Protestor goes through security in speedo with ’screw big sis’ written on back (Video)

The Daily Caller ^ | 11/24/10 | TheJimmyAndEricShow

[FTJM]

Speedo-clad protestor navigates security with ’screw big sis’ on back.

[A.A. Cunningham]

[Tainan]

...well played....(golf clap)

[ladyjane]

"Feel this junk!"

[dayglored]

A lot of FReepers won't patronize a blog when all it is is a link to YouTube. So here's the direct video link (YouTube):

http://www.youtube.com/v/9sL3uMWujmw

It's a pretty good statement, if you don't mind a lot of closeup views of the midriff of a guy in a Speedo.

"Big Sis Is Watching You".

[bcr100]

Hilarious! I am flying next month myself. Giving me ideas LOL!

[1_Rain_Drop]

I didn’t look at the vid. Did the dude get groped?

[CodeToad]

BTTT!!!

[dayglored]

> I didn’t look at the vid. Did the dude get groped?

No he didn't. He won a great point. Watch the video (see #5 above if you don't like patronizing blog pimps).

[Grams A]

I’m disappointed. I was expecting to see a guy in a real Speedo. This was way too conservative. Great idea though. I’ve already warned my son and grandson that I’m wearing my workout shorts and sports bra under my clothes and peeling down if need be next time we fly. Time the old folks started standing up.

[freekitty]

I salute this guy.

[FTJM]

The Daily Caller is a blog?

[1_Rain_Drop]

You sound too conservative ;)

Think string bikini and large sunglasses. You may be a bit chilly but as long as you don't get groped, nor scanned, I think it's be worth it.

[TheConservativeParty]

There’s hope for America.
This young man is AWESOME.
Well Done!!!

[dayglored]

> The Daily Caller is a blog?

It's a personal political journal and news "aggregator" which collects news from elsewhere and re-posts it, adds a small amount of original commentary, and exists primarily to give one or two people a place to vent and sell ad space.

It's different from a "personal blog" in the sense that it's not just some pimply 18-yr-old high schooler writing their opinion of the latest movies and whether their last Saturday night date was a hottie.

But in the wide, wide world of the internet, it only differs in degree, not category. Understand, that's nothing against Tucker Carlson; just calling a spade a freakin' shovel. :)

The term "blog" covers a lot of ground. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog for a pretty good discussion of the range and breadth of blogs these days.

By way of comparison, FreeRepublic is a forum, not a blog, mostly because the site owners do not post the articles and commentary -- the vast majority of FR's content is contributed by registered users.

[FTJM]

Tucker Carlson disagrees with you:

"Founded by Tucker Carlson, a 20-year veteran of print and broadcast media, and Neil Patel, former chief policy adviser to Vice President Cheney, The Daily Caller is a 24-hour news site providing original reporting from an experienced team of professional reporters, thought-provoking commentary and breaking news."

[dayglored]

> Tucker Carlson disagrees with you:

Well, that's only fair. It's his right to call his site anything he wishes (thank God it's a free country). It still looks like a news blog to me.

I agree that The DC has a lot of content. Understand, I don't consider "blog" a pejorative term, just descriptive.

As for what prompted my initial comment: Re-posting a YouTube video without so much as a paragraph of commentary? That's not even very good blogging -- the hypothetical high-schooler could do as much.

And if I saw that video on The DC, and wanted to bring the video to FreeRepublic, I would post the link to YouTube, not The DC. Posting the link to The DC is what's known as "blog pimping" -- drawing hits to a site which is only a vector to the real content; using someone else's video for the purpose of directing traffic to the blog. That's why it (correctly) is in FR's "Bloggers" area.

But Carlson and you can call The DC anything you wish, I have no problem with that.

[FTJM]

In this instance, it's similar to what Breitbart.tv does, and for the record, I had no intention of "blog pimping" and doubt that was the Daily Caller's intention either (IMO, no one would see it otherwise). But fair enough, it's in the Bloggers & Personal section.

I'll simply defer to Carlson's description of his site, and leave it at that.

[dayglored]

> (IMO, no one would see it otherwise)

Well-l-l-l,... that video clip had already gone "viral" and the hits on YouTube were screaming upward as word spread across the internet. It's been one of the "most-viewed" videos since right after it went up, with a number of viewings up around 300,000 in only a day. I sincerely doubt that count is due to The DC's posting of the video. So my conclusion would be that The DC used the video, not the other way around.

No big deal either way, I'm only commenting on the probabilities.

And in any case, I appreciate your posting the link on FR, since I myself might not have heard about it yesterday otherwise.

Happy Thankgsiving, and hope you enjoy your day.

[FTJM]

Not to put too fine a point on it, or beat a dead horse depending on your point of view, but I would not have seen it (and assume many others wouldn't either) because I don't normally go directly to youtube for news, or blogging for that matter. IMO, youtube is just a pipe for uploading content, and I visit when directed by some other site or when it's embedded, as in this case with The DC.

Also, the video appears to be "activism" since it was a political protest against the TSA.

Happy Thanksgiving.