Homeland Security Chief in Conflict Providing Equipment to TSA

The discussion over the TSA “Love Pats”, as coined by CBS, is being framed in the incorrect light. We should not be talking about the TSA security measures but we should be asking why the TSA and not the airlines are handling security.
Consider this; if the airlines controlled the security and I do not feel that an airlines security is what it should be, I am not going to fly them. Security would quickly become a selling point of an airline. From this security competition would spring innovation and better security than the Federal Government could ever hope to offer. Might the price of tickets increase? Yes, however my taxes should be reduced because I can eliminate the TSA.
As it stands now, we have the former head of Homeland Security profiting from the sale of scanning machines. We have seven dollar an hour thugs groping our women and children in the name of safety and the Federal Government intimidating and bullying its citizens.
I challenge you to give me one example of where the TSA security procedures have actually prevented a person from getting on a plane with a serious weapon or bomb. Your grandmother and her knitting needles do not count.
The TSA measures are typical government think, reactive. Why do we allow such tyranny? Have we become sheeple? What next, roadblocks? In the mid 1700’s we called it Illegal search and seizure when stopped on horse back crossing the land.
As long as government interferes in our lives we lose freedoms that have been paid for in blood. Allowing this incremental expansion of government to continue is wrong. It is time to stand up and tell those that would take our freedoms from us, enough is enough!
Stand up, be heard and be counted!

Eric D. Miller
Florida

Pilots and Passengers Revolt Against TSA

Enough is enough. The Allied Pilots Association (APA) has complained and pilots are being advised to go through the demeaning TSA pat-down rather than go through the Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) body scanner. The pilots are already being radiated at a higher rate than most people who do their job, even higher than nuclear power plant workers. There is also mounting evidence of adverse health threats to pilots from this level of radiation, without adding to it before even taking off from the ground.
It's really sad to see these professionals subjected to this treatment, considering, in the words of one pilot, Capt. Dave Bates, "It is a source of continual astonishment to me that pilots, many of whom, it should be pointed out, are military veterans who possess security clearances, are not allowed to carry onboard their airplanes pocket knives and bottles of shampoo, but then they're allowed to fly enormous, fuel-laden, missile-like objects over American cities." Capt. Bates is president of the Allied Pilots Association.
Amazing. The pilots don't deserve this level of security. The American people do not, either. With our borders wide open for anyone to enter our country illegally, why should Americans allow being felt up by the 'legal' perverts working for the TSA. These 'pat-downs' are nothing more than sexual harassment and battery. This sort of thing should be reserved only for the inmates in a maximum security facility. This is not what we wanted when Homeland Security was shoved down our throats days after the demolition of the WTC towers and building 7. This plan was obviously, previously envisioned, due to the swiftness of its passage into law.
This security measure will only get worse if we don't stand up and oppose this treatment. Just remember, the nationwide smoking bans in public places began first, with smoking on airplanes. Now, you can't even smoke in a tobacco store. That isn't what was wanted.
Recently, in Orlando, a father and his 8-year old son had the misfortune of being selected, for extra screening by TSA, after going through the metal detector. The procedure was described to the father prior to them conducting it. The boy was patted-down in the open security area, by the officer using the back sides of his hand to check his genital area.
"I didn't think it was going to be as horrible as he was describing," said the boy's father. "We spend my child's whole life telling him that only mom, dad and a doctor can touch you in your private area, and now we have to add TSA agent and that's just wrong," he continued, "At some point the terrorists have won." Right. Those terrorists are in control, in Washington. It is time to tell them that we are NOT the enemy. They won't profile the illegal Mexicans. They won't profile anyone looking Middle Eastern. Hey, that only leaves you and me. We are not Al-cia-da. We need to stop this tyranny, and it is tryanny. They want to see how much you will take, because this will be coming to a seat-belt infraction near you. Press charges against the perverts.