Your Government Knows What's Best For You, Right?
The two dumbest questions in the English language get asked over a million times daily. You get asked these questions at every airport check-in counter in America. "Has your luggage been in your ufa at all times and has anyone given you anything to carry with you?" Is there a more pointless exercise than this? Does anyone really believe real terrorists when questioned by perky ticket agents, are going to throw up their hands in frustration, admit guilt, and surrender their weapons? In the entire history that these idiotic questions have been asked to air passengers -- which includes hundreds of millions of inquiries -- has anyone ever answered "yes?" This masquerade does nothing to improve air safety. It's merely the first in a series of drawn-out obstacles that has turned airports into gauntlets, with barricades set-up every step of the way. Flying has become a national nightmare, about as appealing as a visit to the dentist's office -- with annoying...