Tuesday, December 29, 2009

And then there is true Nincompoopery

Quoted from the Washington Post via The Daily Beast

GOP Holds Up TSA Chief
Wondering where the TSA chief has been since the attempted Christmas bombing? There is no TSA chief: Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) has a hold on the White House's nominee for the position, Erroll Southers, citing fears that Southers would allow TSA workers to join a labor union. Southers has passed through two Senate committees, but DeMint's hold prevents his nomination from being subjected to a full Senate vote, and the Senator's demands for testimony about unionization would likely mean at least three days of debate and test votes. DeMint spokesman Wesley Denton blamed Democrats, saying that "President Obama waited 243 days in office before making a nomination"; DeMint, in a statement, had said the Christmas day terror attempt was a "perfect example of why the Obama administration should not unionize the TSA."
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Read that last line again... "DeMint, in a statement, had said the Christmas day terror attempt was a "perfect example of why the Obama administration should not unionize the TSA."
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Why? or How?
1st it is "fears" only - not fact - that TSA might be allowed to unionize.
2nd the screening of the terrorist occured in Amsterdamn - not by the TSA
3rd Whaaaaa?