Stupid airport security

[MARIO]

Stupid airport security
Walter E. Williams

April 6, 2005


For most of my professional life, I've traveled frequently -- sometimes boarding a commercial flight two, three or four times a month for lucrative speaking engagements. Over the past three years, the frequency has fallen to an average of once or twice a year. The reason is simple. I don't want to be arrested or detained for questioning some of the senseless airport security procedures. Don't get me wrong. I'm for security but against stupidity. Let's look at some of it starting off with a hypothetical question.

You're a detective. A woman reports a rape. How would you go about finding the perpetrator? Would you confine your search to males or would you include females as well?

You say, "Williams, that would be stupid to include females!" But not if Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta were your supervisor. You might be ordered to investigate females and males as possible suspects to avoid committing the politically incorrect sin of sex profiling.

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[Remey688]

Mrs. Remey and I returned yesterday after a long weekend away. Mrs. Remey requires a wheelchair for boarding--she cannot walk down a ramp safely, so we clear security differently. At our OKC departure, security gave her a tit-pat-down, and hand searched her carryon bag. Yesterday we shot through security at Bradley International, Hartford without anyone asking us for photo ID?! Hello!!!!

When we got home I found the search note in my luggage notifying me that my suit bag had been search! I laughingly said to Mrs. Remey that the aluminum foil wrapping the 5 pound of frozen Italian sausage I had in my soft-side plastic thermo package did it's job! Hello!!

[dustdevil28]

Remey688 said:

When we got home I found the search note in my luggage notifying me that my suit bag had been search! I laughingly said to Mrs. Remey that the aluminum foil wrapping the 5 pound of frozen Italian sausage I had in my soft-side plastic thermo package did it's job! Hello!!

A few years back My father and I went to the Airport to see my sister and nefew fly home. They were held up at securty as they kept looking at something in my nefew's backpack. When it came through the x-ray they opened it and found a tin hose sprayer .

My nefew had enjoyed playing with it the day before and decided he would like to keep it.