One MSNBC columnist is fed up with indicriminate airport security which searches the sick, elderly, and infirm just as closely as it searches the young men who profiling would tell us are most likely to be Islamic terrorists. What drove her over the edge recently was not ths story about Ted Kennedy being unable to fly, having ben "accidentally" added to the "No-Fly" list, but her elderly father whose body is riddled with lymphoma and who had to carry an oxygen bottle to breathe.
While I feel very sorry for the columnist's father, my very first flight was a few weeks after 9/11/01 and my last flight was in July for Sean's wedding. I must say that while airport security is no picnic, it has gotten much better since my first flight. Then, I was searched head to toe after they found a tiny pen knife in my bag (it had been brought on an earlier trip and got lost in the lining so I missed it when looking myself). This time, they scanned my bag, had me walk thru the scanner, and that was it. While things may still be a bit tighter than they have to be, it seems to me we are moving in the right direction.
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