Good Morning!

Well, after another long stretch of ugly weather, we’ve got a beaut here in New England. It’s sunny and expected to be near 60 this afternoon….pretty nice for November.

In just about two and a half weeks, one of the great migrations of mankind will be taking place. Millions of Americans will saddle up, with spouse and children in tow, and head back to their ancestral homelands for a ritual known as “Thanksgiving Traffic”, or perish in the attempt. (Sadly, some will. Let’s be careful out there, hmm?)



Most folks will be driving, in some cases up to hundreds of miles. But there will also be millions of people out there ditching their liquids, removing belts and shoes, and stripping nearly nekkid for the privilege of sitting in an aluminum steel tube hurling through the stratosphere at 500 knots.

Do you remember what it was like in “the before time”? I once pulled up to the airport with just a carry-on bag, checked in at curbside, and walked through the terminal and directly onto the plane about 10 minutes before they closed the doors.
Of course, all things changed after…you know.

But did you ever wonder who is leading the way here? Of course, we want security, we want to be safe when we travel, and we certainly don’t want terrorists to get on board with us.

First, they hijacked planes with boxcutters. Now you can’t get on board any jetliner with so much as a pocketknife or a pair of scissors.

Then, some crazy dude tried to light his shoes on fire. Now you can’t get on board any jetliner without taking off your shoes and subjecting them to an inspection. (Lucky TSA agent!)

Then, some more folks tried to smuggle on different chemicals to mix together and explode. Now you can’t get on board any jetliner with a bottle of water, or any container of liquid that is opaque or larger than 3 ounces.

After that, the infamous “underwear bomber” did his thing, and Now you can’t get on board any jetliner without having a full-body scan, or opting out of that, a full-body grope by a surly TSA agent.

Not very long ago, some cargo almost blew up enroute to the USA. While it won’t affect most of the travelling public, you now can’t ship printer toner cartridges on board any jetliner anymore, either.

The terrorists might not have won yet, but I bet they are working on a CD Player bomb, or maybe the iPod Bomb, or the dreaded Cookie Bomb. Whatever it is they try next, you can be sure that you won’t be able to board any jetliner with it soon after it happens.

Who is winning the warron terra these days, anyway?