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No, it is stupid to assume that vicious, murdering fanatics are above slipping a blade, boxcutter or odorless explosive on the person of an unsuspecting 80 year old.

I remember hearing/reading a story about people being searched in Bosnia and one of the guards did not do a proper search of a baby a couple was carrying .. the Commander there stopped the couple and told the guard to search the baby .. they guard said at the time he thought his commander was being ridiculous but because it was an order he search the baby only to find a hand grenade in the baby's diaper

Yes I can understand that many of these searches seem ridiculous but we are also at war with people that want to kill as many Americans as possible ..

With that said .. I am also thinking there should be some kind of technology out there to make this an easier job

Right you are. The new proceedures aren't perfect by any means but it is a start. I have no doubt that good old American ingenuity will improve or develope better technology.... we always do. Until then we'll try lots of things that seem less than satisfactory. Eventually we'll find a safer way and one that doesn't erode our freedom or paralyze our economy.

Speaking of our economy.... have you bought anything new today ? I just bought a wedding gift and now I'm shopping for a graduation present. :) After that, I may just have to buy something pretty for Darlin'. LOL Who knew that doing our patriotic duty, a service for our country could be such fun ?

"there should be some kind of technology out there to make this an easier job"

Sure, they have those x-ray machines that leave nothing to the imagination. I guess people can subject themselves to that if they want, but to me that is not freedom. I will stay on the ground until our airlines get with the same program Israel has and profiles these SOB's. Sure, there are always ways if they are really determined, but in essence, treating the citizens of the US AS IF they were criminals does nothing in my opinion to foster confidence in our rights and liberties under the Constitution.