Comments on: Walter Murphy: Enemy of the State http://archpundit.com/blog/2007/04/09/walter-murphy-enemy-of-the-state/ Illinois, From Misery Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:34:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Greg http://archpundit.com/blog/2007/04/09/walter-murphy-enemy-of-the-state/comment-page-1/#comment-8719 Greg Wed, 11 Apr 2007 01:34:07 +0000 http://69.89.31.63/~archpund/2007/04/09/walter-murphy-enemy-of-the-state/#comment-8719 I just have hard time swallowing the notion that a man of his scholarship would take the word of a clerk saying, "that'll do it," as the policy of the Administration, nor that he would be paranoid about UAL losing his luggage, it happens all the time. And I simply love the argument put forth that because he is a Marine or a reputable scholar that he shouldn't be singled out. Why is he more equal than I? Here is a far more plausible explanation for what happened. Overzealous bureaucrats to justify their existence have an incentive to perceive as many threats as possible to bolster their budget requests and in their zeal there are untintended consequences of policy actions. When lefty elites -- and surely not all of them -- get caught in the leviathian of big government it is corruption and incompentence at play. When its the rest of us getting screwed its a) just the way it has to be b) its for the greater collective good or c) or it's okay because it happened to be a Republican. Here's a hint. When you give one man power over another, whether it be at the DHS, or the DMV, it gets abused. I'm sorry, not even Barack Obama can change that. (I must be feisty tonight, usually this kind of thing doesn't move me comment...) I just have hard time swallowing the notion that a man of his scholarship would take the word of a clerk saying, “that’ll do it,” as the policy of the Administration, nor that he would be paranoid about UAL losing his luggage, it happens all the time.

And I simply love the argument put forth that because he is a Marine or a reputable scholar that he shouldn’t be singled out. Why is he more equal than I?

Here is a far more plausible explanation for what happened. Overzealous bureaucrats to justify their existence have an incentive to perceive as many threats as possible to bolster their budget requests and in their zeal there are untintended consequences of policy actions.

When lefty elites — and surely not all of them — get caught in the leviathian of big government it is corruption and incompentence at play. When its the rest of us getting screwed its a) just the way it has to be b) its for the greater collective good or c) or it’s okay because it happened to be a Republican.

Here’s a hint. When you give one man power over another, whether it be at the DHS, or the DMV, it gets abused. I’m sorry, not even Barack Obama can change that.

(I must be feisty tonight, usually this kind of thing doesn’t move me comment…)

]]> By: Clark http://archpundit.com/blog/2007/04/09/walter-murphy-enemy-of-the-state/comment-page-1/#comment-8718 Clark Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:40:27 +0000 http://69.89.31.63/~archpund/2007/04/09/walter-murphy-enemy-of-the-state/#comment-8718 Perhaps I should say that the government <i>shouldn't</i> harass people based on their political views, and regardless of our record of doing so in the past, most Americans would agree on that statement. Anyways, I agree generally with the sentiment you expressed here, but I just wanted to add that there's no excuse because of the general principle, not because he's a respectable law professor. Perhaps I should say that the government shouldn’t harass people based on their political views, and regardless of our record of doing so in the past, most Americans would agree on that statement.

Anyways, I agree generally with the sentiment you expressed here, but I just wanted to add that there’s no excuse because of the general principle, not because he’s a respectable law professor.

]]> By: ArchPundit http://archpundit.com/blog/2007/04/09/walter-murphy-enemy-of-the-state/comment-page-1/#comment-8717 ArchPundit Mon, 09 Apr 2007 21:09:38 +0000 http://69.89.31.63/~archpund/2007/04/09/walter-murphy-enemy-of-the-state/#comment-8717 Actually, we have a long history of it....but yeah. In this case it's a guy who is so incredibly tied to respectability there is just no excuse. Actually, we have a long history of it….but yeah. In this case it’s a guy who is so incredibly tied to respectability there is just no excuse.

]]> By: Clark http://archpundit.com/blog/2007/04/09/walter-murphy-enemy-of-the-state/comment-page-1/#comment-8716 Clark Mon, 09 Apr 2007 20:32:50 +0000 http://69.89.31.63/~archpund/2007/04/09/walter-murphy-enemy-of-the-state/#comment-8716 It wouldn't matter if Murphy were constitutional scholar, a janitor who attended a peace march, or Rush Limbaugh. We don't harass people and prevent them from flying based on their political views. It wouldn’t matter if Murphy were constitutional scholar, a janitor who attended a peace march, or Rush Limbaugh. We don’t harass people and prevent them from flying based on their political views.

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