DHS Deports Tourists For Twitter Jokes
Unreal. Unreal!
Rob Beschizza blogs at BoingBoing that two tourists from the UK were detained and deported because of tweets joking about "diggin' up" Marilyn Monroe and "destroying" America.
This is not the America I want to be living in and we all need to stand up to every incursion into our civil liberties (and basic common sense) or we're going to be on an express path to living in a police state.
More here, at this Daily Mail link (don't they look all al Qaeda-scary?). Seeing the picture of them really underscores what morons we have "guarding" this country. And then here's another one of their "terroristic" tweets:
'3 weeks today, we're totally in LA p****** people off on Hollywood Blvd and diggin' Marilyn Monroe up!
Hey, DHS, thanks for all the dollars they didn't spend in Los Angeles!
Be very, very, very afraid of what this country is becoming.
P.S. As a sidebar to the Daily Mail piece, there's a list of all the words that get you flagged by DHS. I recommend that everyone use as many as possible in tweets to make it less possible for the morons to inflict their moronism on visitors to this country.
The words deemed as being sensitive by the DHS include:Illegal immigrant
Outbreak
Drill
Strain
Virus
Recovery
Deaths
Collapse
Human to animal
Trojan
It's still a great country.
...it's just lorded over by a bureaucracy no one elected that tries to justify its own paychecks by making up more and more fake problems.
Sweep the government away and keep the country, and we'll be fine.
(We've done it once before!)
TJIC at January 30, 2012 8:34 AM
I also enjoy how the extensive search found this information ... yet they found this on his Tweeter account. Tweeter? Seriously? If you're going to deny someone entrance to the home of the fr.. wait. to the land of the br. um .. let's try this one. to this police state, then at least get the name of the offending site source right. Twitter. /packs bags
Patrick at January 30, 2012 8:58 AM
I always use a trojan to protect against an outbreak of a particularly nasty strain of virus when I'm doing human to animal. With all the illegal immigrants coming in from Brazil this could be pandemic, leading to collapse, even death, there's no hope for recovery once you're infected.
Oh, and drills.
smurfy at January 30, 2012 9:13 AM
All USC and Michigan State fans, report for immediate deportation. let's not take any chances, dig up Gerald Ford. It might be contagious.
This is what happens when idiots have power.
MarkD at January 30, 2012 11:00 AM
Is the phrase "slobbering poltroons" on the Twitter watch list yet? After this story, they'll have a lot of those to follow up on.
Old RPM Daddy at January 30, 2012 11:03 AM
The TSA overreacts to jokes about destroying America. Yet, Daryn Moran seriously threatens the president, but he is not in prison.
Ah, life's wonderful contradictions. Republicans so against illegal immigration, yet sending Elian Gonzales back to Cuba to be with his father was such a horrible crime.
Patrick at January 30, 2012 11:09 AM
We, more correctly, our government is broke. If we can no longer afford a manned space program or F22 or F35 and have to be downsizing the active military during a war, and need to reduce education spending, we really cannot afford the TSA. The actual value per dollar spent has to be microscopic.
And they are now deploying to train and bus stations in surprise raids and talking about scanner trucks to drive down the street trolling for terrorists. When will they decide random household searches conducted by SWAT Teams are the ticket to fighting terror? I mean, who knows how many terrorists are in a house until you check.
Other than women with cupcakes or large boobs and people with medical devices on their bodies, what have they protected us from? Both the shoe and underwear bombers were apprehended in flight by passengers and crew.
I am seriously hoping the Jihad does not even mention the suppository bomb.
Old Guy at January 30, 2012 11:49 AM
Don't worry, Old Guy, you'll get a prostrate exam for free the next time you fly, take a train or bus. Not to mention your screening for testicular cancer!
Mixing TSA & ObamaCare: what could possibly go wrong?
I R A Darth Aggie at January 30, 2012 12:38 PM
We, more correctly, our government is broke. If we can no longer afford a manned space program or F22 or F35 and have to be downsizing the active military during a war
Just be thankful that even thought we're going to put thousands of soilders out of work we still have the money to build equipment the militarty has offically said they dont want and doesnt need, all in order to give no bid govenerment contracts to senators campaign contributers.
And, really, its that what's TRUELY important?
lujlp at January 30, 2012 2:08 PM
Im not sure how these Brits can be that upset, considering their own nation's lack of free speech and penchant for locking people up for saying supposedly not nice things.
Sio at January 30, 2012 2:19 PM
what smurfy said.
One thing we don't have to fear is an outbreak of intelligence or sanity on the part of the TSA.
Human to animal? why? Think of the puppies!!
DrCos at January 30, 2012 3:07 PM
Well, narrowing it down to those who are more likely to commit terrorism is considered racist.
Jim Treacher at January 30, 2012 4:09 PM
I wonder what the TSA has against dentists?
Cousin Dave at January 30, 2012 6:24 PM
So am I.
Jim P. at January 30, 2012 8:07 PM
Anyone else wonder how they connected a Twitter account with a particular person, or why they would bother to do so, or how many thousands of man hours they spend reading tweets?
kenmce at January 31, 2012 6:41 PM
Amy Alkon
http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2012/01/30/dhs_deports_tou.html#comment-2948054">comment from kenmceIt's a living -- taxpayer paid! That many more people that the politicos in charge don't have to have on the unemployment rolls.
Amy Alkon at January 31, 2012 6:59 PM
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