It's interesting to read news stories about the TSA. There are the expected protest stories and tales of "gate rape." And then there are the stories of TSA security personnel facing verbal abuse from passengers.

Well, friggin' duh.

Seriously, we are facing a huge slight to our civil liberties here, and we're being told by John Pistole that it doesn't matter how much or how officially we complain, nothing will change. You know what happens to police officers and soldiers who enforce government policies that cause civic unrest? People eventually beat the hell out of them.

The TSA is putting American citizens in an untenable position. We're supposed to endure indignity and not say a word. Right. Because that's what Americans do. We suffer silently.