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"You really dont even understand what was wrong about that do you? You have no clue how that may have upset an average person. Do you truly believe he should have just let his wife be humiliated just because someone might try to smuggle a bomb on board in a fake pregnancy disguise? Do you not realize how utterly ridiculous that entire premise is?
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Having heard only one side of this particular story, I do not have enough information to judge anyone's behavior in those circumstances. Could someone smuggle a bomb in a simulated pregnancy? Sure...it would be easy enough. Did the screeners overreact? Possibly. Did the guy overdo his anger? Could be. I don't know and neither do you. Condemning the entire screening process seems a bit extreme, based on this particular story.

And yes, I do fly...a lot. I get additional screening most of the time, since I have a full beard and travel in jeans and blue work shirts. So far, the additional screenings have been boring, and took just seconds. What do you want to bet that if I got pissed and started hollering about my right that the screening would take longer.

You are not required to fly. If you do, you are subject to the rules regarding security screening. Don't like them? Write your congresscritter or don't fly. Me? I'll keep flying and getting screened. I have work to do and can't waste 4 days to drive cross-country.

Just how effective WAS the screening process on 9-11? How effective has it EVER been? Truth of the matter is, airport screening is a joke, designed to do two things: Give the sheeple a false sense of "security" and get them used to intrusive, no-warrant searches by gooberment thugs. That's it in a nutshell! You want SECURITY? Stay home. You want to be able to fly safely (or with a reasonable expectation thereof)? Let the airlines issue firearms (with frangible rounds loaded) to all passengers who are not carrying their own. Put the teeth back into the second Amendment and let people take responsibility for our own safety once more. Looking to gooberment for travel safety (or any other kind) is kinda like asking Billy Jeff Clowntoon for tips on a successful marriage.