{"id":3383,"date":"2012-02-07T11:06:23","date_gmt":"2012-02-07T16:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=3383"},"modified":"2012-02-07T11:07:07","modified_gmt":"2012-02-07T16:07:07","slug":"my-endorsement-of-wewontflycom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/07\/my-endorsement-of-wewontflycom\/","title":{"rendered":"My Endorsement of WeWontFly.Com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anti-TSA activist <strong>Ken Krawchuk <\/strong>caught me on film at last year&#8217;s Maryland Libertarian Party convention responding to his question about the great TSA boycott that he, <strong>Jim Babb<\/strong>, and others organized in late 2010.   They did a superb job &#8211; that was probably the worst PR drubbing the TSA has yet received. <\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the video: <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ap0Uw_rcsvI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jim Bovard on WeWontFly.com (2011)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ap0Uw_rcsvI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anti-TSA activist Ken Krawchuk caught me on film at last year&#8217;s Maryland Libertarian Party convention responding to his question about the great TSA boycott that he, Jim Babb, and others organized in late 2010. 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