' A Felony
New Hampshire Bill Would Make 'Touching Junk' A Felony



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/02/dont-touch-my-junk-bill_n_830342.html?ir=Politics

John Tyner's mandate about junk-touching has gone national. A Republican state representative from New Hampshire named George Lambert has co-sponsored a bill that would make it a felony to touch or view someone's private parts without probable cause.

Lambert was interviewed by MSNBC on Wednesday to discuss the bill, which would apply to TSA pat downs, as well as the agency's x-ray scanners. The bill would essentially make it a sexual assault to conduct an invasive pat down or look at images of a traveler on one of the TSA's new high-tech scanners.

When asked why Lambert is involved in the bill, he told MSNBC that after 9/11 the federal government told the TSA that they "could search for weapons, they could search for explosives, but they never gave them broad-based ability to reach into someone's underwear."

So why does Lambert hold TSA agents responsible, as opposed to say, John Pistole or Janet Napolitano? Because "they're the ones that are sitting there and creating something that's a sexual assault." Zing.
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Vinca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-11 06:18 PM
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1. Oh, jeez. You scared me!
There's nothing I love better than going to the dump and finding treasures in the junk. Phew!
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cliffordu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-11 06:21 PM
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3. ....Well......
:rofl:

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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-11 06:27 PM
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4. "Finding Treasures In The Junk"...my FAVORITE Duran Duran album.


:spray:
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Drale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-11 06:20 PM
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2. Sounds like it could be used for repuke causes
"a felony to touch or view someone's private parts without probable cause." They could say anything thats not for procreation is not probable cause. Just sayin
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