a:1:{s:15:"field_blog_body";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:"value";s:1624:"If we profile people who look different from us, the terrorist win. If we don't build a mosque near the hole formerly known as the World Trade Center, the terrorist win. And apparently, if we don't let TSA employees look at us naked, the terrorists win, too. <br />
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Haven't you heard that the scanners that allow any semblance privacy and dignity by showing our privates were being removed? Well, that ain't so. On a recent trip to France, my wife and I had the wonderful pleasure of revealing ourselves to government employees. Not French officials, of course. French airport security was a painless experience that had us sailing through with a simple stroll through a metal detector. We didn't even have to take off our shoes. Apparently, the French haven't learned to properly overreact to failed terrorist attacks like we have. Oh, those French. (And they weren't rude, either.)<br />
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But in the federal government's attempts to bend over backwards to not offend anyone (i.e. Muslims), they offend everyone. My mother can count on having her bags searched. Old people can be sure of having their colostomy bags squeezed and poked. And everyone shuffles forward like cattle because it's better to suffer under inappropriate searches that risk the ire of the benevolent system.<br />
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But I have to give the TSA credit. A sign in the security line said that children under 12 will no longer be molested by strangers. Apparently, there were enough YouTube videos showing children being groped to realize that maybe&nbsp; they should back off of grabbing Dick and Jane. Oh to be a kid again.<br />";s:6:"format";s:1:"2";}}}