Your Homeland Security Dollars at Work

So much for that raise in the security level. Orange? I am thinking the guy at the screening gate in Orlando didn't get the memo. We were running a bit late, so the frenzied Bohlender family of 5 whisked themselves to the security screening towards gate 120. Mom was in the lead with the boarding passes and at least 3 of the 50 bags we had in tow (ok, maybe it only felt like 50). I yanked the boarding passes out of the folder and showed them to the guy along with ID. He looked the passes, then at our crew, at the passes and at us again. I wondered if there was a problem and then he waved us ahead. It wasn't until I got to the x-ray until I realized that Jackson's boarding pass was stuck in the folder -- I never handed it to him! The guy had 4 boarding passes and 5 of us. He must've discerned we were ok so we got through. Never mind we didn't have enough boarding passes for all of us! I guess we just looked like a nice, mid-western family who would never blow themselves up on board an aircraft.

This was disturbing to me. If Jackson got through with no boarding pass, how many others? And although we must surrender all liquid items before we approach security screening, we could purchase them at the gate via the Seattle's Best kiosk or a host of other restaurants and gift shops at the gate. Throw out all your coffee and lotions at security, buy them again and tuck them neatly in your pocket once safely in the gate. Something is wrong with this picture!

Maybe the Department of Homeland Security should spend more time reading the book of Joel than coming up with new schemes. We will never outsmart the enemy, we will only beat him in prayer.