Jim Grisanzio

One of the main jobs of many so-called leaders is to create a feeling of fear so people are always on guard and dependent. Painfully few leaders base their actions on the concepts of inspiration and liberation.

Once you decide you dive down a one way street. You can never go back.

Think our leaders are listening? Think they’re actually interested in stopping to engage?

Are you still waiting for your leader to arrive? Don’t bother. All you need is a mirror.

TSA uproar moves to Capitol Hill: As part of a Congressional briefing, the TSA does a demo of their fancy new pat-down procedures deep in the basement of the Capitol. The reaction? From The Politico: “The dumbest part: they did two pat-down demonstrations – male on male, and female on female,” the House staffer said. And they used a young female TSA volunteer “and in front of a room of 200 people, they touched her breasts and her buttocks. People were averting their eyes. The TSA was trying to demonstrate ‘this is not so bad,’ but it made people so uncomfortable to watch, that people were averting their eyes.”

Averting their eyes? They couldn’t even look? How utterly brave of them. And these are the guys who talk tough about sending us to one never-ending war after another. I wonder what would happen if American leaders were subjected to the exact same laws everyone else has to endure. I doubt they could take it. They are simply too weak.