Christmas Carols For The TSA Era
The guys at Reason.Tv did a nice job with this one, I think;
Lyrics:
Grandma got indefinitely detained now
coming home to visit Christmas Eve
You could say she had a right to counsel
but some folks in the Congress disagreeshe was flying home to our house
when she got checked by TSA
thought she might be Abdulmutallab
when they looked at her X-rayHer hair had recently been colored
she paid cash for her Christmas gifts
two things apparently the Congress
says just might make you a terroristGrandma got indefinitely detained now
coming home to visit Christmas Eve
you could claim there’s no right to due process
but check the 5th amendment and you’ll seethey say they need to have these powers
to help protect this free country
but if it takes these steps to do so
what is it we are protecting?Now she’s an enemy combatant
as if that makes any sense
the only thing that she’s combating
is her unpredictable incontinenceGrandma got indefinitely detained now
trying to come visit Christmas Eve
they took her rights in order to…protect rights..
the most genius plan ever in historyGrandma got indefinitely detained now
never made it home on Christmas day
she always wanted to live in Miami
at least now she’s 90 miles away
H/T: The Liberty Papers
Thanks for the lyrics. Some of us are still on dial-up over the holidays (yes, I could have used my 3G phone).
A little heavy handed and reductionist for me–and I just returned to Asia last week–but if this is what passes for clever and witty repartee to you, so be it.