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Update: TSA Goons Lay Off Travel Blogger Demands

Posted on December 31st, 2009 by macaoidh

One day after setting off a stampede of criticism, covered earlier today on the Hayride, over its heavy-handed efforts to bull-rush a pair of travel bloggers into finking a whistleblower which had leaked its Dec. 25 security directive, the Transportation Security Administration has now backed off its demands for immediate compliance.
Blogger Chris Elliott, who had [...]

Filed under: Jim DeMint, Military/Security | 6102 Comments »http://thehayride.com/2009/12/update-tsa-goons-lay-off-travel-blogger-demands/Update%3A+TSA+Goons+Lay+Off+Travel+Blogger+Demands2010-01-01+02%3A23%3A39macaoidh

What’s It Going To Take To Get Obama To Fight The Enemy?

Posted on December 31st, 2009 by macaoidh

With the end of a year in which America made virtually no progress on any geopolitical front comes a host of revelations signifying that 2010 might be no better. Specifically…
1. The administration has apparently released Qais Qazali, the head of an Iranian-backed Shi’ite terror group operating in Iraq, along with 100 other terrorists. Qazali and [...]

Filed under: Barack Obama, Islam, Military/Security | 6063 Comments »http://thehayride.com/2009/12/whats-it-going-to-take-to-get-obama-to-fight-the-enemy/What%27s+It+Going+To+Take+To+Get+Obama+To+Fight+The+Enemy%3F2010-01-01+01%3A15%3A05macaoidh

Latest Michael Steele Outrage — He Should Resign

Posted on December 31st, 2009 by Ryan Booth

As one of 238 members of the Louisiana Republican State Central Committee, I have a particular interest in the operation of the Republican Party — and a very small influence on that operation.
Since his election as RNC Chairman, Michael Steele has been a horrific embarrassment.  He began his term at the beginning of the year [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized | 60111 Comments »http://thehayride.com/2009/12/latest-michael-steele-outrage-he-should-resign/Latest+Michael+Steele+Outrage+--+He+Should+Resign2009-12-31+23%3A40%3A30Ryan+Booth

Bumbling Feds Fight Al-Qaeda Threat With Interrogations Of Travel Bloggers

Posted on December 31st, 2009 by macaoidh

The United States government might not have been able to connect the dots and identify Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab as a security threat to international air travel in time to keep him from bringing a bomb on a Christmas Day Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Detroit, but in the wake of Abdulmutallab’s near-miss terrorist attack [...]

Filed under: Military/Security | 6003 Comments »http://thehayride.com/2009/12/bumbling-feds-fight-al-qaeda-threat-with-interrogations-of-travel-bloggers/Bumbling+Feds+Fight+Al-Qaeda+Threat+With+Interrogations+Of+Travel+Bloggers2009-12-31+15%3A58%3A03macaoidh

It’s Just About Over…

Posted on December 31st, 2009 by macaoidh

Filed under: History | 598No Comments »http://thehayride.com/2009/12/its-just-about-over/It%27s+Just+About+Over...2009-12-31+08%3A14%3A58macaoidh

Cliff May Said It A Lot Better Than I Did…

Posted on December 30th, 2009 by macaoidh

…in my post yesterday on air travel security.
A lot better.
An excerpt:
Start with this: Right now, airport security personnel spend most of their time and energy searching for weapons – not just bombs and guns but Swiss Army knives, nail clippers, tubes of toothpaste and bottles of shampoo. What should they spend more time looking for [...]

Filed under: Islam, Military/Security | 594No Comments »http://thehayride.com/2009/12/cliff-may-said-it-a-lot-better-than-i-did/Cliff+May+Said+It+A+Lot+Better+Than+I+Did...2009-12-31+00%3A24%3A21macaoidh

New Year’s Open Thread…

Posted on December 30th, 2009 by macaoidh

The Washington Times is running a piece now asking readers to write out the headlines they’d like to see in 2010 – which is a terrific topic for an open thread here at the Hayride.
Just to get things started, here are a few we’ve cooked up:

Filed under: Uncategorized | 5906 Comments »http://thehayride.com/2009/12/new-years-open-thread/New+Year%27s+Open+Thread...2009-12-30+20%3A54%3A36macaoidh

Public Opinion Verdict Coming In On Obama’s Handling Of “Knickerbomber”…

Posted on December 30th, 2009 by macaoidh

…and it’s not a particularly favorable one.
Today’s New York Daily News, which as a center-left paper is a reasonable representation of the non-propagandist Old Media, skewers the president for his rather anesthetic and torpid response to the attempted Christmas Day bombing of a Northwest Airlines flight over Detroit.
“President Obama’s initial response Monday was too long [...]

Filed under: Barack Obama, Islam, Military/Security, Polls | 5872 Comments »http://thehayride.com/2009/12/public-opinion-verdict-coming-in-on-obamas-handling-of-knickerbomber/Public+Opinion+Verdict+Coming+In+On+Obama%27s+Handling+Of+%22Knickerbomber%22...2009-12-30+20%3A15%3A38macaoidh

Quote Of The Day

Posted on December 30th, 2009 by macaoidh

“Perhaps Western countries should stop treating Ahmadinejad’s government as the legitimate government of Iran.”
- expatriate Iranian Ayatollah Mohsen Kadivar

Filed under: Quote Of The Day | 566No Comments »http://thehayride.com/2009/12/quote-of-the-day-15/Quote+Of+The+Day2009-12-30+19%3A08%3A33macaoidh

Obama Treating Bomber as Criminal Instead of Terrorist

Posted on December 30th, 2009 by Ryan Booth

So we decided to let Abdulmutallab lawyer up, and not talk to us, huh?  Cool.  So what if he initially said that there were 25 others just like him training in Yemen to blow us up?  So what if there are solid reports that he had an accomplice in Amsterdam who helped him evade normal [...]

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