Stories from the Nanny State: TSA

With the holiday season in full swing, many of us are going to have to go through the mythical full body scanners or experience the pat down that we have been hearing about lately. With stories of TSA agents cough masturbating to the picture of the passengers ( http://www.dailysquib.co.uk/ ) and TSA agents damaging medical apparatuses of people flying, (http://www.wmal.com/) its not surprising people are very concerned about the TSA new screening procedures.
This invasive intrusion into the lives of the American people doesn't help make us safer as some member of the media has pointed out. We increase our security on the people flying but not on the employees of the airline nor the baggage or shipping systems. So as it stands now we the TSA will feel up an old lady but not screen the workers that could easily place a bomb on a plane. The TSA is what some people have a call "Security Theater" as in its nothing more then a show. Its the "Illusion of Security" that should "scare away" terrorist or bad people from doing crime but as we have seen in reality, and illusion of security is just that.

It bothers me to think that so many people would be for this extremely invasive form of security. If we apply this logic to other aspects of our national security people would be up in arms. Should we allow law enforcement to be able to search our homes with out a warrant? Should the government be aloud to have access to all of our mail and emails to make sure there are no terrorist plot forming? Should we have security "techniques" such as these before every football game or major league sporting events? After all there are more people in a stadium then in a plane.  At what point to we draw the line between safety and freedom?

The TSA is another example of a government program that abuses the people for the "betterment of the people". Its scary to think that some people think that big brother is the only one that can protect us from ourselves and terrorist abroad. Especially when every foiled terrorist attack was stopped by people on the plane or in the area, not by big brother or other organizations. On the war on terror the civilians are the front line, so its surprising that with every terrorist attack our freedoms are taken away....    

Battle in Seattle Film Festival

The first annual Battle in Seattle Documentary is coming to the University of Washington on December 1st.

The film included are:

Indoctrinate U- Indoctrinate U is a revolutionary new film about the repressive climate on our nation’s campuses. To make the film, director and star Evan Coyne Maloney traveled to campuses across the country, interviewing students, professors, and administrators to find out what life on campus is really like. The film reveals a national campus culture in which speech codes rule the day; in which free inquiry has been replaced with prescribed, politically correct values; and in which students are not taught how to think, but what to think

Do As I Say - a film that will forever change how we see America and its leaders, filmmakers Nicholas Tucker and Lucas Abel take us on an unforgettable journey through a political landscape filled with hypocrites and humbugs. Along the way, they reveal a disturbing national truth: that the two-faced mantra "do as I say, not as I do" has become the unwritten golden rule of modern liberalism.

Flunked- Complaining about the problem is easy, but it produces few productive results — especially when many schools nationwide are truly “getting it right.” Flunked is the story of these schools—their founders, leaders, and students—who are breaking the mediocre mold by attaining great results in terms of college preparation, high test scores, and graduating competent workers for tomorrow’s economy. Discovering that one size truly does not fit all, they are finding different ways to make it work in their area, with their students.

2081- A stunning adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's short story “Harrison Bergeron,” 2081 is set in a dystopian future where everyone is “equal every which way,” a world in which a Handicapper General goes to enormous lengths to prevent competition and to eliminate innate human differences.

Each film will be followed by a period of short discussion about the film with a film maker and other students groups. Food will be provided for those that attend.