Shut down this TSA abuse now

"Equality" sounds like a nice goal.

But, in the name of equality, some terrible abuses are taking place in our country.

Take Homeland Security's new approach to security screening at airports, for example.

Beginning Nov. 1, the department instructed the Transportation Security Administration to step up the harassment and abuse of civilians with the audacity to travel on commercial airliners.

Men, women and children must now endure public humiliation and invasive groping by TSA personnel as part of the cost of flying.

It's an outrage. It's un-American. It's an infringement of constitutional rights. It's little more than an overt effort to condition people to being treated like cattle and accepting it.

We need to put our collective foot down right now.

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Now, we all know some security at airports is advisable and necessary.

But the indiscriminate use of full-body scanners and pat downs is absurd, ludicrous, a waste of time, money and energy.

This is where the "equality" issue comes into play.

Everyone must endure this abuse and humiliation even though we know not everyone represents a threat to airline security.

Do babies represent a threat?

Do elderly women represent a threat?

Do wheelchair-bound handicapped people represent a threat?

Of course not, but because of "equality," they must suffer the discomfort and the shame associated with these procedures.

Children are being groped. Women are forced to virtually undress before strangers. It's sick. It's twisted. And it's unnecessary and foolish public policy.

Ironically, the same great minds who devised this system are always telling us to do things like the rest of the world does them. Usually they are dead wrong. However, if they would follow their usual logic, they would find many other countries handling matters in a more civilized and effective manner.

Like Israel, for example, which boasts the best airline-security system in the world.

They don't use any of these tactics with 99 percent of those attempting to get on one of their airliners. It's only a last resort.

They understand that "profiling" works. It's faster, more humane, less expensive. And it doesn't deter people from flying.

Israel depends more on a rational system of interviewing fliers who might pose a risk to security because they fit a certain profile. Guess what? It works. When was the last time you heard of an Israeli plane being hijacked or blown up by a terrorist?

Now, I say this to you as an American of Arabic heritage who fits at least some of the profiling data. I say this to you as someone who is likely to get more attention at the checkpoint than your average American. I say this to you as someone who has endured profiling at the hands of Israeli security people.

And I say this to you as someone who doesn't mind a bit.

Why? Because I know it makes me safer as well as all the other passengers on the plane.

When I hear from the so-called Arab-American "civil rights" organizations and the Muslim lobbies that profiling is bad, I know what their real agenda is. There are only two possibilities:

they're selfish and want everyone else to be treated like suspects; or
they secretly support the terrorists.

I'm sorry to say there are no other possibilities.

Let's stop worrying about hurting the feelings of selfish people and those who support terrorists and get back to sensible security screening procedures that work.

Sign WND's new online petition demanding an end to invasive and unconstitutional security checks by the TSA.

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