[jaq]

I agree 100 percent with you. Sometimes I wonder what happened to the old "Free Republic."

What's next to pull from a bag at the airport? Kotex? Birth control bills? Laxatives? Hey, what the heck? Viagra? Those APES at the airport are uneducated, unprofessional idiots and I hope she wins billions. What they did was inexcusable and uncalled for.

[Gaston]

Sometimes I wonder what happened to the old "Free Republic."

Some see FreeRepublic only as a source of entertainment and not the political forum it was meant to be.

[hobbes1]

Suppose when they unloaded the bag, it was purring, and vibrating...?

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Without knowing all the facts, how can you come to that conclusion? If it was in the cargo hold of the aircraft, and if the rampers where off loading and heard this humming, how would they know it might not be a bomb?

Batteries are illegal on aircraft, BTW, for bomb deterrant safety. If you were a ramper and this could have been the case, what would you do? They did the courtesy of calling the owenr of the bag (they could have opened it themselves, but thats what they prefer NOT to do) to open it. If you don't want to be caught, then don't do it.

What do you carry?