Anthony, the Nation's attack on John Tyner, an American hero, is indeed despicable. What makes it also laughable is the notion that the Kochs, plutocrats and therefore State-lovers, would fund such a subversive project as the anti-TSA revolt, even if—in sci-fi land—they could create it. The Kochs believe in faux-grassroots movements run top-down from Wichita. They hate and fear the actual people, and identify with the rest of the ruling class. Like their allies the neocons, the Kochs despise populism. That's one reason they attacked Ron Paul. How dare he stir up opposition to their pals at the Fed? In addition, no Koch-funded institution or individual makes fundamental anti-TSA arguments—and darn few make superficial ones—while Koch-funded economists in the DC ambit, for example, actively defend the TSA. Koch-funded operations typically sound libertarian, but that is just an ideological cover for oligarchic goals. For example, Social Security Privatization was to be a payoff to Wall Street through a forced savings plan on American workers. There are many other examples, from the Ownership Society to School Choice. But in the highly unlikely event I'm wrong, and the Kochs are funding the anti-TSA cause: Charles, where's my check? (Thanks to Justin Raimondo)