Liberty and Tyranny

Synonyms for the TSA: totalitarian, despotism, authoritarian, police state, Orwellian, draconian, tyrannical, dictatorship, autocracy, fascism, oligarchy.

Antonyms for the TSA: democracy, freedom, liberty, representative government, equality, emancipation, republic, egalitarianism.

Terrorism
1. the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for political purposes.
2. the state of fear and submission produced by terrorism or terrorization.
3. a terroristic method of governing or of resisting a government.

People are intimated, coerced and in a state of fear and submission based upon TSA actions and threats.

I fly for business several times each month and am concerned about TSA's new "enhanced security" methods for several reasons: safety, privacy, ineffective procedures, and most importantly, the procedures are a violation of my Fourth Amendment rights.

The Backscatter X-Ray Scanners, aka Porno Scanners have not been adequately tested for health impact and the safety data cited is provided by the machine's manufacturers' and government contractors who are in many cases, former administration officials. Providers of the machines have a vested financial interest in their deployment.

United States Cyber Command -- 'Perfect Citizen" Program Places Sensors Throughout the Web

United States Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies
"'Perfect Citizen" Program Places Sensors Throughout the Web."
July 8, 2010, WSJ.com

Orwellian Speak. Soviet Speak. Big Brother is Watching. Obama already has the ability to shut down Americans' access to the Internet for up to 120 days without Congressional oversight or approval. This, coming after the recess apointment of Dr. Donald Berwick to be the "Redistribution and Rationing Medicare Czar", is yet another in-your-face challenge to our Constitutional system of checks and balances.