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Seriously, I can understand why airport security might need to take extraordinary precautions to keep terrorists from hijacking or blowing up planes, but this getting ridiculous.  One person tries to blow up a plane by hiding a bomb in his shoe, a plan that’s both impractical and stupid, and now everyone has to take there shoes off to get through security.  I always thought that was just a little extreme.  Now, they’re saying you can’t take any liquids on.  Does that mean the flight attendants can’t even serve drinks?  If that’s the case, passengers will probably get pretty thirsty and dehydrated on long flights.  What’s more, apparently mothers are allowed to bring baby formula on.  Certainly, mother should be allowed to feed their children during the flight, but what’s the point of banning liquids if you’re not going to ban all of them.  If you wanted to use a liquid bomb to blow up a plane, all you’d have to do if find a mother suicide bomber who’s willing to fly with her baby and switch the baby formula with the explosive.  Anyone who’s will to kill themselves and few hundred passengers isn’t going to have any qualms about killing an infant as well.  So how do these ridiculous, extraordinary policies actually keep the skies safer if it’s possible for some people to get around them.

Love it, Jim. Really gave me a laugh, thanks.

Everybody get NAKED! Yeah, thats it. Everyone show up at the airport carrying nothing and in the buff. Lets see the TSA people handle that...cavity searches...ah dont give them any ideas.
I also (seriously) think that while we are at it, we need to ban cell phones. The Mossad has placed bombs inside cell phones before, why cant a crazy terrorist. OK that means no laptops or even ipods. Lets just go all the way, you must fly naked with no carry ons.
Maybe if we get that ridiculous people will start wondering about taking nail clippers away from grandmothers.

Ewww.... It’s bad enough having to sit shoulder to shoulder with certain people for hours on end. I shudder too think what it would be like if they were naked as well.