Letter submitted to USA Today on Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 1:46 PM; rejected for publication at 2:35 PM:
For those who may still be unfamiliar, please allow me to briefly explain what’s happening in the U.S.A. today. When a law abiding citizen wishes to travel out of any major airport in the country where the latest air transportation security procedures have been implemented, he or she will now be subjected to what can only be truthfully described as a virtual strip search. The federal government is using funds raised through the Recovery Act to stimulate the economy by installing expensive new Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) systems at airport security checkpoints throughout the nation. These devices enable screeners to see beneath travelers’ clothing to an extremely invasive level of detail. For example, the images are graphic enough to enable agents to determine whether a man has been circumcised, or whether a woman is menstruating.
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is quick to point out that this program is optional. Individuals who decline this indignity, or “opt out”, will instead be physically frisked, which entails a federal security agent’s hands passing over the entire body, including the buttocks, breasts, hair, and genitals. The agent will explain the procedure beforehand, and the traveler is expected to consent and comply or else opt back into the AIT scanner. Otherwise, he or she will not be admitted to the secured side of the facility or allowed to board an aircraft.
On October 15, I was turned away from the security screening checkpoint at Memphis International Airport when I declined both AIT screening and the secondary “enhanced pat-down” procedure. I was attempting to enter the facility for my commute to Houston, where I’m based as a pilot for ExpressJet Airlines, doing business as Continental Express. I did, however, pass through a standard impulse induction metal detector without triggering an alarm, just as I have done approximately once per week at that same checkpoint (which happens to be in Terminal C – hence, “Checkpoint Charlie”) for the past four and a half years.
TSA announced the new screening policies last July. When we learned about the changes, many of my coworkers and I were deeply disturbed, especially as we discovered that this mistreatment was being mandated for crew members as well as passengers – even children! We discussed the various ways in which we might express our rejection of the new rules. Unfortunately, there had been no proposal published, and no opportunity for the public to comment. TSA had simply issued its decree, and it was already on the books. Because we didn’t want an incident like mine to be the first indication of our dissent, our initial concern at the time was to notify the company that we do not consent to having images of our nude bodies produced as a matter of course in performing the routine duties of our profession.
“Neither,” we wrote last August in a letter to our managers, “can we abide being stopped daily by government agents and physically molested,” as a reasonable alternative.
We also wrote: “While we take airline security very seriously, we do not believe the dubious benefits of these invasive measures justify the trade off in employee and passenger privacy and other rights and liberties. It is our view that reasonable levels of security within the air transportation system can and must be achieved without producing images of travelers’ naked bodies or subjecting them without cause to… unwelcome touching at the hands of federally employed airport security guards.”
The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution 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.”
I specifically draw the reader’s attention to the first eight words. Our nation’s founders clearly affirmed “the right of the people to be secure”. It’s equally clear that they saw the kind of wholesale, unprovoked assault against persons and privacy that is being committed within our borders today as a serious threat to that security – serious enough, in fact, to write it down in the Bill of Rights.
What is happening in the U.S.A. today is not safe. The things our government is doing do not make us secure or protect us. On the contrary, it is now necessary for us to protect ourselves from our supposed protectors. My wife and I teach our children to defend their bodies, and not to allow anyone to touch them in certain ways – not even friends or relatives. But if we wish to travel by air as a family, we must now deliver our children over to such abuse at the hands of strangers and tell them it’s okay because these are security guards who work for the government and wear uniforms with shiny badges. We will not. It is not okay. And we urgently implore our neighbors everywhere to protect themselves and their families as well.
Click here to read our letter to ExpressJet Airlines Management.
Click here to read my same-day account of the incident at Memphis International Airport.
So what can I realistically do to get TSA to stop with the unconstitutional behavior? Other than get kicked out of airports repeatedly? What would happen if a million people showed up naked at airport security with the words “They Hate our Freedoms” body painted on themselves? It won’t happen because as a nation we have no balls at all but…
Not sure what you or I can do as individuals to stop TSA from committing these crimes – but we can and must protect ourselves from them. And, if a million people did that, remembering to make it clear to their airlines exactly why they’re losing their money, it wouldn’t be long before the airlines put their own weight into stopping it – and they’ve got more weight than even the people who are currently getting rich from all the stimulus dollars being funneled into this wild boar of a pork project.
Regardless, even if it can’t be stopped, please keep yourself and your family safe from the state’s exploitation and assault. It’s not just about the Constitution (which may be a lost cause if enough people don’t wake up) – what they are doing is evil on a basic, human level under any regime.
i think that the airport scanners will be removed eventually because a lot of professional people are standing up to these evil people. i use to be a frequent flyer but i will not fly again until they are removed and the heavy handed pat downs are obolished. i think it is disgusting that these perverts are making small children go through these invasive screening especially as all this bs is based on the twin towers that was an inside job. i think all these creeps want is data and more data so they might settle for finger prints and iris scans if enough people rebel.however, i believe that iris scans and finger prints are almost as dangerous because they are going to save them in their new central data base. what we have to ask ourselves is WHY ARE THEY SAVING ALL THIS INFORMATION.? surely, it can’t be for our security.
It is interesting that this “war on terror” is a war on the liberties of the American citizen. The “Patriot Act” assured this. Meanwhile, our borders are unsecured, and allowed to move freely in the US, while we are subject to airport searches, cameras on the roadway, “license checks” blocking public roadways, etc. Now they want us to have RIFD chips, on our licenses or in our bodies eventually. So how does this protect us, while would be terriorists aren’t required to participate?
Americans HAVE NO BALLS. AMERICANTS. Let em’ hang America, we’ll be better off.
I have money to spend on vacations with my family. Money that will support the travel industry in this down economy. With these new TSA rules, that money will be spent only locally. I refuse to subject my family, in particular, my young children, to such inhumane treatment.
WHY ISN’T THIS GOING VIRAL?! the media is obviously not covering this story at all. we are not safer from these breaches of privacy, rather we are stepping closer to Nazism. I know that’s a cliche, but this is for real! I am terrified that people aren’t standing up. This is how freedom crumbles. Now quickly, but slowly over time. Just think back 15 years ago, how much easier it was and freer it was to travel. Was it so dangerous back then? No. Bush said the terrorist hate our freedoms. Well if we continue this path, they will have nothing to hate!
You’re exactly right. My original story last month did go viral for a while, but it’s down to a slow burn now and there’s still much work to be done and many people to reach. Please share this with anyone who might listen, and I’m going to do my best to get more content on this site ASAP because what has been missing is a central go-to point for the full story on this. Please bookmark this site and check in often as it’ll be changing a lot in the next few days. I’ll get an email list and RSS feed going soon as well.
Roberts you are A good man for standing up to this bullshit. I’m a retired Police Officer and this erosion of the 4th 1st and 10th ammendments is really sad to any non sheep..
It faded off the news radar because everyone assumed you were just being a crybaby and/or hiding pot in your skivvies.
I tend to agree with your citing “unreasonable search” provisions in the constitution, though. Still, somehow I just don’t think being hyper-modest is cause for a national uprising. Just go through the scanner and get on with your life. What do you care if someone sees your junk? Honestly. The things people get upset about these days.
To be honest, I don’t care that much if ‘someone’ sees my junk. But I absolutely reject a government with the audacity to order that I show it to them or let them touch it before allowing me to go my way within my own borders. Seriously, are you telling me you’d have no problem with it if a cop pulled you over on your commute to work and demanded to see your penis or, in lieu of that, to feel it?
And that’s just us dudes talking about our own junk. We haven’t even brought our wives and children into the discussion. Or how about your mom or your grandparents? Honestly, the things people bend over for these days!
Slam dunk. Great rebuttal. The naivete of many Americans is just unbelievable.
When people talk about terrorism, and what we should be afraid of, I will point them to Bill Jones’ post. This is scarier to me than any terrorist.
Terrorists will kill you then your life is over, then nothing matters. Bill Jones will give the government license to make every living moment an interrogation, guilt before proven innocence, and completely void of the freedom to live according to your own will and judgement. This is a sentence far worse than death, and exactly what is being imposed upon our society with the full blessing of Bill Jones. Dying is far preferable to being the living dead and guilty. Yet the Bill Jones’ of the world will accept the latter at the expense of the former. Because this is the way of the (EDIT: Expletive deleted… try to at least be a little bit civil, Deuce. That goes for the rest of you. I know it’s frustrating, but some people need to be won over. Bashing them over the head is not the way to go about it…) COWARD…and the modern day American. And, to the lament of the real men and real Americans, and REAL freedom lovers among us, there are more than enough people working to give modern day Americans this America they wish so much for. And boy will they ever get it…!
This is one frequent traveller who will never again visit your country as long as these obscene procedures are in place. I know many others who are similarly spending their money elsewhere.
Although your sick economy could use a few more tourist dollars, you are not attracting them with this behaviour.
We, we can only blame ourselves for that–tolerating this BS. The world is watching the United States do all of this to its own citizens! How can any foreigner feel safe coming here now?
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Good for you for standing up for all of us.
Sorry to report, I have long since stopped flying, forever. I stopped at the shoe thing. I have already traveled the world and I can drive or take a train anywhere on this continent that I need to go.
Best of luck to you.
Mike – please take the time and effort to write the airlines and let them know why you’ve stopped giving them your money. That is ultimately going to be the key to this whole thing. Our only meaningful vote is the one we cast with our feet and our pocketbooks. Money talks.
Since before these new scanners, I have not wanted to fly. I love aircraft, but absolutely HATE the airport and the indignities that occur. For the last two years, I have not flown to Hawaii for vacation. So I too, only spend my money where I can drive, period. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the pilots and co-pilots (of one home base or one airline – then rotate around) had a five day sick out? Talk about revenue depletion!
Another idea, would be for every traveler to ask these TSA nincompoop goons to show us their warrant for the search under the Fourth amendment (if the Constitution isn’t a dead letter).
Your rights were not violated. if they dont let you leave the checkpoint when you decline, you can bring out the constitution. you have no constitutional right to fly (or drive a car, or ride a horse).
You are correct in that I did not allow them to violate my Fourth Amendment rights. I was, however, prevented from reporting to my place of employment where I was trying to make an honest, lawful living (unlike the people who were preventing me).
My constitutional right to fly is not the issue. The Constitution specifically denies the state the right to subject the sovereign, free citizens of this land to this sort of abuse.
Understood – I have the right to stay home. That said, if they come to my house and want to search me and or my home, what should that response be in your opinion?
HINT: It should be the same in the home, on the street, traffic stops and in the airport etc.
file criminal charges using the Constitution. Excerpt every clause and phrase you feel may apply. List more than 1 person all the way up the cabinet and Congress for $ 10,000 per person fines. Trials are guaranteed or the judge is at risk through his bond. 1,000,000 trials will stop this cold. Then again, every one just undress so the TCAs can be really se without having to touch. After all, they are obviously perverts.
I’ve given this some consideration myself. Your strategy (hitting them where it hurts – in the bank account) would certainly be effective when dealing with another individual or corporate entity. It’s different with the government, though. Unfortunately, they have access to an unlimited stream of funds – those generated by your hard work! And, since they don’t actually work or produce anything of value themselves, what do they really have to lose? I’d be suing you and all my other neighbors. Now, I’m sure those stimulus dollars would be a lot more beneficial to the total economy under my control than theirs, but I’ve got an even better idea – why don’t you just hang onto them and stimulate the economy in your own sphere of influence? That, I personally believe, would be the best thing for everyone.
mr. roberts,
you should provide a link to facebook and the rest of the ‘social’ media to spread the word
gc
I thought it was on here somewhere. Here you go – my official facebook page on this. Thanks!
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The shame for Americans is how few have possessed what it takes to exhibit courage in a time of widespread weakness and cowardice, instead choosing to accept these encroachments on our liberties simply for the sake of convenience and comfort.
I am 53 years old. I have never considered myself a “political activist” nor do I want to become one. I moved my family to Canada (from rural north Alabama) five years ago (in October 2005) not as a political statement or as a protest, but to preserve my essential freedoms, which were under attack in Alabama. I am not saying that there are no places in the United States I could have found what I came looking for … there probably are many; Alabama was not one of those places.
I do not, and will not, fly commercial air. I will not submit to the TSA (which is, I believe, submitting to terrorism). That sounds political; it is not, it is a personal choice, and a moral one. As I believe Michael Roberts’ was.
Incidentally, this is the way courage is often exhibited in the “real world,” by people who simple refuse to yield to fear. These demonstrations of courage are rare, notable primarly because of that rarity, but they are all around us; we’ve simply been trained not to see them for what they are, or accept our responsibilities to emulate them.
I have never before run across the Latin expression Michael Roberts quotes, “Malo periculosam libertatem quam quietum servitium”, which I have since found translated as “Better freedom with danger than peace with slavery.” That says it succinctly.
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Charles Aulds
Sainte-Marie-de-Kent, New Brunswick, Canada
Mr. Roberts, I wish to add my voice to the chorus of support and respect for what you’re doing. I’m trying to figure out how to tell my employer that I will no longer fly to sales meetings on an approximately quarterly basis, and my love for Caribbean beach vacations will give way to a driving vacation to the mountains.
You are right; this egregious policy developed by faceless chicken-s&%t bureaucRats in a meeting room somewhere in the cloaca of the Homeland Security [sic] cesspit will go on until it is recognized as crippling commercial air transport. The only chance it will change is if there’s a mass boycott of air travel.
I recall a wonderful line from the John Wayne movie “The Shootist” whereby among other things the aging gunfighter stated he would would justifiably shoot someone over was “[he] would not allow another man to lay hand on [him].”
Maybe it sounds atavistic, but we need to get back to the understanding that if another man lays his hands on my without clear and overt provocation on my part, my justified response is to shoot him, regardless of what costume and costume jewelry adorn his chest. A man who does not have an absolute property right in his physical self is naught but a slave.
(EDIT: Emphasis added – well said, David. mr)
If you haven’t already, see the letter I drafted to the airline, linked below the article. Maybe it’ll help you figure out how to address the issue with your employer.
Either organize a boycott and quit flying or shut the hell up.
The only thing I’m organizing here is information. You’re welcome to boycott and quit flying, as I have done. Did you not understand that I did not fly after this? I’m finished flying if this is what I have to do.
I just went through this when flying home yesterday. I opted out of the virtual strip search. But the only other option was the full body groping by TSA. I am still upset. And I will clarify that this is not a light “pat down”. They specifically ask if you have any areas that are painful. They are feeling your body – nothing is private – neither breasts nor groin. How have we allowed this agency the authority to do this? I am so disgusted.
What was surprising to me were the number of people who went right along and consented to the virtual strip search. Where are the protests and outrage for such an invasion of privacy?
Michael,
Thank you so much for taking up the mantle on this issue.
Having these scanners in airports is the beginning of a classic “frog on the pot” strategy. You can’t cook a frog by putting it in a pot of boiling water – it will jump out. But you can cook it easily if you put it in a pot of cold water and slowly turn up the heat.
These scanners in airports are part of a plan to put them everywhere. They have already been installed and are in use in several courthouses. Unless we put up a sink, it is only a matter of time before they are everywhere.
I hope America will wake up to what is really happening and rise up against yet another big government effort to intrude where our Constitution clearly says it does not belong.
These machines do not belong in airports. Or anywhere else.
K Smith
Yeah, I raised the boiling frog point in the letter to XJT management, linked at the bottom of this article – that’s exactly what this is. Something a lot of people don’t know that can be easily verified with a simple Google search is that they’re putting these scanners on trucks and scanning people on the street, looking into their cars, homes (I think), etc. It started in places like Iraq and Afghanistan where they were looking for peasants with concealed weapons who might attack U.S. troops. But it’s happening on the streets of several American cities – right now, today!
Michael, you are corrrect. Almost every reasonably sized police department that has it’s own helicopter has FLIR (Forward Looking InfraRed, Thermal imaging http://www.flir.com/US/ ) installed. With this technology, they can pin point the poisiton of any living thing – dog. cat, people – and know what they are doing at that moment….in a house, behind a bush or in a car.
“Technology in and of itself is a great and wonderful thing, but the potential for abuse by the State is greater, by far.” unknown
That’s true about the FLIR, but I’m talking about mobile AIT scanners!
Michael, I support your stance and have written emails to your employer and the various airlines customer service department explaining that while I am a technology professional that travels extensively I take every opportunity to drive when I can. I would rather spend 14 hours on the road in my own car than be felt up by some goon.
This situation will hopefully lead to the end of the TSA expansion of power but I doubt it, tyranny generally doesn’t succumb to logic and only backs down in the face of true revolution.
Speaking for myself, that’s what this situation is. But I could definitely use some help!
And thanks for the emails!
I fully support Mike and his mission, but the problem is I have supported the mission for over 7 years, while Mike has collected a paycheck shuttling around passengers who had these same rights breached. Everyone has their epiphany moment, and its good that it has happened for Mike, but treating an issue that he has been on the wrong side of for years like his15 minutes of fame kind of rubs me the wrong way. Its like the guy who spent his life calling you a dummy suddenly realizing that you are smart when he comes down with a deadly disease that only you know how to cure. In no uncertain terms it is insulting and the people behave in this manner take great license with other people’s forgiveness.
Now, in a battle against a greater evil I will take Mike’s efforts. He has perspective, a voice, and commitment, that much is clear. But I wouldn’t trust him with much more than just being a loudspeaker. It took him 7+ years since the TSA Takeover to see what it fraud it is, despite having the best seat in the house. And why? Because the perceived self-protection that the TSA provided him at the expense of your unlawful search and seizure was a compromise he was willing to put on you. Now that he has been a victim of the same he can’t forgive our government, but believes that because he is now singing our tune we should rally behind him. This in itself is directly out of the government’s playbook, and equally appalling. He’s like a one man Tea Party full of RINOs. I hope he lives up to his words in deed, but he’s given me no reason to rally behind him up to now. The jury is still out for me. But in all fairness, the TSA is the single greatest assault on our freedoms we face today, and I’ll stand beside anyone willing to speak out against them.
Deuce, I’m not sure why you think this was my epiphany moment, or why you accuse me of being on the wrong side of the issue for years. Do we know each other? If so, I find it even more difficult to understand why you would say that I’ve been on the wrong side for so long. Go to expressjetpilots.com, where I post under the user name ‘SpatialD’. Scan a few years worth of my posts there if you want to know where I’ve stood on this issue before now.
Negative. I have been hassled, harassed, and greatly inconvenienced, but I am not a victim, nor will I become one. That’s the whole point. Your anger is misdirected and belies a greater interest in your perception of yourself as a long time, authentic advocate for liberty and justice, rather than the cause of liberty and justice itself.
Know that I, like you, have been ignored for a very long time where my warnings about these issues are concerned. Please don’t let your bitterness about being marginalized degrade your effectiveness in speaking the truth. Keep telling the truth, because no lie has ever been devised that can ever make it go away. It’ll still be there when the dust has settled – which is why we must all stay with it.
Mike, I appreciate your response to Deuce and understand your point of view, but I have to say that he has a point, although not one that I think applies to you personally. I too have wondered: where were the protests of the pilots, flight attendants, gate attendants, and other airline employees over the last several years as the TSA was ramping up its intrusive, belligerent, fascist, and wholly unnecessary “security” theater at the nation’s airports, theater that inconvenienced and, in a few cases, killed innocent passsengers? Evidently there was disparate treatment by the TSA of flight crews and passengers in the “security” process, with flight crews suffering far less inconvenient and invasive “security” checks than passengers. I cannot imagine the case being otherwise, for we would have heard you or someone in your position stand up and cry “foul!” long before now if this were not the case. The reason we’re now hearing flight crews stand up is because the TSA has stopped discriminating and is now treating everyone like subhuman cattle to be abused at will.
I’m guessing that part of Deuce’s frustration is rooted in the fact that for so long, the airlines and their employees have, like the TSA, treated passengers like subhuman cattle, to be herded and abused. I sympathize with this view, which has led me to make the statement on other blogs and websites calling for and end to this nonsense that I will support calls by the pilots and flight attendants unions for an abolition of the scanners and pat-downs ONLY if such calls include a demand that this evil nonsense cease FOR EVERYONE, INCLUDING PASSENGERS. So far, the pilots’ and flight attendants’ unions appear to have given the passengers not a single thought or mention. Not a way for an industry already at the low end of the respect totem pole and fighting for its economic survival to endear itself to the public in time of economic distress.
All of that said, Mike, I thank you for taking the stand that you’re taking, for you are obviously holding the traveling public’s safety, rights, and dignity on a par with your own. I only wish that the official airline employees unions would make that as clear a priority as you have.
Take care and God bless.
I agree with what you’ve written here. Unfortunately, you’re not going to hear it from the unions. I haven’t involved the union in my plight, nor does it appear that they wish to become involved. I’m in this as a human being, as a father, and an American citizen.
Maybe this post will shed further light on some of your understandable frustrations.
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This is a consequence of the Patriot Act. I didnt see where you reference that with the bill of rights, they basically eliminated more than a few of our civil liberties in the name of security.
Yes, and it’s about time we take a serious look at that abomination (the Patriot Act). While the Bill of Rights, specifically the Fourth Amendment, is very much at issue here, this is really about the natural rights of any human being to live free from the tyrannical abuse of any other human being.
I am taking this to court, by the way, represented by the Rutherford Institute (read the founder’s commentary here). But this has to be won in the streets and in the hearts and minds of individual citizens. Either we’re going to allow ourselves and our children to be exploited and abused by the state when we travel, or we aren’t. The courts don’t exactly have a stellar track record where the Constitution is concerned. And the Bill of Rights isn’t going to protect us – we must protect it!!!
If I had kept my promise to repeal the Patriot Act when I got into office you all might very well have been able to retain some of your Constitutional freedoms as well as your dignity. Alas, it was just another of the many lies that I had to tell in order to get elected. When will you fools learn that you can’t trust a politician? Don’t answer. That was a rhetorical question. You can expect that you’re rights, privileges and much more will continue to be taken away in the near future. Just sit back, relax and enjoy it. Does that sound familiar? That’s what a rapist tells their victim. Tyranny continues. The USA and Constitution burn while the citizens fiddle.
Suppose someone was to wear a cup when going thru the metal detector and the AIT machine? What would the TSA do about that?
Mr. Roberts,
You have my full support. You are 100% correct in your stand. I see it as a case of saying “Enough already!”. I too found removing shoes and belt buckles and confiscation of bottles of water annoying but a price I was willing to pay to travel. The installation of these machines is crossing the line of common decency. I think there is going to be a backlash against it but a lot of people in ths country do not have the ability to think for themselves. I see what has been happening as a fulfillment of biblical prophecy (Revelation) and so I know these types of invasive measures will increase in these last days. It is simply God (liberty) vs. beast (claiming to represent liberty – via restrictive government enslavement) playing out in our life time. I am praying for you and your family. God will provide for your every need.
Thanks,
Michael.
Michael – thank you for your prayers. Yes, many people do have difficulty thinking through these things. The purpose of this site, more than anything, is to help in that regard. We are fortunate to still be able to use this kind of medium to broadcast the truth even in such an oppressed society. Please do all you can to help people understand and wake up. This doesn’t necessarily have to be the end of the world as we know it just yet. Even if it is, let’s pull as many people out of harm’s way as possible before it comes.
I am doing all that I can to raise awareness about it. A lot of people travel for Thanksgiving and it’s a good time to alert them in advance of the new scanners. They can then make an informed decision whether or not to compromise their integrity before they get to the security checkpoint. I know my mention of Revelation is rather doomsday-ish and not what the focus of this site is. However, the implementation of these scanners is another cog in the wheel of the surveillance society being built around us. The scriptures refer to this system where no man, rich or poor will be able to buy or sell unless he receives the mark of the beast. To receive the mark involves violating God’s law. These scanners are a type of mark of the beast in that they make people choose between compromising their dignity and flying. Granted most people are likely unaware of the images being produced but they are technically being forced to get naked. Every time someone submits to the scanning or pat down they are transferring their personal power to the government.
Can’t say I disagree with you there.
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Michael,
Your letter to USA Today was an excellent one. I am not surprised that they did not publish it, though, since newspapers today are largely mouthpieces for Big Government.
I saw that you made no mention of potential health risks from the radiation of these scanners. Are they significant enough to warrant attention? (I realize that there may be some uncertainty here). If they are potentially significant, it seems to me that this is a point worth highlighting, since there are many health-conscious people out there who would not want to subject themselves to such unnecessary risks. This could broaden the movement, as some of these same individuals may not be especially concerned about their privacy and dignity in this context.
Yes, the health risks are a big deal for a lot of people – especially crew members who are exposed to enough radiation in the upper atmosphere already! More coverage on the whole issue to come on this site, I promise.
This website needs to allow people to show their support. Allow people to sign a petition or follow you via Twitter or facebook or email. There is nothing here that can allow people to join the cause in some small way.
Brand new site – working on it!
hi michael: i have heard many horror stories about the Nazis and how they treated the jews in concentration camps. i oftened asked my jewish friends ”why didn’t you rebel?” there were millions of you and only hundreds of them. even if a few thousand of you got killed you could have over taken them.” now, after all these years i can answer that question myself. most of them didnt believe it was happening until it was too late.. atleast, if they escaped there were free countries they could go to but now the whole world is becoming an outside concentration camp. what i don’t understand is why people get so angry when i try to tell them the truth. i almost feel like these people are as evil as the government.
would appreciate your feedback. thanks for what you are doing.
marie
i want to walk around with a sandwhich board down the main streets where i live warning the public about the body scanners, but i don’t know how effective it would be.
any suggestions? i have plenty of free time.
(Emphasis added – spot on, marie. -mr)
Blow up an image of what is seen by the scanners (beware of the fakes) and paste it on the board. Also, I just bought a t-shirt with a scanner image from cafe press that I plan to wear when I’m out running errands.
See the press release regarding the letter I wrote to XJT management for an honest image. Be sure to mouse over the photo for a nifty zoom in effect.
Marie, My only suggestion is to keep doing everything you can to help others understand what’s happening in our country, and throughout the world.
People get angry for a lot of really stupid reasons that have nothing to do with the issue itself. I’ve been called a whiny liberal, an angry white conservative guy, a whacko conspiracy theorist, and a million other things all over the spectrum of human perspectives on the issues of our day.
People want so badly to figure out what box I fit into – but what difference does that make? What political party has a monopoly on truth, justice and the natural rights and freedom of every human being on the planet? More to the point, is there any party that even cares about those things at all?
I’ve also been getting messages of support and encouragement from all over the spectrum. That’s as it should be. This is about basic human rights and liberty. Let’s stop arguing over which party in Washington to feed our children to and wake up and take our lives back, people! We can do just fine out here without them getting their claws on every aspect of our lives. Marie is right – like all the horrors of history, a minority of evildoers can only be allowed to persist by the consent of the majority.
If you don’t want this, don’t consent. That means keep your money and stay home, or at least find a freer way to travel. Believe me, the airlines don’t want that (be sure to let them know why you’re not giving them your money anymore). And when big money corporations like them write their senators and congressmen, they actually stand a chance of getting real results.
A lot of people blame a lot of things on the free market (though it’s questionable whether there’s much of a free market left anymore). Well folks, the free market is our way out of this. Money talks.