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The American Spectator ^ | 11.18.10 | R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.

Posted on 11/20/2010 1:47:59 AM PST by Bhoy

I blame Drudge! Yes, I blame the Drudge Report for this insane controversy about the use of high-tech body scanners and "pat-downs" at airport security zones.

A minor altercation can take place at Genghis Kahn International Airport in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, and it is headlines on the Drudge Report. The millions of American travelers who are utterly insouciant to a high-tech scan or even a pat-down are ignored. The other day a CBS News Poll found that fully 81 percent of Americans approve the use of the high-tech machines at the airport, but that means nothing to Drudge. How many more Americans would welcome a soothing pat-down midst the hurly-burly of travel at our nation's stress-filled airports I do not know, but count me in -- especially if the pater-downer is a cute little number on the order of, say, Sarah Palin.

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I am posting this not because of the article but the discussion. Including the role of moderators on websites. What I find interesting is the comments about moderators on websites. And most of all I don't think any such frank assessments would be aired on any left sites. Only on a conservative site would one find an honest back-and-forth discussion about the moderator role on discussion forum. Maybe I just don't see enough of them though. Thanks if anyone else has seen anything like this on the Left. It would give me hope they could see the light.
1 posted on 11/20/2010 1:48:01 AM PST by Bhoy
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To: Bhoy

strapping zot helmet on now........


2 posted on 11/20/2010 1:51:17 AM PST by onona (dbada)
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To: Constitution Day
A minor altercation can take place at Genghis Kahn International Airport in Ulan Bator, Mongolia,


3 posted on 11/20/2010 2:04:36 AM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: onona
Dear R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.,

Perhaps you and the other fools at American Spectator
don't mind being treated like new arrivals at Auschwitz
but the rest of the freedom loving Americans do.

How about we do this
1. Islam and the Muslims with whom we are at war with
get x-rayed and searched.

2. The rest of us.
just get on the plane.

They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.

-Benjamin Franklin-

Perhaps you, Emmett don't deserve your freedom but
don't include the rest of us.

Drudge is doing the freedom loving American a service
by reporting this and is acting as the fourth column of
a good government.

4 posted on 11/20/2010 2:05:16 AM PST by DaveTesla (You can fool some of the people some of the time......)
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To: Bhoy

sssssmmmmmmmmmooooooooocccccccchhhhhhhhh.....

layin the brown nosin on pretty thick this mornin aint ya???


5 posted on 11/20/2010 2:18:10 AM PST by sit-rep
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To: Bhoy
especially if the pater-downer is a cute little number on the order of, say, Sarah Palin.

The one 'patting you down' is the same gender as you.

6 posted on 11/20/2010 2:39:49 AM PST by fortheDeclaration (When the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn (Pr.29:2))
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To: Bhoy

Last ET column I’ll ever read.


7 posted on 11/20/2010 2:40:11 AM PST by dr_who
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To: sit-rep

“sssssmmmmmmmmmooooooooocccccccchhhhhhhhh”

“layin the brown nosin on pretty thick this mornin aint ya?”

Well, he/she/it does seem to be from San Fran, and worked in a bookstore.
Sounds like s DUmmie to me, hahaha.


8 posted on 11/20/2010 2:54:05 AM PST by AlexW
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To: Bhoy

And in other news, rumor has it that Mr. Fwank was seen loitering around the TSA area wondering how to be examined 25 times instead of just one.


9 posted on 11/20/2010 3:08:05 AM PST by Hardraade (I want gigaton warheads now!!)
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The Ruling Class has spoken. You "soi-disant [self-described] libertarians" cannot possibly be coming down on the side of the Constitution. You are just objecting to the State touching your junk.

WELL, GET OVER IT, PROLES! (chides the Ruling Class representative Mr. Tyrrell.) The State has decided that the Fourth Amendment is no longer operative, and no amount of whining on Facebook, (quoth the Ruling-Class Emmett Tyrell, for that is what the R stands for) and no amount of gibbering on Drudge will change the status quo!

We must trust The Won, and let him lead us to victory over the terrorists. Never mind the Israeli methods! You are too stupid to understand that these won't work in America.

In the words of the Founders, Mr. Ruling Class Tyrell, "Don't Tread on Me."

In the words of my generation, "Don't Touch My Junk."

10 posted on 11/20/2010 4:04:39 AM PST by backwoods-engineer ("The Constitution is not an instrument for government to restrain the people..." -- Patrick Henry)
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To: Bhoy
How many more Americans would welcome a soothing pat-down midst the hurly-burly of travel at our nation's stress-filled airports I do not know, but count me in -- especially if the pater-downer is a cute little number on the order of, say, Sarah Palin.

"Soothing"?...."Sarah Palin?" ...lol, Mr. Tyrrell is engaged in some mighty wishful daydreaming.

Earth to Emmett: you'll most likely be patted down by a dude named Achmed. ...and I suspect the adjective you use to describe the experience won't be "soothing."

11 posted on 11/20/2010 4:06:59 AM PST by Mr. Mojo
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To: fortheDeclaration

“especially if the pater-downer is a cute little number on the order of, say, Sarah Palin.”

“The one ‘patting you down’ is the same gender as you.”

Again with the gratuitious jab at Governor Palin. Just for him, his “pater-downer is .... Helen Thomas. In this case, gender is irrelevant.


12 posted on 11/20/2010 4:17:57 AM PST by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners)
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To: DaveTesla

You are going way overboard.

I disagree with Tyrell on this issue, but for the most part American Spectator (and Tyrell) usually have some of the most brilliant conservative political commentary that exists.

We need to stop jumping all over OUR FRIENDS on our side and calling them ‘fools’ and bad names when we disagree on one point.


13 posted on 11/20/2010 4:19:30 AM PST by Mr. K (TSA Sexual Assaulters: "You dont get on until we get off")
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To: Bhoy
Wow, Emmett's doing satire now, right?
14 posted on 11/20/2010 4:26:34 AM PST by liberateUS
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To: fortheDeclaration

especially if the pater-downer is a cute little number on the order of, say, Sarah Palin.
The one ‘patting you down’ is the same gender as you.
-— #### ___ ***

Unless they are homosexual. It’s all very confusing.


15 posted on 11/20/2010 4:54:32 AM PST by Reagan69 (Let me know when those health insurance premiums go down.)
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To: fortheDeclaration

especially if the pater-downer is a cute little number on the order of, say, Sarah Palin.
The one ‘patting you down’ is the same gender as you.
-— #### ___ ***

Unless they are homosexual. It’s all very confusing.


16 posted on 11/20/2010 4:54:46 AM PST by Reagan69 (Let me know when those health insurance premiums go down.)
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To: Bhoy

Well I think it should be choice. If this guy feels safer by having himself scanned and probed, then by all means he should do it. Anything you need to feel safer flying. But I choose not to be scanned and probed ... therefore I should be able to walk past it. (Sort of like I do at the recycling area at our local dump). If those folks want to play “save the planet” ... let ‘em. I’d rather dump the bags and move on with my life.


17 posted on 11/20/2010 5:26:10 AM PST by ThePatriotsFlag (You are just jealous because the voices aren't talking to YOU!)
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To: liberateUS

Kinda what I was HOPING.


18 posted on 11/20/2010 5:29:06 AM PST by orlop9
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To: DaveTesla

Thank you. That was very well said.

Since when do we live in a police state that molests children in the name of security? And why would anyone who has read the 4th Amendment agree to such a travesty?


19 posted on 11/20/2010 5:37:39 AM PST by Rammer
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To: Mr. K

No, he’s not going overboard.

The government is now allowed to subject our children to pedophilia. Anyone who supports this even in the least is utterly insane and should not be considered “our friends.”


20 posted on 11/20/2010 5:40:41 AM PST by Rammer
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