[Sir Gawain]

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[Cyber Liberty]

Staggering. Lord forgive you if you try to pass off a set of fingernail clippers. The guy asked me at DFW if I wanted to break off the pointy thing, and I told him, no, just keep it. Geesh.

[Dick Bachert]

...and we ALL know what's so idiotic about the entire exercise, don't we?

It's that since 9/11, anyone -- ANYONE -- who stands up in the aisle of a commercial flight and announces that he/she/it (gotta be PC, ya know!) is taking over the aircraft will almost immediately

A) have the dog squeeze kicked outta him/her/it or

B) quickly assume cabin temperature

all courtesy of the passengers/crew who now know they're probably gonna die anyway and have nothing to lose by going for it.

But, of course, none of these pesky little tidbits of info help the cause of expanding government, sooooo.... we get Barney -- NOT the ubiquitous purple dinosaur who is better qualified for the position, we get the other one -- and virtual strip searches of 80 year-old grandmothers.

WHOM THE GODS WOULD DESTROY, THEY FIRST MAKE INSANE!

[Tennessee_Bob]

Geeze...how inane can you get - raising a fuss about a beluga whale. Now a narwhal on the other hand - has that sharp tusk on the front....

[TADSLOS]

I personally witnessed 80 year old retirees and overweight white guy accountant types being pulled for secondary screenings at the gate in FDW and LAS last week. Sad, really. A stark example of the idiocy exuding from the FAA.

[vikingchick]

Great satire. bttt

[joathome]

Anyone have an opinion on which airline carriers are safer for international travel? We recently flew Lufthansa, and we had to go through a second screening at the boarding gate by Lufthansa personnel. I felt like they were making more effort. What about the other carriers? What would you fly? not fly?