Aristo! Aristo! A la lanterne!: Perhaps the big story laying beneath the surface of the TSA hullablaloo....

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Perhaps the big story laying beneath the surface of the TSA hullablaloo....

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Coming across my news wire readers..... more and more TSA stories from the 'official' (ex) major media.

The thought occurs to me.... this story is driven 100% by individuals and alternative media like Glenn Reynolds and Hot Air. People are chiming in from all corners with their own stories of abuse while traveling. The ground swell was practically visible from space.... to everyone but the major media, who seemed to mostly ignore it till recently.

I think the TSA story is an indicator to how the future of 'news' is heading. In this age, everyone goes down to the local (internet) pub just about every day to swap stories. Dinosaur media can't print much of anything without being a day late and a dollar short. Worse, everything they mis-report is caught almost before they go to air/print, and held up for ridicule.

Our world has changed...... a lot.... and it really shows. In another era an agency like the TSA might have morphed into something truly terrible. In today's world, they are simply a laughingstock.

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Robert Heinlein

"Do not confuse "duty" with what other people expect of you; they are utterly different. Duty is a debt you owe to yourself to fulfill obligations you have assumed voluntarily. Paying that debt can entail anything from years of patient work to instant willingness to die. Difficult it may be, but the reward is self-respect.

But there is no reward at all for doing what other people expect of you, and to do so is not merely difficult, but impossible. It is easier to deal with a footpad than it is with the leech who wants "just a few minutes of your time, please — this won't take long." Time is your total capital, and the minutes of your life are painfully few. If you allow yourself to fall into the vice of agreeing to such requests, they quickly snowball to the point where these parasites will use up 100 percent of your time — and squawk for more!
So learn to say No — and to be rude about it when necessary.
Otherwise you will not have time to carry out your duty, or to do your own work, and certainly no time for love and happiness. The termites will nibble away your life and leave none of it for you.

(This rule does not mean that you must not do a favor for a friend, or even a stranger. But let the choice be yours. Don't do it because it is "expected" of you.)"