Originally Posted by Lambeau

Just flew to BWI today and was in Sacramento last week and it's unbelievable that TSA searches old ladies and others that pose no threat. I've flown over 77,000 miles since March & I see the stupid policies in airports every week. For every one of the people they search that is not a threat someone that could pose a threat is not searched. I show my military ID at the screening points and I still get selected for the extra screening once in a while. And my military job and civilian job involve NBC weapons & anti-terrorism! Just to appease the ACLU they OMG can not single out middle-eastern males who are the ones that will be committing the terrorist attacks. We are at war to protect our way of life. The hell with not offending people while we are at war. If there was a threat of blue-eyed white males to blow up aircraft I would not have a problem with them screening me more often as that would be protecting me also. My son & I fly from London back to the US in September so do you think I'm glad there is the freedom of the gov to listen to phone conversations etc (Patriot Act) to realize potential terror communications? I don't understand how people can have a problem with the gov listening in when they have nothing to hide. If you're not doing anything wrong why shouldn't they listen if it in the long run it protects you? It seems people won't accept this just for political beliefs no matter how much sense it makes. Look past the politics and go with what makes sense in todays world and with the threats present. With my security clearance and access to intel trust me when I tell you there are many more threats out there than you realize. We NEED every means possible to gather as much info as possible to thwart all of these terrorists. Would you rather have your life or your headstone that reads this:
"Here I lie, killed by a terrorist. But, at least I kept my 2nd amendment rights!!"