About face

The NYTimes reports today that new TSA “behavior detection officers” have begun profiling passengers at airports, looking for emotional clues that are telltale signs of a terrorist. Angry folks - on the ground. Depressed - back of the plane, Prozac, no peanuts. Happy folks - you get an upgrade and free tickets to Celebration, FL, Disney's gated community where every day is terror free. Confused...well, aren't we all. Weren't the 9/11 hijackers as cool as cucumbers, dressed in business attire, and trained not to stand out?

When will this Orwellian nightmare end, I say. And what about those of us who don't have any emotions? I encourage everyone to protest this latest round of governmental foolishness by printing out the following facial chart (click to enlarge), and wear whichever face suites your mood when you go to the airport. They will never know what you are thinking, or not thinking, as the case may be.



Thankfully there is a voice of reason in this grim visage we call Bush America. From the great city of Detroit, U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor has struck down as unconstitutional the National Security Agency's warrantless surveilance program. Bravo Anna. You earn a smiley face :)