Michael D. Brown

Applies to the United States as well.  Why aren’t we listening?

Via Fly With Dignity (Left image courtesy David Vincent Wolf, right image courtesy Max Trombly) According to the Daily Mail: A female passenger has claimed that she was assaulted by TSA agents when she was ordered to be patted down because her sanitary towel showed up on the body scanner. The woman was wearing a flannel panty liner, [...]

Ronald Reagan addresses America in 1985 about liberty, blessings and Thanksgiving.  I’d much rather hear this message than the one delivered yesterday: Ronald Reagan speaks to America on Thanksgiving Day, 1985. His message is even more pertinent today after only 25 short years.    

You can see the original graphic over at Online Schools here.

I have been so fed up with TSA since it’s beginnings, but I am becoming more and more frustrated with my fellow citizens who seem to be more of the mindless robots that think the government is always right and blindly accept the government’s premises, announcements and policies. While the comment sections of online newspapers, [...]

Bruce Schneier is one of the country’s leading experts on all things security-related.  His column last month on the TSA controversy is worth reading because of it’s logic, and also because of the extensive links he provides in the article.  You can read his blog here. November 19, 2010 TSA Backscatter X-ray Backlash Things are [...]

Pictures (and video) are worth a thousand words… Stand up to the pat down. TSA inanity continues. Sacrificing liberty for (not even) security.   And, they want to unionize.  Need more break time. Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.

A religion of peace?  A religion of tolerance?  These and similar stories make it difficult for those of us who want to believe our Muslim friends about Islam being a religion of peace and tolerance: (Israelnationalnews.com) A 25-year-old Palestinian Authority university student who blogs in his spare time was arrested by PA security forces for upsetting [...]

Here’s a simple place to stop spending money. As you’re sitting there watching Wheel of Fortune reach into your purse or wallet and look at some of your hard earned money.  Now imagine that money going to fund an essay contest to give some Facebook fans of the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, an all-expense [...]

Sure, this is a great exchange about extending the current tax policy instead of adopting Obama tax increases (to be fair, by failing to “extend the Bush tax cuts).   The real lesson, though, is for any politician, speaker, guest or who sits for one of these interviews.  DO NOT accept the premise of your [...]