[zeugma]

The No-Fly List is a joke.

Of course it's a joke. Everything associated with airport "security" is a  joke and has been for years. THe really funny thing about it, is the mouth-breathing goverment employees don't give a damn. Noone in government gives a damn because they don't have to deal with it. You and I are the only people subject to our insane overseers. I'm disgusted at the nation of unthinking, compliant sheep that this nation has become.

[mgstarr]

Of course it's a joke. Everything associated with airport "security" is a joke and has been for years. THe really funny thing about it, is the mouth-breathing goverment employees don't give a damn. Noone in government gives a damn because they don't have to deal with it. You and I are the only people subject to our insane overseers. I'm disgusted at the nation of unthinking, compliant sheep that this nation has become.

Well said.

[Clinging Bitterly]

Airport "security" possibly makes some travelers feel "protected", but in reality it only exists between the front door of the passenger terminal and the boarding areas in the little chutes through which folks toss their bags and shoes. The typical international airport probably has 100 gaping holes through which one can walk unchallenged.

I'm not suggesting anything should be done about it because I don't believe any effective security is possible. So my suggestion would be for the TSA, the airline industry, and the public to just stop pretending.

Yes, there is evidence that large scale coordinated attacks have been thwarted both here and abroad, but the actions that stopped them did not occur anywhere near the security checkpoints.