Saturday, November 15, 2008
TSA is a Waste of Money
A few months back, the Transportation Security Administration foiled a terrorist plot. That's right. The author of this post tried to carry two 5-ounce jars of jelly onto a plane in his carry-on bag, but TSA saved America from his nefarious plot to give some friends some huckleberry jelly. Bruce Schneier, a security expert who often discusses the pointlessness of many of TSA's regulations, similarly was plotting to enjoy some spaghetti sauce when he returned from a trip, but thankfully TSA foiled this plot as well. So, TSA is pretty good at foiling these terrorist plots. Thousands are squashed each day. Well then, what about the terrorists that use fake or no IDs, wear Osama bin Laden shirts, and look extremely nervous? “All right, you can go,” he said, pointing me to the X-ray line. “But let this be a lesson for you.”
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Did I ever tell you about the time that I was coming from Basic Training to DLI in full dress ARMY UNIFORM (yes, that would be the US ARMY) and I was running late for my plane...and of course they pulled my over-stuffed and very carefully packed carry-on off the line to dig for a pair of tiny tiny sewing scissor in a sewing kit at the very bottom of my bag that I forgot even existed. Thank you TSA for harrassing all of us pretending to be soldiers to get a pair of tiny sewing scissors on a plane to the "great" population center of Montrey....no I'm so not bitter.....
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