The controversial nude body scanners, employed by the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at U.S. airports, have been further scrutinized by engineer-turned-blogger Jonathan Corbett. Corbett sued the TSA on the grounds that the x-ray machines violate his constitutional rights, and created a viral video on his blog, “TSA Out of Our Pants!” The video demonstrates how the nude body scanners are not only intrusions of our privacy, but are also ineffective. In the video, Corbett demonstrates how the scanning systems inefficiently detect smuggled explosives by sneaking a small metal case through not one, but two, of the TSA’s scanner stations. According to Corbett, the scanners reveal metal objects as black, on white body outlines. The backgrounds of the x-rays are also black, so if a smuggler carries a metal explosive on his/her side, the x-ray of the explosive will blend into the black background. “If you have a metallic object on your side, it will be the same color as the background,” Corbett said. “And therefore completely invisible to both visual (Read More....)
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But the debate about these full body scanners continues to grow. In fact, some travelers are getting downright angry. Just consider the following quote from a recent (Read More....)
The following is from the manufacturer's own description of this toy set..... The woman traveler stops by the security checkpoint. After placing her luggage on the (Read More....) |
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If it wasn't bad enough that our politicians and news media constantly bombard us with messages that we need to give up all of our liberty and freedom so that we can be safe, now toy manufacturers are producing toys that prepare our children for life in the futuristic Big Brother technocracy that our society is quickly becoming. Playmobil has released a new toy set called the "
which features menacing security guards dressed in black (looking quite fascist by the way), a metal detector and a luggage screening machine. Is it really necessary to teach our kids to be subservient to the brutal police state that we have constructed at such an early age?