Tsa Now Questioning Bullion Movements

Bought a roll/tube of ASE in San Diego a few years back and was grilled for 15min by the TSA checking into the flight. My 2 carry-on baggage was riffled through thoroughly along with the carry-on of the friends I was traveling with. Going through Canadian securities on a connected flight with the same coins only landed me a raised eyebrow by one officer, a question asking "are these coins in a tube" while pointing at the x-ray monitor, and a nod when I answered.
You gotta love the TSA, they sure do love the power they wield.

I'm surprised that the TSA isn't too busy harrassing little old ladies and that they can find the time to harrass good folks about their coins.

I'm a Marine also, and I can tell you that I didn't fight for the government's ability to threaten the rights of its own citizens.

About keeping our gold, silver, and lead rounds.

This email in part was sent to me and I think it agrees with.. Brucec.

After the Japanese decimated our fleet in Pearl Harbor Dec 7, 1941, they could have sent their troop ships and carriers directly to California to finish what they started.









The prediction from our Chief of Staff was we would not be able to stop a Massive invasion until they reached the Mississippi River.



Remember, we had a 2 million man army and war ships. All fighting the Germans.

So, why did they not invade?



After the war, the remaining Japanese generals and admirals were asked that question.



Their answer:

They know that almost every home had guns and the Americans knew how to use them.

The world's largest army? America's hunters!

I had never thought about this.

A blogger added up the deer license sales in just a handful of states and Arrived at a striking conclusion:

There were over 600,000 hunters this season in the state of Wisconsin.

Allow me to restate that number.



Over the last several months, Wisconsin's hunters became the eighth Largest army in the world.

More men under arms than in Iran.

More than in France and Germany combined.

These men deployed to the woods of a single American state to hunt with firearms, and no one was killed.



That number pales in comparison to the 750,000 who hunted the woods of Pennsylvania and Michigan's 700,000 hunters. All of whom have now returned home.

Toss in a quarter million hunters in West Virginia and it literally establishes the fact that the hunters of those four states alone would comprise the largest army in the world.



The point?



America will forever be safe from foreign invasion with that kind of home-grown firepower.



Hunting -- it's not just a way to fill the freezer.

It's a matter of national security!

That's why all enemies, foreign and domestic, want to see us disarmed!

Food for thought when next we consider gun control.



Edit for the point and our freedom

The U.S. AND Australia share the same problem:

We ARE being invaded.

By illegal immigrants.

Without a shot being fired!


Tim Stroud (another CCF'er), says it like it is.

The original story is very, very interesting since its painting TSA agents as strong-armed thugs. Perhaps some are, but I'll wager most are just happy to have a job where they can feed their families. If that exact situation happened to me, I would simply just ask for the on-duty supervisor and explain that they are gifts and would I have to fill out a customs declaration traveling from Las Vegas to Chicago, say? Playing dumb and innocent can get you out of some tight TSA situations rather than advocating like a lawyer over your rights as some TSA agents might see that as a power play and parley one of their own. Never, ever admit to investing or collecting, as TSA can copy your ID, and some smart-mouthed TSA screener might turn into an after hours goon that pays a visit to your possibly unoccupied home during your trip. While they are gaining more power than is absolutely necessary, they are an evil that is here to stay. Using the path of least resistance and a calm unruffled demeanor will get you out of their clutches sooner than later.

Failing that, they could EASILY have invaded and occupied Hawaii. That would have given them the forward air and naval base needed to launch successful attacks against the American mainland. Additionally, it would have given them complete access to the virtually undamaged Pearl Harbor ship repair docks and fueling bunkers. This may well have been the greatest strategic error in human military history.



Difficult to believe that there were no fatalities in these two states. A quick Google check of this shows that in the USA there were between 350-400 deaths among hunters last year. That would be an average of about 7-8 deaths per state. It is amazing that two such heavily populated states did not participate in these averages.

The Pearl Harbor observations ignore the argument that the US was "in" on things from the beginning, and the whole point was to drag the US into WWII, not to have Japan invade the US.

Off the wall arguments are best ignored.