In what can only be described as TSA handlers gone wild, the San Diego Harbor Police arrested an area resident for refusal to complete the screening/security process yesterday. This is the same airport that created the TSA security catch phrase “don’t touch my junk.” John Tyner of San Diego started the airport screening firestorm last week as Americans head into the busiest travel week of the year in the United States.

This time the defendant, Sam Wolanyk says he was asked to pass through the 3-D x-ray machine. When Wolanyk refused, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) personnel told him he would have to be patted down before he could pass through and board his airplane.

Wolanyk said he knew what was coming and took off his pants and shirt, leaving him in Calvin Klein bike undergarments.

“It was obvious that my underwear left nothing to the imagination,” he explained. “But that wasn’t enough for the TSA supervisor who was called to the scene and asked me to put my clothes on so I could be properly patted down.”

It was clear to Wolanyk that TSA only wanted him to submit to a pat-down and if they were interested in ensuring the safety of all passengers they would have rifled through his clothes, carryon baggage and acknowledged that he was not carrying any illegal paraphernalia on his person.

Am I the only person who’s excited about the new vigorous pat downs the TSA is using?

When I first heard that the TSA would be subjecting some airline travelers to pat downs to screen for potential terrorists, I was overjoyed. As a member of the liberal media elite, this is the kind of freedom-crushing government overreach I was taught to love while being brainwashed by NPR and re-runs of “Maude.”

Also, considering the fact that many TSA agents sort of look like the lunch ladies from my high school, getting felt up by them in the security line would fulfill my long-cherished Nell Carter fantasy.

The great thing is that I don’t have to go online and lie about my age, height, income, interests or personality and general outlook on life to get a good groping anymore. Who needs eHarmony now when we’ve got Travelocity, baby?

Sometimes, laugh is all you can do…

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Now that we have debtor’s prison again, it’s only natural that Americans who owe money be publicly shamed for the sin of being broke during a devastating recession.

A Tampa woman who fell behind on her car payments after having to take sick leave from work was surprised to hear about it from friends and family. Turns out the credit agency, which was also calling her up to 20 times a day, hunted down her Facebook profile and started contacting her Facebook friends to inform them that she was in debt.

Her attorney fears debt agencies will continue to exploit Facebook to publicly humiliate people behind on payments.

“Now Facebook does a debt collectors work for them. Now it’s not only family members, it’s all of your associates. It’s a very powerful tool for debt collectors to use,” says Howard.

He believes Facebook will soon become a regular method for contact if nothing is done.

“It’s getting the desired result, and that is to start a domino effect of panic and embarrassment among family and friends, and people will do anything to stop that.”

For the record, the FTC website clearly states that debt collectors are not allowed to get in touch with third parties, unless it’s to get contact information.

The reason Palin has become such a lightening rod, a kingmaker and a punching bag, a celebrity and a power player, is simple. It’s because she’s so gosh darn happy.

For her fans, like the ones I had the pleasure of meeting in Chicago, she’s refreshingly upbeat and resilient, the bubbly friend from childhood who was always great at cheering you up and cheerleading you on.

But for her detractors, nothing raises the ire of cynical liberals more than a happy-go-lucky, totally unburdened, freethinking and self-assured conservative woman who has everything she wants and then some. And without anyone’s help.

Sure, she’ll tell you that Todd, her parents and her children are an invaluable support system. But after eight years of hearing that George W. Bush was a nepotism experiment gone wrong, Sarah Palin has made it here (wherever this is) on her own. John McCain‘s imprimatur certainly launched her into the national spotlight, but she became the youngest and first female governor of Alaska all on her own.
How dare she?

Liberalism, after all, needs to imagine an unhappy populace. Passing sweeping entitlement programs and convincing voters that big government is the answer only works if people are frustrated with their stations in life.

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You vill be screened and you vill like it…

I use the original version of this cartoon almost every time I speak — I simply have to curate this homage!