Those suicide bombers are trained to be tough, but not tough enough to travel with two teenage boys and pubescent girl!

Oh, wait a minute, two of the gate agents were conversing in Spanish and the "wand" lady was African American. I guess they were practicing racial profiling

Yes to both! Nobody's tougher than a Mama and yes racism and profiling go both ways. Why can't people see this?

While in Hawaii, I was stopped and made to take off my sweaty flip flops. Boy were they sorry. I couldn't stand the smell myself!
Suspicious round objects in my bag were lava rocks. They thought they were hand grenades. I think they got the worse end of that search.

 

Where's the common sense?! Someone comes up with a set of rules and they get enforced without thought.

I couldn't go in the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History because I've got one of those key chain pen knives. What, do they think I'm going to hijack the 42' Fiber Glass Blue Whale Replica? The Hope Diamond has been safe and sound there for 20+ Years before they started searching everyone. A Little Common Sense folks, Please!!!

 

zero tolerance? hell, for insurance reasons? they don't want to be sued because you hurt someone with it somehow and it's their liability since they didn't do an adequate job of security by letting you in?
just playing devil's advocate...

 

i'm glad i wasn't the only one who was hiding explosives in their flipflops!!!!

 

like everyone else.. i would say hire a lawyer... screw the cops!!!!

i just want to know why you had a bat in the car.. and BB gun...