A couple of friends have begun to complain that this whole TSA thing is not a big deal and ask why people are complaining. I remember a time when getting to first base was a big deal. Now the TSA can take first base from me, but if I were to this to a woman she could file for assault. I also think it is pretty easy for them to say since they don't fly weekly. I, on the other hand, do fly weekly and this change sucks. This isn't becasue of some sort of fear of displaying my junk, because I would gladly show everyone my stuff if there weren't laws prohibiting it.  The other side of this is that I don't believe they have a right to take it. BTW, If you want to do a Brett Favre style picture trade you go first.

Besides, that machine is crap. I have been held up because that stupid machine got hung up on a label I have sewn into my pants pocket.

"Sir give me the paper in your pocket"
"I don't have any paper in my pocket"
"Sir come with me."

What I don't get is why do they need to take more freedoms now? There have only been a few attempts since 9/11, and there are new strategies to handle them, so what does this achieve? Secondly, why not dogs? They work more reliably at detecting explosives and are less invasive. Couple them with existing technologies and you get the added bonus of stopping drug trafficing on commercial flights. Dogs can detect the traces of explosives contained internally as well, which would be my next guess at an attack. Then what MRI to fly?

This is another power grab, and you lose freedoms and gain very little if anything. Luckily I enjoy havin my junk touched by overweight underqualified government employees. At least I could get lunch for it. The best advice I have heard all week is to "Fly Naked". Too bad we don't have the freedom to do that.