I make it a rule in life to not get super political. Frankly, I'd disappoint any right or left winger in my supreme apathy towards American politics. It's impossible to get me riled up. But, when I was faced with a full-body scanner on my way home from Hawaii last September, I became incensed, appalled and left without much of an idea of what to do to make my voice heard.
Tonight, I sent the following letter to my representatives in Congress, as well as the President. It may make very little impact, but it's a necessary step in the fight against these machines. If I were flying next week, I'd definitely be taking part in National Opt Out Day on November 24th. But, every trip will be opt out day for me. I won't ever go through one of those machines again and I'll begrudgingly allow myself to be badly treated by the TSA in order to do so. At the very least, instead of ogling me from a back room, exposing me to god knows what radiation, and stripping away my civil liberties, they'll have to keep their ugliness in public, for all to see.
















