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Friday, July 11, 2008 12:00 AM

Ask the pilot

Propped up by a culture of fear, TSA has become a bureaucracy with too much power and little accountability. Where will the lunacy stop?
By Patrick Smith

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  • Friday, July 11, 2008 01:16 PM

    Swallow that bomb

    I'm waiting for the day when a terrorist swallows a bomb - or shoves one up his ass - and puts an end to this stupidity by showing what can be done. At which point, TSA wil start requiringthat all airline passengers change into unitards and be knocked out with sleeping gas before getting on a plane. They will start putting people in coffin-shaped cages and the baggage guys will load them on the plane. When they lose your luggage, they'll lose you too, so at least you won't be separated. It will be far more pleasant for all involved.

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