Stage 8

   This post has several good points. I believe the TSA is going too far by strip searching small children and patting them down. Full body scans have been implemented also, but to be honest I would rather have my privacy invaded by a full body scan than having some stranger put their hands on my body. Its hard to say whether the full body scans are necessary but the TSA have already performed enough unnecessary procedures to cause humiliation for travelers.
   I like Chris's comment saying how hard it is to get certain powers back once they are granted to the government, I agree strongly with this. If you give them the authority to see whats under your clothes then eventually they could try to gain the authority to monitor whats in your home, just like they would monitor your phone calls to make sure you aren't a terrorist. I think my colleague makes a good point when he says that the terrorists have succeeded because the TSA is so terrified of airports being attacked that they are willing to take away our rights. I agree, the TSA has gone too far.

Stage 7

  On November 30, 2010 the Senate passed a food safety bill that would help keep unsafe foods from reaching markets and restaurants and give the Food and Drug Administration more authority to regulate several more aspects of food safety. Due to people becoming sick over the past few years from tainted foods, such as eggs, spinach, and peanut butter, food makers along with consumer advocates were compelled to demand the government to play a larger role in the food safety system. 
  In 2008, tainted peanut butter products sickened over 20,000 people and killed nine people. With this bill passed, legislation would be able to raise the food safety standards at food manufacturing companies, and would "grant the F.D.A. new powers to recall tainted foods, increase inspections, demand accountability from food companies and oversee farming." Also the F.D.A would have more control over imported food regulations.
  I'm glad that legislation is making more of an effort to protect us from the foods we eat because we can't all grow our own food, so we have to rely on companies to take care of us by taking care of our food and we should be able to trust the people who handle our food to not kill us.