So now the DHS has naked pictures of me!

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Y'know...it is my impression (mis-guided or otherwise) that the people reading the scans would agree and support that 100%. They're only doing their job, one that they probably really need. The guy who did me, once it was clear that I wasn't carrying that dangerous plant substance was the model of "good guy." I'm sure his bosses (and their bosses, and their bosses) are out to get the "monthly pot bust award." Hell, he, himself, probably goes home and gets high.

Which gets down to some nitty-gritty. The same kind of nitty-gritty that is still with us from the 60's. The people carrying out the orders of "those on high" are the public face of BS thinking and policies. That is, those who formulate those policies are so totally protected from those upon whome they're stupid policies are forced, that they're pretty much unreachable. They relegate the public interface to people just like us who probably find what they have to do as odious as those of us on whom they're forced to execute them. It used to be that, well, even if that's the case, "pushing back" will work. But, IMHO, not so today. Today I'm completely happy to just let them do their thing...they probably don't really want to...and let whoever picked me be embarrassed that he called it wrong. Political reading seems to say that there's enough of us rank and file grass roots who are really, really, really pissed off about what's going on that this just might be something that is about to come to a head. Well, at least I hope that's not just wishful thinking on the part of yours truly.

These days I refuse to fly any commercial airline. I refuse to be treated like I'm a criminal until I get scrutinized, xrayed, felt up, fondled, and screwed over. If I have to travel anywhere I'll drive, take a train, a boat, a bus, hitchhike, or use a horse and wagon if need be. If an employer wants me to fly I explain to them even before I take the job that I have an aversion to flying...which is actually true...I am claustrophobic and I feel rather uncomfortable and "trapped" in some airliners. I have no patience for this type of treatment of the jack asses administering it.

Only thing is that I wonder how long it will be before they start xray-ing you and fondling you just for wallking down a road or before boarding a train. We had a mini version of that here in NYC when they were searching passengers bags, backpacks, etc.

Of course it will all be justified either in the name of fighting terror or in the name of fighting drugs. Hey, nanny has to protect us from the evils of dope.

Heck, we now have the kind of society we asked for. As long as the majority of the sheep are contented they could care less about the few who complain about it.