Return to US

Yesterday, I flew back to the US with all the attendant pains. I figured that clearing Customs in Houston might be easier than places like LA or New York, but to my surprise, the airport there is pretty screwed up. The first thing a transit passenger has to do after clearing Customs and Immigration is go through the security check point. I had always thought one could smuggle a three-legged elephant thought European airports, but at least they had figured this one out. What was really annoying was the cattle car treatment from Janet Napolitano's "well-trained" TSA agents...

(figure of speech)

Worse than the discourteous treatment after a ten hour flight was watching them give the full monty to three elderly and disabled women, two of whom were in wheel chairs and having to remove their shoes, while a third with a cast on her arm was stood against a wall while being given the body scanner. It was disgusting. I should have said something and taken pictures, but I figured I would be arrested. As it was, I made a comment to a fellow passenger in full earshot of the burger-flippers. While I was standing at the end of the conveyor belt putting myself together, one of Janet's finest used his foot to shove three of those baskets for your belongings right against my feet moving me out of the way. ""C.S.-er", I muttered somewhat under my breath. He either didn't hear me or ignored me.

Here is my comment for the TSA suggestion box:

Why don't you try profiling for a change?

"The system worked perfectly."

(Which means either the passengers will subdue them or the FBI will catch them on the other end.)