If You Touch My Junk, I'm Going To Have You Arrested.

John is a hero to all Americans, or at least he should be. Finally someone stands up to the injustice occurring at the airports across America every day. Now he is facing a $10,000 fine for adhering to the US Constitution. The Fourth Amendment states "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized." Did you read that people are to be secure in their person and shall not be violated or searched without probable cause. Yet across the US people are being violated and searched without probable cause. Just because I buy a plane ticket I am not a probable terrorist. As such, I should not be subject to molestation.

John is wrong, however, that the reason the TSA can do these searches without it being a crime is because they are the government. The only reason the TSA can do these searches is because the American people let them. If all of us would stand up and fight for our constitutional rights, these type of actions would not be continuing. Remember you are not a criminal, so tell the TSA to back off.

A Picture is Worth 1000 Words (or an Invasion of Privacy)

While the image on the left is what is seen by the TSA agent when a person goes through a strip search machine (full body scanner), by simply inverting the image what you get is almost pornographic. The TSA is reporting that the scans are not detailed enough to be considered an invasion of privacy. I don't know about you, but this image is disturbing. You can't get much more detailed of an image without limiting the publication to adults only. Who am I kidding, this image couldn't be put on TV.

America needs to wake up, our freedoms are being taken from us in the name of safety. The TSA has gone too far, I don't want someone behind a hidden screen looking at me, my wife, or kids in this way. If I were to take pictures of my kids with this strip search machine and post them on the internet I could be arrested for child pornography. But we are expected to put up with this every time we fly. We are not criminals, tell the TSA to BACK OFF.

TSA Rolls Out Full Body Scanners (Digital Strip Search Machines)

In efforts to deter terrorists the TSA (Transportation Safety Administration) is continuing to roll out full body scanners. The scanners are going to be placed in airports around the country. These machines are the TSA's response to guys like Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab also known as the underwear bomber. The TSA was proud to announce that these machines will see right through clothes and reveal hidden objects, such as weapons and explosive materials.

If these scanners don't trouble you they should. Talk about an invasion of privacy. These body scanners should be called what they are, electronic strip search machines. Do you understand the power of these machines, they see right through your clothes. I am sure there are at least a few TSA agents pleased to take up their new post on the monitor side of these strip search machines. I can picture the conversation after work now:

"So what do you do?" . . . "I sit and watch naked people all day." . . . "That must be a cool job." . . . "The only part that sucks is that the images are negatives."

People need to stand up for their rights as Americans, this is why I am creating this blog. If a cop cannot search you without probable cause, why can the TSA. Does the TSA really need to give passengers strip searches to make air travel safe? It seems to me that they have crossed a line here. It is time to tell the TSA to back off, we are not criminals.