idiot nation

the rules are now changed for airport security. even though flights are non-smoking, you will now be able to carry a lighter onboard the plane. you still cannot carry drinking water, it is far more dangerous than an incendiary device; you still cannot carry more than three ounces of anything such as shampoo, toothpaste, or foot cream ~ they are an unnecessary security risk... but a lighter, thats perfectly safe. it will come in handy in the event of a "water landing" ~ you can signal the private planes which carry whatever they like and maybe they will drop you a four ounce martini with two olives to celebrate the "safety" of our air travel. i go to the natural products expo every year and the samples of bath and body products i receive become my travel kit. a toothpaste called "hakim herbal" has been with me on my last few trips. it has writing in arabic on it. a military/security/southern drawl checkpoint guy questioned it: "i saw writing like that when i was in iraq..." "its toothpaste." "but we dont know what it says..." "it says the same thing your toothpaste says, people everywhere brush their teeth the same way. if americans understood that we wouldnt be in this war." of course, it could have been directions for a bomb!