It is all part of a plan UPDATED 14x & BUMPED 4x

[original post 11.17 8:30pm]

...a commie plan, that is.

The airlines are too big to fail. Once the aggressive tactics of the TSA deter the masses from flying, we'll be forced to bail out the airlines. To "rescue" nationalize them. The political winds have shifted and our Dear Leader can no longer just grab a company. First bring it to its knees, then take it.



On the fun side of this tragic story: It has been fun watching Obama, Napalitano, etal try to convey competence as they shove these new rules down our throats. Nobody - absolutely nobody - believes they are acting in America's best interests. And they know it. Hilarious!

The Drudge headline was right on one week ago - The Terrorists Have Won. Yep.

Pic found at Oleg's Blog.

UPDATE Found at KisP:

UPDATED 11.20 & BUMPED

That out-of-touch liberal progressive communist bunch in the White House have created a PR disaster of biblical proportions! Here are the latest videos on the subject of TSA-run-amok:

Found at MoonBattery:



At NiceDeb:



Another Reason video:



UPDATED 11.21

Nice Deb has a collection of links: How The Obama Administration’s National Security Failures Led To “Grope and Change”

Ginger at IOTW has a new pic:

UPDATED 11.21 - Again! From our Gun-Blog scan:

A poem

Sure differences abound
We are not yet USSR
But we better watch out now
Foes of freedom advanced too far

A new entry at the Urban Dictionary "Gate Rape"

Soldiers carrying weapons through TSA - Nail Clippers Confiscated!

New TSA logo

Revolt??

A prediction - TSA gets credit for stopping an attack

Found at Townhall:

Remember when liberals progressives communists were all upset about the statistically-rare priest molestation? Today, however, the bed-wetters seem to be fine with government-mandated molestation.

Disagree? Then point to one bureaucrat in Obama's regime that has come out against the latest TSA procedures. (Except Hillary, that is). Or maybe a MSM outlet? Hmmm??? Just click on the Comments link below. Tell us where we are wrong.

Drudge's current headline:

How about this flag image below? More appropriate, don't you agree? Or does this just lower the political discourse and distract from solving problems that effect every American every day?

Bottom line is this - this PR disaster has gone on for far too long. The Obama administration is either out of touch, or is executing a plan that they cannot discuss in public.

You know our opinion.

Remember when the internal enemies in the USSR justified the checkpoints throughout the country? Remember how those mistaken rebellious sailors at Kronstadt in 1921 offered their surrender if Lenin would remove the road blocks and let citizens travel to family (and food)? We remember.

NiceDeb posts this Jack Webb video:



UPDATED 11.22 Instapundit posts this Saturday Night LIve skit:



NSFW Found this at IOTW:



And the hits keep on coming!



UPDATED 11.23

While we know the new TSA tactics are to bring the Airlines to their knees and eventually under government control, others are suggesting other reasons. Chidike Okeem writes today at The American Thinker: Airport Scanners and Marxist Criminology. Cool title. Essentially he argues that these tactics are the Democrat's way of showing their diligence in national security and their mistaken tolerance-impulses to avoid that oh-so obvious alternative - profiling. We won't argue his points only because his points complement rather than contradict our assessment of more sinister intentions.

Found another video! This time at MoonBattery:



Click here to see more bumper sticker ideas for TSA vehicles:

This one was our idea! You know what that means?! We've hit our quota for 2010! Thanks Big Fur Hat! Birds gotta fly:

Found at NewZeal:



UPDATED 11.24 Found at IOTW:

UPDATED 11.26 Found through Instapundit:

Reason has a list of quotes from MSM editorial boards. It appears our watchdogs in the press are ok with TSA's new tactics. The most moronic, from the Roanoke Times, plays right into the Obama Regime's secret plan:

If protesters really want to make their point, they should hit where it hurts -- the pocket book. Don't fly at all. Drop a note to airlines letting them know they have lost business and it won't return until things improve.

Adding this video, also at the Reason post:



NiceDeb has a post on MSM complicity. One quote from Daily Caller:

Here are the three main defenses of the TSA from those who aren’t actually the TSA.

“Republicans did it first”
“Don’t listen to conservatives. They’re crazy, Tea Partiers or both”
“Nothing to see here but naked people and the Internet’s ginned-up anger”

Blogger Oleg shares his opinion:

Some TSA agents are terrorists. Whether they enjoy their jobs or not, they do things every day that traumatize people and they do so with almost complete impunity from either legal prosecution or immediate defensive actions by their victims. Their leadership enables routine transgressions against innocent people in the name of security. The lies aren't convincing anyone. I will be watching the fate of this particular bunch of government-sponsored terrorists with interest.

And he shares this image:

UPDATED 11.27

Cartoon found at Townhall:

New metalic-lettering shirt and boxers found at SlashGear:

UPDATED 12.2 Found the new "Miss TSA" calendar through IOTW at MediaIte:

UPDATED 12.6

So it seems this is dying down. The public sheep have fallen into line as expected, and will be scanned, probed and fondled by the US government.

We remember a while back (February 28, 1993) when some folks expressed their desire to remain free to some other government agents. That was in Waco Texas, and the agents were primarily ATF. The government agents, like their brothers in the TSA, had a major PR firestorm on their hands. To spin the Waco fiasco in their favor, the government decided to suggest the Branch Davidians were child molesters. This took the edge off the criticism, and any arguments to the contrary were lost in the flames.

Had Janet Reno been cornered on this claim, she may have gone into detail as to what type of abuse was perpetrated on the children in Waco. Were naked pictures taken of the children? (This was before we had x-ray scanners to do that). Were the children touched in inappropriate places? (We have to assume the children knew the people who were allegedly touching them, whereas the TSA agents, who actually are touching them, are strangers.) In the end, the claims against the religious people were never verified. As for the claims against the TSA, you only have to walk into your nearest airport at any hour of the day.

So, imagine if Janet Reno was a right-winger willing to lie to get one over on the libs. Would we see something like this?

Trivia: What was the original charge that led to US military personnel and equipment being used against US citizens which led to 76 being burned to death? Was that original charge ever validated?

Well, this story may be dying down. But we're not through yet. Hence the 3rd bump and this, the 11th update.

A couple of these cartoons were found at Townhall. Others found in random corners of the Internet or in our email inbox.

Another thought: Have you seen an airline executive come out against the TSA? We know their employees are upset, and we can safely assume the volume of travelers has dropped. So bad for their staff, and bad for business. Yet not a peep.

Is an airline bailout in the works?

U/T: Michail for the Barney pick.

6pm IOTW keeps it going:

UPDATED 12.8 Found at IOTW:



UPDATED 12.14 Oleg at the People's Cube has an article: Those Who Forget History Will Get Their Junk Squeezed.

That's what happens when you subscribe to the principle to each according to his need without reading the fine print: the government gets to define your needs for you. As a result, even those who didn't vote for this administration are getting their junk squeezed. It's called redistributive justice.
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I'm not big on conspiracy theories, but if the overall goal of this administration were to crush the nation's self-respect and turn individual citizens into a spineless biomass cowering in awe of government powers, electronic strip searches, and groping pat-downs would be an excellent way to do it.

Some pictures found at the same link:

UPDATED 12.29 I hear these voices in my head that say "Just let it go, Karl". And we say back "STFU! Maybe you've rolled over and surrendered yet another freedom to the tyrants, but not us."

Reason offers a Venn Diagram showing the common traits among the three junk-touchers in America.

What they leave out (are you listening inner voices??) is that two of the three are invited to touch the junk, one is not.

And Oleg shares his experience passing through security as he left the Motherland:

I took my first flight on the way out of Russia. The airport "security" in Pulkovo, Leningrad in 1989 was less intrusive than in 2010 Nashville International. The checkpoint personnel were equally surly though.

By comparison, I don't even remember the security in 1989 Italy and the 1993 German airports were cheery and friendly by comparison. When your country's air travel compares unfavorably to the USSR, it just may be a cause for concern.