“Anyone who trades liberty for security deserves neither liberty nor security” said Benjamin Franklin
My favorite part of flying is the brief rubdown I get from the kind government workers in the blue shirts. I love nothing more than being yelled at by them to remove my laptop and to put all my liquids in the little baggies. I enjoy having to take my shoes off because apparently the expensive machinery can't see through the soles of our shoes, however they can see right through our souls.
Do we really feel safer? If you feel the government is making you safer by touching your parts, then maybe you shouldn't leave the house. It means you are just a scared person. Fear is exactly what the terrorists want you to feel, and many are playing into their hands.
Airport security should be left to the ones that have everything to lose. Instead of letting an inefficient government program make you feel safer, allow the airlines to hire a private security firm to do the job. Let pros do the work, not a guy that can barely count to ten. We can't afford to pay for all of these workers, for government waste is the reason we are in such debt. Don't even get me started on their tax sheltered pension plans either.
Capitalism can make flying safer by allowing airlines to hire the best of the best. The government has trouble running pretty much everything efficiently and this is no different. Waste waste waste!!
Also, why are we so afraid to profile passengers? Until we have evidence that Grandma Moses is a member of Al Qaeda, stop trying to cop a feel on her. She is not the problem, so go after the ones that we know are the problem.
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AMEN! You should run for office, Andy! You would have my vote! ;-)
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