Surprise! The Media Lied About the Airports

Cable news was full of happy reports yesterday that the government airports were full and working just fine, thanks to the TSA, and that the cattle were happy to be fondled and x-rayed, in the cause of State Security. Otherwise, The Terrorists Will Get Us! (I loved Ron Paul pointing out that since Federal Total Failure Day [9/11/01], more than 400,000 Americans have been killed on the government roads.) In fact, the TSA opened us all to terrorist attack, or so they would otherwise have us think, by shutting off many of the nudo-scanners (which they claim are essential to foil The Terrorists), so the State would not look bad.

Opting for the feel-up always struck me as worse, and intended to gum up the works, which is good if it only hurts the State, but not good if it hurts other passengers. I am reminded of the antiwar demos intended to cause traffic jams. I agree with the cause, but not the method. Far better to really Opt Out. Many Americans did, and I was one of them. No Napo-Chert cattle chute for me. Obviously, there is nothing wrong with people choosing to fly, for family or business or other reasons, but it is important that they understand the malevolence of the State, in this case the TSA. Thus LRC.

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7:20 am on November 25, 2010