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Title: Drudge Fought The TSA….And Drudge Won (Big sis backs down)
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URL Source: http://www.prisonplanet.com/drudge- ... ht-the-tsa-and-drudge-won.html
Published: Nov 29, 2010
Author: Paul Joseph Watson & Alex Jones
Post Date: 2010-11-29 22:16:43 by Wood_Chopper
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Drudge Fought The TSA….And Drudge Won * The Alex Jones Channel Alex Jones Show podcast Prison Planet TV Infowars.com Twitter Alex Jones' Facebook Infowars store Big Sis forced to mothball invasive security measures, as Drudge once again confounds establishment media doubters who belittled his influence Drudge Fought The TSA....And Drudge Won 291110top Paul Joseph Watson & Alex Jones Prison Planet.com Monday, November 29, 2010 Despite the establishment media presiding over another mass hoax in claiming that Americans were completely happy with invasive airport security measures, contrary to polls showing a majority in opposition, and that the national opt out day was a failure, the fact that the TSA was forced to change its policy by mothballing naked body scanners and curtailing aggressive pat downs clearly goes to show that the man who almost single-handedly drove the issue, Matt Drudge, fought the TSA and he won. The big networks and the so-called progressive borg hive, who instantly tried to spin the lack of delays at airports over Thanksgiving as proof that the opt-out protest had failed, conveniently failed to mention the fact that major airports across the country had deliberately mothballed their naked body scanners in a crass PR ploy aimed at deflating the momentum behind the demonstration. Early reports began to pour in from Twitter users who said that body scanner machines were roped off and out of use in airports such as LAX, Seattle, San Jose and Columbus, Ohio. They also said that pat downs had reverted back to the standard procedure and were not the new grope downs that the TSA had announced a couple of weeks before. The New Jersey Star-Ledger subsequently reported that, “The majority of Newark’s full-body scanners were idle throughout much of the day, depriving most passengers of the chance to opt out of the controversial screening procedure even if they had wanted to.” At the nation’s busiest airport, Atlanta-Hartsfield, there was,”limited, if any, use of the controversial full-body scanners,” the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Later reports confirmed that, the TSA had “backed down and resorted to using the old screening procedures — metal detectors and less-intrusive pat-downs.” Infowars reporters Rob Dew and Aaron Dykes also flew back from Denver International Airport on national opt-out day and confirmed that body scanners were completely out of use. This was the same airport in which Infowars staffer Michelle was groped by TSA goons who also attempted to fondle her children, in a story that helped kick off the rebellion against invasive airport security. In addition, many people took part in the protest by avoiding airports altogether. Traffic was jammed on the highways, with the Massachusetts Turnpike playing host to a 30-mile hold-up. According to AAA, more drivers were on the road than ever before during a Thanksgiving holiday. (ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW) Drudge Fought The TSA....And Drudge Won aj150709banner1 Stock up for the Holidays with eFoods Direct and get FREE Shipping! The establishment media echo chamber attempted to pull a hoax by claiming that the vast majority of Americans were completely happy with having their genitals groped by federal goons and naked pictures taken of their children. In reality, after Drudge relentlessly drove the issue, polls of Americans that were previously in support of body scanners had reversed dramatically and the ACLU received an avalanche of new complaints. The nationwide scanner shut down proved two things. 1) Big Sis’s security talk is nothing more than hot air. If the scanners were so imperative to keep us safe from terrorists then why did the TSA turn them off in a vain effort to score political points? 2) Drudge won. The DHS and TSA were forced to change their policies on both naked body scanners and invasive pat downs – both of which were curtailed over Thanksgiving. Whether such a change stays in place remains to be seen – the war will undoubtedly rage on, but there can be little doubt that Drudge won the battle. As Politico’s Ben Smith highlighted, “There’s no doubt about who won on this issue: Matt Drudge chose it and drove it, illustrating both his continued power and his great sense of the public mood, and it now seems a matter of time until he gets results.” Indeed, the whole issue underscores once again why the establishment media is so petrified of Drudge’s power to direct the nationwide rebellion against big government. One man with a website was able to take on the might of the multi-billion dollar corporate media industry and the federal government for whom they act as apologists, and in doing so stir the next great wave of resistance against tyranny. The establishment continually berates Drudge and attempts to assert that he has lost the power to influence the national discourse, even as the Drudge Report continues to smash its traffic record year after year. As Matt Lewis writes, Drudge has helped to spark a new movement, confounding establishment media pundits who have repeatedly belittled his influence. Not long ago, of course, there was great debate as to whether or not Drudge even still had it. As Barack Obama was besting John McCain in 2008, many observers wondered whether or not The Drudge Report — which a decade earlier had pushed the Monica Lewinsky scandal into the headlines — had lost a step. At the Washington Post, Howard Kurtz debated whether or not Drudge still had the clout to drive media coverage. And TPM’s Greg Sargent also argued that Drudge’s influence was over-stated. He was not alone. Of course, as the TSA rebellion illustrates, Drudge remains incredibly powerful and uniquely important. The wider issue now becomes not just what Big Sis is subjecting Americans to at airports, but how this same invasive and unconstitutional technology is now being increasingly used on the streets. As Homeland Security extends its tentacles more and more into our private lives, the rebellion against Big Sis will only accelerate, and Drudge as ever will be at the forefront of that charge, much to the chagrin and embarrassment of the castrated, corrupted, distrusted, and increasingly irrelevant establishment media. ********************* Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Prison Planet.com. He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a fill-in host for The Alex Jones Show. Watson has been interviewed by many publications and radio shows, including Vanity Fair and Coast to Coast AM, America’s most listened to late night talk show.
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#1. To: Wood_Chopper (#0)
About as legitimate and credible as Obama.
Seems the scanners and pat-downs were abandoned for the Thanksgiving day travel. To all who say it's a matter of "safety", why were the scanners and pat-downs stopped if they are for your "safety", AND WHY DOES ONLY A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF AIR TRAVELERS GO THRU EITHER?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? For all of you willing to give up your freedom for safety, YOU ARE NOT SAFE TRAVELING BY AIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And the sheep will bleat their submission, Burma Shave.
Really fuckstick? Just went and got a AAA trip-tic 3 days ago. I'm canceling my airline ticket and driving. The gal at AAA said they've been inundated for tip-tics by people who have canceled their airline tickets. She also stated she's canceled hers. You just sit there in your own cesspool of denial, yukon. I couldn't care less.
And the sheep will bleat their submission, Burma Shave.
they aren't widely deployed yet, I fly a lot and I've only come across them once in the last 3 months. here's a bit more analysis: http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/29/what-the-t-s-a-hasnt-told-us/
You just sit there in your own cesspool of denial, yukon. I couldn't care less. BFD! I haven't flown for years because of stupid restrictions. I carried a pocket knife in school and firearms to school so what's the big deal on commercial air carriers? Yukon must have kicked your fookin stupid ass all over the internet, organ grinder. Your obsession is most revealing.
I know, but most people don't know that. The vast majority of air travelers didn't go through the scan, or pat down, yet the backlash from the scanners and pat downs is gigantic. They've been deployed as a "nose of the camel" and TSA is getting its ass kicked on this one.
And the sheep will bleat their submission, Burma Shave.
They've been deployed as a "nose of the camel" and TSA is getting its ass kicked on this one. I went through one in Boston, it slowed the line down a lot, and I ended up having to go through it again because I had my wallet in my back pocket the first time. I'm not sure I would go through it again given what i've read about radiation concerns - what a great choice, risk skin cancer or get fondled.
Actually, you don't have to do either one. If you opt out of both, you'll get "interviewed". If they can't establish probable cause for the pat down during the "interview", you'll probably be escorted from "security" back to the "public" area and miss your flight. But without your permission, you don't have to do either the scan, or the pat down. That's why TSA tells you what they're going to do in the pat down. When you say "OK" (as in you understand what they're going to do), TSA considers it you giving permission for the pat down. That's why the TSA guy called a supervisor when the "If you touch my junk I'll have you arrested" guy said just that. He didn't give permission for the pat down, and the TSA guy knew he was subject to arrest for touching the guy's junk without the guy's permission. They don't explain the pat down before it happens because they're being "nice guys". They're seeking permission. The "don't touch my junk" guy wasn't arrested or fined.
And the sheep will bleat their submission, Burma Shave.
About as legitimate and credible as Obama. OK yukon, how about these folk: You got a problem with The New Jersey Star-Ledger, yukon? OK, then there's this: You got a problem with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, yukon? How about these folks yukon? You shoot your mouth off without checking facts. Or you know the facts, and still spout bullshit. You're a shill yukon. A shill.
And the sheep will bleat their submission, Burma Shave.
I for one am A-OK with strange men touching my penis, fondling my balls and patting my butt. "We have major problems because basically TSA never educated the public on what was going on," McCoy said. "Our agency pretty much just threw the new search techniques out there." That was by design. Informing the public a few weeks before the launch of the groping by uniformed men of your private body parts (pardon - advanced screening technique) would launch a national discussion, would make the media cover it, would make the total strangeness of it all imprint itself on the American psyche. Launching it with nary a warning placed on the public allowed the rulers to present the public with a fait accompli - also to put an Orwellian twist on the idiot sheep masses.
Mr. Delahorne said: “They had one of the T.S.A. staff announcing loudly: ‘Take everything out of your pockets. If you have a wallet, take it out. A handkerchief, out.’ I asked the guy, ‘Can you explain the reason for the new process?’ He said there was nothing new. ‘We have always done this.’ In case you missed it, launching this on the public with no warning was by design. Oceania was always at war with EastAsia. The purpose of this whole exercise is skurwienie - ssucziwinije - to make you into a bitch. To get you ready for the further humiliation to come. This should be self explanatory to you, because if you are reading this blog I believe you are at least somewhat intelligent, but i will explain just in case. The foot in the door technique Pretty decent Wikipedia article on this tried and tested psychological technique,
So why not use any of those "folks" as your source, you fookin idiot? Yukon must have kicked your ass all over the internet, you delusional tool.
You didn't read the article, did you yukon.
And the sheep will bleat their submission, Burma Shave.
Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Prison Planet.com.
#2. To: All (#0)
Seeing the others as fools,
Not knowing nor even caring,
They've become no more than tools.
#3. To: Ibluafartsky (#1)
About as legitimate and credible as Obama.
Seeing the others as fools,
Not knowing nor even caring,
They've become no more than tools.
#4. To: Wood_Chopper (#2)
Seems the scanners and pat-downs were abandoned for the Thanksgiving day travel.
On January 3, 2011 the GOP assumes responsibility for deficit spending.
#5. To: Wood_Chopper (#3)
I'm canceling my airline ticket and driving.
#6. To: go65 (#4)
they aren't widely deployed yet,
Seeing the others as fools,
Not knowing nor even caring,
They've become no more than tools.
#7. To: Wood_Chopper (#6)
I know, but most people don't know that. The vast majority of air travelers didn't go through the scan, or pat down, yet the backlash from the scanners and pat downs is gigantic.
On January 3, 2011 the GOP assumes responsibility for deficit spending.
#8. To: go65 (#7)
(Edited)
what a great choice, risk skin cancer or get fondled.
Seeing the others as fools,
Not knowing nor even caring,
They've become no more than tools.
#9. To: Ibluafartsky (#1)
Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Prison Planet.com.
The New Jersey Star-Ledger subsequently reported that, “The majority of Newark’s full-body scanners were idle throughout much of the day, depriving most passengers of the chance to opt out of the controversial screening procedure even if they had wanted to.”
At the nation’s busiest airport, Atlanta-Hartsfield, there was,”limited, if any, use of the controversial full-body scanners,” the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
Seeing the others as fools,
Not knowing nor even caring,
They've become no more than tools.
#10. To: Wood_Chopper (#0)
#11. To: All (#10)
#12. To: Wood_Chopper (#9)
How about these folks
#13. To: Ibluafartsky (#12)
So why not use any of those "folks" as your source, you fookin idiot?
Seeing the others as fools,
Not knowing nor even caring,
They've become no more than tools.
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