Grandma got run over by the screeners...

Further proof this country has lost its mind:

An 85-year-old Long Island grandmother says she plans to sue the TSA after a humiliating strip search on Tuesday by agents at JFK Airport...

When Zimmerman reached a security checkpoint, she asked if she could forgo the advanced image technology screening equipment, fearing it might interfere with her defibrillator.

She said she normally gets patted down. But this time, she says that two female agents escorted her to a private room and began to remove her clothes.

“I was outraged,” said Zimmerman, a retired receptionist.

I hate to say it, but in the most important respect the 9/11 attacks did destroy this country.  I can't imagine, as late as 2000, the public putting up with a situation where an elderly woman was disrobed by government agents simply for the 'privilege' of traveling.  Unfortunately, as the events of 2001 recede in time, a generation is coming of age that can't remember it being any other way.

Between continuing incidents like this one, and the financial squeeze faced by many Americans, I wonder when/if we'll reach the tipping point where people say "I refuse to pay to be humiliated like this."  It better be soon, or the status quo will become so hard-wired into our national fabric it'll never be dislodged.

...And speaking of a nation gone crazy, have you heard the one about the seven-year old who was being choked by a bully, kicked his attacker in the groin, and is now being investigated for sexual harassment?

Stop the world, I want to get off... this is too weird for me...