Posts in "Government Gone Wild"

Government Gone Wild at UF!

Apr 10, 2012 at 2:01 PM

“Excuse me miss, you’re looking awfully suspicious. As a representative of the TSA, I’m going to need you to step over here so that I can violate your Fourth Amendment rights with a thorough scannin’.”

Just your average Government probe!

That was the greeting uttered by the scanner-wielding Ken I. Seymore (Vice-President Jonathan Wilbur) who took many unsuspecting students of the University of Florida off guard. The fact that the “scanner” was actually a black frat paddle perfected the whole creepy scene. But as they received a scannin’ from Seymore, they learned the really creepy fact that the privacy invasions inflicted by our government in the name of security violate their rights that are supposed to be protected by the Constitution.

This opened up some awesome conversations with passing students not only about privacy rights, but also about things like counter-productive gun control laws and other areas where American liberties are slowly disappearing in the name of security. We gave everyone Marti Gras beads as a parting reminder about how the government has seriously gone wild!

Codename: Ken I. Seymore

Apr 10, 2012 at 1:48 PM

By Anthony Orwick

The liberty message was alive and well on the University of Kansas’s campus as Young Americans for Liberty students gathered on one of the dreariest days of the season to advocate for our 4^th Amendment rights.

TSA Protest

Despite temperatures remaining around 51 degrees through the late morning and early afternoon under cloudy skies, there was no lack of students willing to be informed about the extremely invasive procedures of the TSA in our nation’s airports. As an organization we handed out plenty of YAL sponsored materials including dozens of constitutions, magazines and little knick-knacks to attract people to our table.

Sign-ups!

We were first greeted by two news reporters before we had even begun setting up! The campus newspaper in addition to the on-campus television station had a great time interviewing fellow students and members of our group. Here is a clip of Tabitha Marcotte, Vice-President and me in a clip by KUJH.

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YAL at NC State Protests the TSA

Apr 10, 2012 at 12:16 PM

By Ross Bradley

With our student body returning from Spring Break, our very special officer Ken I. Seymour meets and greets the kids the only way he knows how: shattering their constitutional rights with a smile.

After a few more unconsented searches, sexual assault filings, and a case of radiation poisoning from the TSA scanner, our crew began dishing out verbal knowledge of the evil that is the TSA. Students came up asking what our scanner was and what we had written on it (from the 4th Amendment to examples of excessive government spending and violations of the Constitution) and most agreed with us that the TSA should be done away with.

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Event wise, we had a great success and a lot of attention was grabbed with the big display. We had a handful of people sign up for Young Americans for Liberty at NC State and had a great time while doing it!

U of Wisconsin-Madison Protest the TSA

Apr 10, 2012 at 12:05 PM

By Sam Swedberg

This report comes from Aaron McEvoy who's currently on spring break, so I thought I'd help him out. He mentioned a video should be coming as well. Keep an eye out for that...

TSA goodies

We set up a table on the Library Mall, which is a major intersection between 2 major thoroughfares on campus and is where we usually do our events. We had our banner out, a couple of signs that said "Titty Squeeze Administration" and "Testicle Safety Assessor." We got about 10 new members, but we were really short staffed. I (Aaron) wore the TSA costume most of the day and asked passers by that if they could tell me what the 4th Amendment was and if they did they'd win some beads. We also just handed out beads and asked people where they were going for spring break and then informed them that the TSA violates their 4th Amendment rights every time they go through the airport. We had a few great conversations with a couple of individuals and groups. All in all I think we had a pretty great impact while having a really fun time.

We even got YAL's banner plugged in a local story!

Government Gone Wild! at DU

Apr 5, 2012 at 11:54 AM

By Daniel Gerstel

Young Americans for Liberty at the University of Denver held our first Activism event this past week after forming only three weeks ago. Students returning fresh off of their spring break were greeted by our TSA official Ken I. Seymore, and our Government Gone Wild!

TSA 1

Liberty was in the air as curious students participated in our event by walking through our mock scanner and writing their feelings down about the TSA agency. Over the 6 hours that we tabled and conversed with students, 18 were interested enough to sign-up for our weekly newsletter.

TSA 2

TSA agent Seymore excitedly (and creepily!) handed out Mardi Gras beads to participating students, while other YAL members handed out informative pamphlets and explained the ineffectiveness of the TSA, as well as the unconstitutional acts carried out by our government.

With this successful activism event behind us, YAL-DU is officially up and running and looking forward to our April All-Out Activism events!

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Moreno Valley College YAL celebrates a first with TSA protest

Apr 5, 2012 at 11:48 AM

By Benjiman Roden

The Moreno Valley College Young Americans for Liberty held their first activism event this March. We reserved the space, ordered the kit, posted flyers, and set up our checkpoint. Despite having technical problems with our scanner, the event was a huge success. We got the campus interested in our chapter's activism, signed up some potential members, and had a lot of fun.

Posing

Thanks to SRU YAL for the censored stick figure idea!

CSUSB YAL chapter president Andrew Petrolino helped us build the mock scanner and put on the event, making this the first of what we hope to be a long series of collaborations between our chapters. We were also joined by California state chair Angad Walia, who gave us some really great advice on engaging students and running an effective table.

Government Gone Wild at USF

Apr 5, 2012 at 11:29 AM

By Vincent Mccoige

TSA, USF YAL Chapter.

The Young Americans for Liberty at the University of South Florida came to the rescue of the Constitution yet again, helping to educate our fellow USF Bulls on their rights, right before classes were dismissed for Spring Break.

For our “Government Gone Wild” activism project, we tabled outside of our campus library, thus coercing our fellow students to be “stripped” of their ignorance, and even “forced” to learn their rights.

Students who visited our event were greeted by plenty of interesting (and mildly perverse) signs, then educated on their rights, as well as the YAL platform. Interested students were also invited to attend our screening of “10 Rules for Dealing With Police,” the night of our final tabling event.

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CSUF YAL Raises Awareness about TSA; Gets Trolled Hard

Apr 3, 2012 at 10:08 AM

By Derek Leininger

Despite careful planning and preparation for our TSA event here at Cal State-Fullerton, some unforeseen problems arose that polluted a majority of our efforts. My hope is that our experience can be used as an example if any other chapters run into the same type of problem.

nightchalking

We booked a corner of the quad weeks in advance for our event. We had a late night chalking campaign the night before where we wrote slogans about the TSA along with our facebook address. We had many signs for the event ready to go when the date arrived. On the morning of the event, we set up our table and had everything in its place. We did everything we were supposed to do.

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Government Gone Wild At MTSU

Apr 3, 2012 at 9:47 AM

By Eric Sharp

mtliberty For MTSU's Government Gone Wild event, we tabled 5 days this past week Monday - Friday 3/26 - 3/30. On Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday we had our fake body scanner and "Ken I. Seymore" officers on patrol. Friday we did some additional recruitment tabling. After Monday we made use of a pleasant shady spot to make our table inviting, though this is make our documentation shady as well.

We filled up 4 pages and got 66 signups and we were interviewed by MT TV, the campus news station. The content, I believe, has not aired yet. But I'll update this post when that content is available.

Check out this video round up of the week which I made:

Our student in the fake TSA outfit would motion students though the creepy scanner, we'd give them mardi gras beads, explain how the TSA violated their rights and then motion them over to the table for materials and to sign up.

Texas State University YAL protest of the TSA

Apr 3, 2012 at 9:47 AM

By David Matuschak

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TxState YAL made our presence known at the university this week by posing as TSA agents in the quad and handing out fliers talking with folks about their rights as an American. While some could care less about the TSA, it seemed that everyone’s ears perked up when we talked about how to protect their rights in everyday police encounters such as house parties. We signed a number of people up on our mailing list and saw four new faces at the move screening "10 Rules for Dealing with Police."