Step in Front of the Telescreen

Wal Mart, long known to be target number one of al Qaeda, is going to be taking part in a Department of Homeland Security fear indoctrin…er, “See Something, Say Something” terrorism interdiction program. At Wal Marts around the country.

“If you see something suspicious in the parking lot or in the store, say something immediately,” Napolitano said in the video [to be played at check-out lines in Wal Mart]. “Report suspicious activity to your local police or sheriff. If you need help ask a Wal-Mart manager for assistance.”

No doubt the next 9/11 will indeed unfold in an exurban Wal Mart parking lot, unleashing a devastating attack on a number of poorly parked SUVs and abandoned carts. Well played, DHS, well played. Another sane, sober response to the relative threat. Let’s get some porno scanners into the cart area so we can finally be safe.

Step in Front of the Telescreen

TSA implements Newspeak

TSA: Take everything out of your pockets. If you have a wallet, take it out. A handkerchief, out.
Passenger: Can you explain the reason for the new process?
TSA: [This is nothing new.] We have always done this.
Passenger: [I did what they told me to. But on the other side of the metal detector, asked the head-screener]: ‘Could you explain to me why the procedure is now different at this airport, like having to remove a wallet that never set off the metal detector?’
TSA: No, no. The process has always been the same, at every airport.
Lemkin: There is no process, there are no rules, the entire operation is so clearly defined by the whim of the officials at every particular security point. And now they want to require images of your naked body as prerequisite for boarding a plane. When does it stop? When will people have had enough? What happens when a bomb or a weapon is smuggled aboard inside a bodily cavity? http://yhoo.it/cgw7o2