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Some may think I am a bit into PC, but I am going to opine in any event that we need profiling of folks getting on airplanes. It is time to give Amish grandmothers a break. The way we are going, many will not want to fly, and it will disrupt commerce. In fact, it already has. I certainly won't fly unless there are compelling reasons to. (Actually I am going to fly soon to witness the canonization of a Catholic saint that founded an order of nuns in Indiana (it's a long story). I am going to Rome; I may be in the same room with the Pope. Some sacrifices are just worth it.) In any event, I was told today, that you can make an explosive out of powder. So ban all powders too. By the way, suppose the explosives are put in the cargo hold? That does not seem to be a concern. Is it a de-pressurization issue of the passenger area that is a concern, rather than the downing of the plane itself?

Speaking of Amish grandmothers and potentially explosive chemicals, remember whom among us have an unlimited supply of natural manure.

You can't legislate feces, people.

The concern currently is for binary explosive devices. Theoretically, a couple of guys each bring a bottle of soda on board. Except the soda isn't soda so when they combine the two the chemical reaction is enough to blow a hole in the side of the palne and depressurize.

The advantage to the deadeneders here is that there are no timing devices and nothing for the sniffers to alert to. Just two assholes looking for virgins in all the wrong places.