by Runaway Slave | Jan 14, 2010 | bomb, briefs bomber, crotch bomber, Essays & Articles, Government, jock bomber, lab bomber, Libertarian Curmudgeon, terror, Terrorism, terrorism, TSA, War On Terror (WOT)
'The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program.' – Ronald ReaganI’ve been making fun of the granny-goosers at the Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) for as long as they’ve been around. When they banned styling...
by Runaway Slave | Jul 16, 2008 | Essays & Articles, Libertarian Curmudgeon, Terrorism, TSA
The silly charade that passes for security at American airports is more disturbing to those of us who resent being treated like prisoners. I once received an e-mail critical of my pointing and laughing at Transportation Security Administration (TSA) buffoonery. It’s...
by Runaway Slave | May 7, 2008 | Government, Libertarian Curmudgeon, TSA
My last article suggested that readers who wanted to see all the elements of ham-fisted fascism in full operation need only visit an airport. Shortly afterward, I got a note from a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employee. She politely defended her agency...
by Runaway Slave | Apr 23, 2008 | Government, Libertarian Curmudgeon, TSA
It is much easier not to notice the advance of fascism in America if you never travel through a major airport. It’s impossible to ignore, however, if you do. A recent round trip in and out of the U.S. reminded me that most of the mechanisms for a fascist police state...
by Runaway Slave | Oct 4, 2007 | Essays & Articles, Libertarian Curmudgeon, Terrorism, TSA, War On Terror (WOT)
"Get ’em skeered and keep the skeer on ’em" – Lt. General Nathanial Bedford Forrest, CSA Nathanial Bedford Forrest was described by such military luminaries as Robert E. Lee and William T. Sherman as the most brilliant cavalry commander on either...
by Runaway Slave | Nov 15, 2006 | 9/11, Libertarian Curmudgeon, TSA
Tweedle-dee Dee – he’s on his hands and his knees Saying, "Throw me somethin’, Mister, please." "What’s good for you is good for me," Says Tweedle-dee Dum to Tweedle-dee Dee ─ Bob Dylan The Tweedledee party just won...
by Runaway Slave | Aug 22, 2006 | Essays & Articles, Libertarian Curmudgeon, TSA, War On Terror (WOT)
Remember Richard Reid? He is the British fruit cake who in 2001 tried to blow up a plane with explosives he had installed in one of his high-top sneakers. You’d think someone clever enough to design a shoe bomb would have known that you can’t detonate plastic...
by Runaway Slave | May 11, 2005 | Essays & Articles, Libertarian Curmudgeon, Politics, Terrorism, TSA, War On Terror (WOT)
The friendly winds of the War on Terror (WOT) are blowing bureaucrats and freshly printed cash into sunny Key West like a hurricane driving flotsam across the Straits of Florida. Where security from terror is concerned, money is no concern. There’s an excellent...
