August 16, 2009

I feel safer part eleventy thirty seven

While I am whiling away the hours in Charlotte, courtesy of USAirways and the rain, it strikes me that on this journey I have discovered something important about national security. There must be a surfeit of bluehaired terrorists ready to make liquid/gel bombs in the Greater Palm Beaches. However there are none of these in the Pittsburgh metro area. It must be so, just check with the TSA.

Posted by binky at August 16, 2009 05:00 PM | TrackBack | Posted to Homeland Insecurity


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And I forgot to say that also in Palm Beach International airport, the scrolling messages about the evils of gels and liquids were followed by a statement of TSA rights . No mention of the rest of us and whether we have any.

Posted by: binky at August 16, 2009 08:49 PM | PERMALINK

From my perspective, I'd like to note that (having circled the airport twice to pick up binky, since no one is allowed to actually stop and wait for arriving passengers) the threat of car bombs outside of airports has always seemed tremendously overblown, and the security measures to prevent them idiotic. I mean, (1) no one has ever bombed the arrival/departure pick-up/drop-off area (so there isn't a threat in the first place, I think), and (2) the fact that they shoe you away if you pause for more than 30-seconds isn't really a preventative (you can still drive a car bomb up - getting away gets a little bit harder).

What, exactly, is this (universal) rule supposed to help prevent?

Posted by: baltar at August 17, 2009 09:30 AM | PERMALINK
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