In case you still think the TSA knows how to keep you secure

> “It is mindboggling for us Israelis to look at what happens in North America, because we went through this 50 years ago,” said Rafi Sela, the president of AR Challenges, a global transportation security consultancy. He’s worked with the RCMP, the U.S. Navy Seals and airports around the world. > > “Israelis, unlike Canadians and Americans, don’t take s— from anybody. When the security agency in Israel (the ISA) started to tighten security and we had to wait in line for — not for hours — but 30 or 40 minutes, all hell broke loose here. We said, ‘We’re not going to do this. You’re going to find a way that will take care of security without touching the efficiency of the airport.” > > That, in a nutshell is “Israelification” – a system that protects life and limb without annoying you to death. > > Despite facing dozens of potential threats each day, the security set-up at Israel’s largest hub, Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport, has not been breached since 2002, when a passenger mistakenly carried a handgun onto a flight. How do they manage that? Look no further than Tel Aviv, if you want to see an airport that actually has good security, rather than our pathetic puppet show security.

Seriously read this article, and then explain to me why we can’t have it the same way here.

And why is it that the Israelis have much safer airports, despite a greater threat, with far less inconvenience to normal travelers? Because the people stood up and refused to be inconvenienced for no good reason. They literally demanded better security, and then got it.

This change isn’t going to come from government, in other words. We have to start exercising our right to either not fly or to resist these ridiculous procedures in any small way we can. Make them grope all of us, and they’ll change their minds about these scanners, believe me. Stop flying, and the airlines will start pressuring congress more to stop making flying such a chore.