Gimme a break already

TAMPA, Fla. -- Security "pat-downs" of fans at Tampa Bay Buccaneers games are unconstitutional and unreasonable, a federal judge ruled Friday, throwing into question the practice at all NFL games.

U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore sided with a season-ticket holder who had sued to stop the fan searches that began last season after the NFL implemented enhanced security measures.

High school civics teacher Gordon Johnson, backed by the American Civil Liberties Union, sued the Tampa Sports Authority, which operates the stadium, to stop officials from conducting the "suspicionless" searches. A state judge agreed with Johnston that the searches are likely unconstitutional and halted them.
The case was later moved to federal court, where the sports authority sought to have that order thrown out. Whittemore refused, writing that the pat-downs "constitute unreasonable searches under the Florida Constitution and the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution."

A spokesman for the ACLU said, "This is a step in the right direction in halting governmental intervention being done under the guise of a perceived terrorist threat".

Exactly what is a perceived terrorist threat?

Last time I looked - and I look every night - there is some moron issuing a Fatwah against the people of the United States, or the leaders of Korea and Iran are smoking while standing at the world's gas station. There is absolutely nothing perceived about the threat at all. To be totally honest with you, I find it hard to believe our sporting events haven't been attacked. What would be more lethal to the American psyche than a bomb going off during the Daytona 500 or a Los Angeles Dodgers baseball game?

I'm sorry, this is a step in the wrong direction.

Look, I'm sure Mr. ACLU guy, Mrs. PETA, and Ms. NOW have their hearts in the right place, but the fact of the matter is for every 3 or so legitimate arguments groups like this make, there always seems to be 1 off the wall retarded thing coming out of their mouths...and this is one of them. If someone walks into a Tampa Bay Buccaneers game in September wearing a winter coat to hide all the beer and sandwiches he's trying to sneak in, we should have the right to check him out thoroughly. It's simply a matter of good common sense. Let me end this with a question. If someone did come into that very stadium and detonate a bomb, who do you think would be first in line to file a lawsuit against the NFL for not checking everyone out?

Uh huh. High school civics teacher Gordon Johnson, backed by the ACLU, that's who.