Hackers vs. Think Tanks

There was an emergency meeting called at the Think Tank For Freedom In America to Think (In A Tank) when a Junior Associate Assistant Fellow saw the following headline in the Hutchinson (Kan.) News;

'Anonymous' hackers target think tank 

There was immediate concern that the TTFFIATT(IAT) had been the hackers' target. Phone lines were cut, hard drives erased, and computers were destroyed. Then someone actually read the article and found it was about some low-rent Think Tank in Texas called Stratfor. We were relieved to find we were not the "hackees". This time.

We came up with a viable plan to secure our computers from criminal intrusion, as illustrated below:

The TTFIATT(IAT) will display this "NO HACKING" symbol on the website to deter miscreants like the members of Anonymous. This plan should be just as successful as Gerry Ford's WIN buttons from the 70's or G.W. Bush's plan from the 2000's to simultaneously cut taxes and the Deficit.

 

Bill O'Reilly proves to be a mountebank

We thinkers here at the Think Tank do not usually waste our time considering the absurdities of the "Politics as Entertainment" industry, but one of the Associate Junior Fellows (who is actually a gal) pointed out a recent abuse of good-sense and decency that was broadcast on a program called "The O'Reilly Factor". This program  apparently is less about current events and more about the ego of the O'Reilly mentioned in the title.
One recurring feature of the show has a "reporter" ambush people with microphone in hand and cameras rolling. Jesse peppers the unsuspecting victim (I think victim is the right word) with questions but does not allow for any kind of thoughtful considered answer. (We here at the Think Tank are definitely pro-thoughtful answer).
The Dec 7  broadcast featured Jesse and cameraman attacking the Governor of Rhode Island in a hallway. The point of contention being a "Holiday Tree". The programs host introduces the bit by saying that Jesse "schools" Governor Chafee concerning the use of the term "Holiday Tree", as opposed to the name "Christmas Tree". Much delight is in the air at "The Factor" as Jesse ambushes the Governor. "WOO -HOO ! We showed him!!" (Not an actual quote, but still accurate.)
Next day, Dec 8, the host recounts a news story that qualifies as news only because it happened to the host. Apparently, while on his way to a White House media party, someone ran up to Bill O'Reilly, microphone and camera in hand, and asked questions without allowing time for a thoughtful considered answer. The host explains how he felt threatened and had to protect himself with an umbrella. He then tells us that, sadly, there is no law in the District of Columbia that would allow for arrest of this "reporter".
What makes this tawdry episode worthy of our consideration here, is the incredible vacuous thought process of Bill O'Reilly. He goes on his program (Fox News Channel, 8 P.M., 7 Central, but don't watch) unaware of the monumental hypocrisy he is about spew. Shouldn't there be someone at the O'Reilly Factor who has the cojones to say "But, Bill, don't WE do that all the time?"
A quick check of the Roget's shows several synonyms to 'hypocrite': con-artist, crook, deceiver, dissimulator, faker, four-flusher, fraud, malingerer, mountebank, phony, quack, smoothie, sophist, swindler, trickster and two-faced. Mountebank?
Mountebank is now the Official Synonym of the TTFFIATT(IAT).

RELATED THOUGHTS  from the Think Tank:
How does Bill O'Reilly get invited to a White House party? Were I the President, the only party to which I would invite Bill O'Reilly is an Army blanket party. Perhaps Mr. Obama is more big-hearted and forgiving than am I.

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Why does Alec Baldwin fly commercial? Shouldn't he have a gold-plated limo pick him up and proceed to a private airstrip where a Stealth jet is always fuelled and ready to take off for exotic destinations where people use electronic devices whenever they friggin' want!!