How apt that Rand Paul picks and chooses the laws and regulations he chooses to follow. Of course, he is above all that trifling stuff.

Let’s see what’d happened to any of the rest of us who refused a security procedure at the airport. But with the arrogance of his ego and the disdain of the rules we all follow to keep the system safe, Paul gives the senatorial finger to the mere riffraff who might object to the TSA wanting to know whether something fishy was a problem or not but go along with the harmless process because it makes sense.

Paul, like his father, already says that he thinks laws like the Civil Rights Act are terrible invasions of the individual’s “right” to impose racism and discrimination on black people. Anthing that infringes on such loathsome ”rights” is flat wrong and unworthy, the Pauls tell us. For such, they are stars in the cheapskate Tea Party heavens.

Well, I don’t like the idea of paying taxes, but do so because that’s what you do in a democracy. I wasn’t crazy about going into the military in wartime, but did because that’s part of the handshake societies make to preserve themselves. I don’t like the mild TSA searches but strongly believe that we all need to “sacrifice” to contribute the system’s safety. That’s what responsible people do.

Not Rand Paul. He’s too good to do what the common herd has to do. While you and I might think that makes him a punk, his gang thinks that makes him a hero. For avoiding the rules we all follow.

Nice job, being a senator. You can get away with anything.