Posts tagged: Patriot Act

Dying woman gets invasive TSA pat down.

A dying woman says a a security pat-down at Sea-Tac Airport left her embarrassed in front of crowds of people. Michelle Dunaj says screeners checked under bandages from recent surgeries and refused to give her a private search when she requested one. Dunaj, who is dying of leukemia, carried a large amount of prescription drugs […]

DHS Officers Armed With Semiautomatics Set Up Unannounced ID Checkpoint

Residents of Leesburg, Florida were shocked to see their local Social Security office turned into a random Homeland Security checkpoint Tuesday morning, as DHS officers armed with semiautomatic rifles and accompanied by sniffer dogs checked identifications of locals. “With their blue and white SUVs circled around the Main Street office, at least one official was […]

Texas takes aim at getting rid of naked scanners

I’m filing this one under the “Don’t Mess with Texas” category! Kudos to Rep. David Simpson (R-Longview) for filing HB 1938, with the goal of making it a civil penalty for anyone working in a locally owned airport to install or operate whole-body imaging equipment — “including a device that uses backscatter x-rays or millimeter […]

Article: Menstruating woman subjected to TSA grope because panty-liner obscured her vulva on pornoscanner

It’s interesting to see some news outlets claiming that National Opt-Out day was a flop. Reports I’ve heard from travelers is that the TSA has chosen to opt-out of using the naked scanners today. Pretty smart move on their part. Ran across a disturbing article today on BoingBoing A self-described “rule follower” went through an […]

TSA is out of control: TSA pat-down leaves bladder cancer survivor covered in urine

Something has to be done about the TSA goons and their attack on our freedoms. The terrorists truly have won when our government lives in such fear. A retired special education teacher on his way to a wedding in Orlando, Fla., said he was left humiliated, crying and covered with his own urine after an […]

CNN Poll: Majority says government a threat to citizens’ rights

CNN Just posted their results to a recent poll and their results were very interesting! Fifty-six percent of people questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Friday say they think the federal government’s become so large and powerful that it poses an immediate threat to the rights and freedoms of ordinary citizens. Forty-four percent […]

Ron Paul calls Ben Bernanke the greatest counterfeiter of all time.

Texas Congressman Ron Paul goes head to head with FOX news about Ben Bernanke and his money printing presses.

Animated unemployment map

Based on the rampant increases in unemployment, I’m guessing that Stimulus 1 & 2 aren’t working. After looking at this video, I’m glad that I live in San Antonio, TX!

Will whole body imaging lead to “TSA Porn”?

So you’re at the airport, you’ve gone through the inevitable check-in and security line, when you walk through a machine you think is a metal detector, just like you probably have a number of times before. However, if you’re at one of nineteen airports across the country testing new “whole body imaging” scanners, you might […]