TSA, ALL TOUCHY-FEELY

You had to know the new TSA "enhanced pat down" at airports was coming. Sure, there are terrorists out there who want us dead. But the TSA is molesting children, teens and grannies without being able to demonstrate in any way that this gross violation of our Fourth Amendment is improving air travel safety. Below is a video of a bladder cancer survivor who was "patted down" so aggressively that his ostomy bag came loose and spilled urine on his clothes.

There is also a video of a child being stripped to search under his shirt and a video of a mom who says her pat down amounted to being molested.

There is also the case of the American Airlines flight attendant who is a breast cancer survivor who was forced to remove her prosthetic breast during a pat down. She is a 32 year veteran of American Airlines. No video on her yet but if I find one I will post it.

Of course, you can always elect to go through the full body scanner instead of a pat down. That works unless the scanner goes off, then a pat down is mandatory or you can't fly. And if you decide not to fly and leave the airport you can be fined $11,000. So which third world country are we living in?

The government says the scanners are "safe," no danger from excessive radiation. Yeah, right. How many times has the government declared something safe only to remove it from the market a few years later claiming it's now a hazard? If you are a frequent flier you should be very concerned about being irradiated.

And they won't save any scanner images? Well, there's one case where 30,000 of them were saved, along with names and other personal information.

This is just another incident of the snake oil salesmen occupying the end of Pennsylvania Ave stealing yet another freedom. The public is always willing to give up their rights if they can be scared into doing so. Don't act like sheep being led to the slaughter. The government has no right to molest you because you want to fly.

DON'T TOUCH MY JUNK!

Ah, the refreshing words of a true American who objects to being officially assaulted by the TSA. The "junk" reference was stated by a gentleman at a US airport who refused the full body scan because he didn't want "someone to see me naked." He was told okay, then you will get a full body pat down. The procedure was explained to him, and when the TSA groper said "I go up and down your hips and groin twice," the guy expressed his displeasure: "Okay," he said, "but don't touch my junk or I will have you arrested."

At that point TSA management was called. The gentleman was given a choice. Submit to the TSA caress or don't fly. He chose not to fly and left the airport. The airline refunded his ticket in full. But now he's being threatened with an $11,000 fine, which is ALLOWED AND LEGAL under national security rules. If you don't believe it Google it.

Does anyone else think this is "third world?" Israel doesn't do this, and they are on terrorist alert 24 hours of every day. They -- oh my gosh, the politically incorrect word -- racial profile! And it works for them. But thanks to the far left PC crowd, that's not allowed.

What makes more sense? Pat down a 3 year old child, a gray haired grandmother, a family of 6, or a 20 year old Muslim traveling to or from Yemen or Saudi Arabia, or any other country that breeds terrorists? Look at this video of a child being physically searched. Would you like it to be your child? Do you think a child going through this would ever want to go to an airport again?



Now do you want to hear what the "don't touch my junk" passenger said?



Want to know which third-world bureaucrat approved of this? Obama and his travel czar, Janet Napolitano. And today Janet dropped the big hint. Muslim women wearing head scarves may become exempt from full body scans and/or full body pat downs. This is after a major Muslim group complained to the Obama about the action being instrusive. Janet says changes to the policy are being considered. Wanna bet how this plays out?

For me? I will travel by car, train, bus or anything but a plane.

And you really want to know how "safe" your full body scan is from public viewing? Last year the TSA "accidentally" posted its 93-page manual on airport screening procedures online. Makes me real confident that they can keep body scans private, huh?