You may be thinking of Ben Franklin as you dig into your turkey. \u00a0Recall — as a graffito artist in my neighborhood apparently has — that the founding father also noted, as many a revolutionary did, that “they that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” \u00a0And so witnessing the\u00a0colossal\u00a0flop of the anti-TSA “no-fly day” (and noticing also TSA at least playing nice for the press), I leave you with this somewhat revolutionary message from dance musician M.I.A. \u00a0(Is it over the top? \u00a0You might think so. \u00a0More than anything else it reminded me of the Dr. Seuss story the Sneetches.)<\/p>\n
M.I.A, Born Free<\/a> from ROMAIN-GAVRAS<\/a> on Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You may be thinking of Ben Franklin as you dig into your turkey. \u00a0Recall — as a graffito artist in my neighborhood apparently has — that the founding father also noted, as many a revolutionary did, that “they that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” … <\/p>\n