Sunday, November 14, 2010

The Not So Gradual Degradation Of A Nation

by Sibel Edmonds from Boiling Frogs

This whistle-blower extraordinaire describes the growing trend by government officials to subject citizens to humiliating treatment. She is focusing on the intrusive security inspections by the TSA (Transportation Security Administration) at airports.
Every single day millions of us are being subjected to the shameful processes of being searched, screened and viewed naked, patted, groped, fondled, poked and stroked by badge-wearing strangers- police under a different name. Every single day. Millions of us, Americans. Being violated. Being degraded. You know exactly what I am talking about. I am taking about me, you, your mother, her brother, his brother’s wife and toddler son, their grandmothers. I am talking about the systematic degradation of our people. I am talking about being raped of our dignity, privacy, and decency. I am talking about a daily systematic rape we actually pay to be subjected to. I am talking about severe violations we elect people to bring upon us. Yes, I am talking about traveling, TSA police, and being reduced to naked and helpless subjects of government police practices.