If you ever wonder why charges of elitism coupled with historic low approval ratings occur within the lofty halls of congress one only needs to look at the symbolism on display when Congress sticks their middle finger out at the American public. As you all know, unless you have been hiding in a cave, the mass media have set the news agenda surrounding the supposed "outrage" around aggressive pat downs and see through body scanners at the airport. According to all major news agencies, congressional offices are getting flooded with calls from angry constituents. So in their infinite wisdom with a genius for tapping into the electorate Congress EXEMPTS themselves and their staffs from either of these new security procedures. Other than a scant mention in the main stream media the general public will remain clueless, as this small detail will not make it into the agenda set so it won't compete with the current narrative of pornography now at our airports courtesy of the federal government. How far removed from reality can Congress be to say what is good for the little people is not good enough for them. Israel has none of these multimillion devices looking into the crevices of the human body but rather rely on face to face questioning and the politically incorrect stance of profiling. In a nation that claims to abhor profiling and the very idea of it why would our elected officials be exempt by the nature of profiling. The idea is, the security have a good idea that the congressman or women and his staff are probably not a threat so they won't get searched. Profiling at its finest but only if it benefits those in charge. They say power corrupts and this is yet another example of a public outrage and those legislating for the rest of us excusing themselves....this stinks...where the hell is the news?
When we allow our leaders the privileges of royalty, why then are we surprised when they start acting like royalty? I can only imagine that the press has not reported on this more often because they fear that if they appear to be picking on members of Congress for having perks and privileges, they will subsequently get less access to those members of Congress. It's the old "don't rock the boat" syndrome.
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