More Carry-On Items Banned on Planes

[imbondz]

21 of 21 airport penetration tests failed to detect bomb making components smuggled by undercover officers onto planes in recent tests

a very bushian like failure rate

http://video.msn.com/v/us/msnbc.htm?...6&f=00&fg=copy

that's right, pre-Bush the rate was closer to 1% failure rate

[Historian]

I had a Republican buddy of mine tell me the other day:

"I never thought I would long for the good ol' days of Bill Clinton."

I practically soiled myself!

[Ebenezer]

Good post! With the new liquid rule. It's fine. But I want the whole can of pop instead of just a few sips. And like you said, a bottle of water would be nice too.

I have NEVER had trouble getting a whole bottle of water or an extra glass of pop...usually I don't even drink the water; I take it with me because the hotel rooms are usually so dry and I don't feel like getting a nose bleed. Stop whining.

[imbondz]

if Bill Clinton was president we'd still be deciding if we should invade Afghanistan

[Ebenezer]

OP...it's not even 10AM...get over it...there is no reason for the crap that is taken into a plane...terrorist threat or not...you buy a ticket; you ride the plane...there is NO REASON TO HAVE TOOTHPASTE ON BOARD. period. It is not a singles bar. If you breath is that bad get it taken care of by an oral surgeon. Be thankful they don't make you sit there with your hands folded. Not get over it and get some air.

[imbondz]

I think we should all have to fly naked from now on.

[Historian]

if Bill Clinton was president we'd still be deciding if we should invade Afghanistan

That's because Bush, Cheney and all the oil companies would still be entertaining the Taliban at the Crawford Ranch.

[Stewie]

I have another funny one Mike.

My Dad was really ill, back in February of 1998, so I had to fly up from Florida, because we didn't know if he was going to pull through the surgery to remove his leg.

So it's just me this time, and I'm flying out of the Sarasota-Bradenton Airport. (Which, for all intents and purposes, could be called the Hooterville Airport, as it only deals with about two dozen flights a day)

I get to the screener, a cute little old lady of about 70. she Xrays my Timberland backpack, and tells me she needs to open it up.

No Prob.

She pulls out my little Panasonic DVD-TV. I had just bought it about a month before at the Best Buy near the Countryside Mall.

LADY: What's this?

ME: It's a portable DVD player.

LADY: A what?

ME: A DVD player. Press that little switch, and a tv screen pops up, and I can watch a movie on the flight.

LADY: Hmmm. Okay, what are these things? (In the small Caselogic case)

ME: Those are the movies.

LADY: Then what's this other piece of hardware in your knapsack?

ME: That's a cd player.

***blank stare***

ME: It plays music...sort of like a tape player, only with a laser that reads encoded information on the discs.

LADY: (exasperated) I gotta get to the store and check out all this newfangled stuff....oh just go!

I should write a book.

Sounds like a pretty bad book

[LtBillsFan66]

better training and detection equipment.

What a profound statement.

[LtBillsFan66]

better training and detection equipment.

How about asking the public to help? Seems like a doable measure.

[Historian]

You're hired!

[ArcticWildMan]

Ban all carry ons if you want 100% detection. Air travel would be better for it if carry ons were eliminated anyway.

[Valerie]

Channel 4 just said the only exemptions are baby formula, but you must have a baby to have any, and insulin.

That's pretty fair.

There isn't enough room in airplane lavatories to wash your hair anyways.

How does that seem reasonable and fair? AWM told me earlier in this thread that even though I am drinking a water, it could still be full of something to blow a plane up. What makes any of you think that terrorists won't use a baby to help conceal their actions? If you're going to ban one thing, you've got to ban EVERYTHING. NO EXCEPTIONS!

[imbondz]

That's because Bush, Cheney and all the oil companies would still be entertaining the Taliban at the Crawford Ranch.

[imbondz]

ban all carryons, and from now on, all planes will have dvd players or dvd systems where we can download any movie we want, satellite radio systems, and magazines/books online or uploaded to an airplane only web server so we can read, etc...

problem solved. also, we could talk to the strangers next to us.

[imbondz]

How does that seem reasonable and fair? AWM told me earlier in this thread that even though I am drinking a water, it could still be full of something to blow a plane up. What makes any of you think that terrorists won't use a baby to help conceal their actions? If you're going to ban one thing, you've got to ban EVERYTHING. NO EXCEPTIONS!

from what I've heard, the mom has to taste the baby formula in front of them.

[ArcticWildMan]

Baby formula isn't something that airport stores carry (unlike your espresso, gatoraid, toothpaste).

[Valerie]

from what I've heard, the mom has to taste the baby formula in front of them.

And again, I go back to what AWM said, if they're going to blow up a plane, what difference does it make if they ingest the poison?

[Historian]

How does that seem reasonable and fair? AWM told me earlier in this thread that even though I am drinking a water, it could still be full of something to blow a plane up. What makes any of you think that terrorists won't use a baby to help conceal their actions? If you're going to ban one thing, you've got to ban EVERYTHING. NO EXCEPTIONS!

It's absolutely fair!

Terrorists could be drinking something that could make them fart.

Farts can be ignited after all.

[Historian]

also, we could talk to the strangers next to us.

Del Griffith...shower curtain ring salesman.

Damn glad to meet ya!