Oh.... Canada

Bobbi's got a link to a little Canadian sketch on what they think of this TSA stuff.

Related is this thought by Robb Allen

Why it was so horrible that Bush wanted trained FBI agents who were required to get warrants first to listen in to phone conversations of suspected terrorists*, but it’s perfectly reasonable for some high school dropout to fondle a 3 year old girl’s privates?

Hell, I’m missing Bush simply because if he were in office, the leftists would be screaming for this shit to stop toute de suite and I’d be there right along with them. As it is, even feminists are champing at the bit (that was for you, Laughingdog ;) to get violated in the name of political correctness.

Yeah.... The first paragraph reminds me of this bit by Chris Matthews:

Generally speaking, the American right wing is pretty tough on law and order, and if a cop wants to stop a guy and frisk him, you’ve never had a problem with that on the right. Ever. Now you have a problem with people being scanned on airplanes. Why is there a big difference?

So either he's thinks the Right is a okay with letting the Police give random people off the street friskings? Or is he deliberately clouding the difference between a cop frisking a person before arresting them and other actions? Or maybe he thinks that fliers should be treated the same way as suspected criminals being put into police custody.

I guess flying is just like being placed into a governmental holding facility against your will. Good to know.

That is something that really cheeses me, these supposedly moral, intelligent, and oh so nuanced lefties confounding vastly different ideas of governmental power and responsibility.

They'll scream at Bush, but so many of will then line up about the patriotic duty to obey the TSA and not make waves.

Flying is not the same as being arrested. Flying is not the same as being put under warranted-obtained surveillance.

Think about how sad it is that this has to actually be said.

Not all actions of the state are equally legitimate. And their legitimacy is not dependant on the party of the man in the big chair.

You know what they call people who think that anything the state does is Ipso facto legitimate and good, provided the correct Party is doing it?


Oh and the TSA? It might not be just for flying anymore.

Don't you feel safe now?

And it's all about feeling safe.

Thus for determined and well organized terrorists, there are more vulnerable areas to get a bomb onto an aircraft than via a passenger. These more vulnerable areas are given less attention partly because they are less visible, and thus provide less visibility for politicians seeking to demonstrate that they are ‘doing something’ about airline security.

Emphasis added. Security. Theatre.
And like much of what the pols do, it gives the appearance of "doing something" while lining their pockets and increasing their power over you.

Hat trick!