Charles - God love 'ya.

You hit it on the head again. Nare I say that I had a tingle up my leg in reading your piece. Privately, I doubt that I will ever again be shooting across the sky again in one of those unprotected tubes - the older I become, the less I am up for it - but, I do feel for my fellow man, or rather woman in them being exposed to such exposure.

. . . and please don't call my junk "junk". It has feelings too and a name, and the name is =>

Where have we seen this beforre? Auschwitz? Control thru humiliation? There's more going on here than you think! All in the name of 'security.'

Write your Congressman and Senators to complain about airport security. I'm hoping for a law that PERMITS profiling for law enforcement purposes. Meanwhile, can anyone recommend a good civil rights lawyer? I want to file a class action suit against TSA and DHS for violating the Fourth Ammendment.

Regarding "do you really think I'm a Nigerian nut job preparing for my 72-virgin orgy by blowing my johnson to kingdom come?"

I experienced a "blow soda out my nose moment" but luckily it missed the keyboard. When my coworkers asked what the problem was, I read them the whole paragraph and one lady nearly peed herself and a fellow vet is chain emailing your oped.

Thanks for making our day Sir Charles.

- Smitty and friends, somewhere in the bowels of Crystal City.

This might go down as my favorite Krouthhammer column of all time. Another nail has been struck in the coffin of liberty and common sense in a country built on these principles. Sad and ridiculous beyond belief. The terrorist will be telling their grandchildren about this if they live so long and laughing as hard as they can at our attempt not to offend them.

Of course, Charles nails it. But what is really worrisome to me is that we will likely succeed in limiting these assaults to those selected for such intrusive examination, but the problem will still exist -- we will continue to "pretend airline attackers are randomly distributed in the population."

Regardless of what happens to these intrusive screening procedures we will still be at risk until we stop the political correctness, call the enemy by name, and develop a screening process that requires more intelligence than simply training to do a "grope and feel". I wonder what they do when they "feel" something?

I do feel a little sympathy for the poor TSA agents who are only following orders. Unfortunately for them, there are already "suggestions" popping up on the Internet on "how to make your pat-down a hassle". Here are just a few I've seen:

- Don't shower for a week before flying

- Eat a lot of gas producing food the 24 hours prior and claim touching your junk makes you fart.

- Eat a lot of garlic the week before you fly

- Wear a Depends and pour water into it just before you get in line

- Slip a Baby Ruth bar into the back of your underwear.

- Use Halloween makeup to create oozing blisters all over your body

- Start scratching uncontrollably as you approach the checkpoint

The down-side is that almost all of these will not endear you to your fellow passengers either once you get on board!

Pure awesomeness. Full of quotables. Thanks Mr K!

Just like the start of the Tea Party, the "Don't touch my junk" will be the starting point of profiling because the public finally has had it. As Mr. Krauthammer states, those 95% of intrusions do absolutely nothing to make us safer and only wastes our time, money and patience.

The time to profile as come.

Thank you CW! Picture this! You are sitting around in the airport terminal lobby. "Attention! Ladies and Gentlemen! Flight 121 is boarding now. DEparting for Lexington. Exit thru the double door to the ramp. The Purser will be collecting boarding passes just before you enter the aircraft.Please form in line and take any seat as you enter the aircraft. Left side seats will be in the sun most of the hour and a half trip. I look around! Men wearing hats and suits or top coats. All women are decked out in hats, gloves and heals and "things" smell good. No dragging bluejeans, boobs hanging below the belt line, half-dressed and/or naked! Dream? Nope! Air travel 1950, 1951 and 1952.

One of my favorites was to walk fwd during flight and wedge myself in the door opening behind the pilot and co-pilot,---comparing stories with the flight crew. Any problem? Nope! Too Bad that with all the amazing brain potential that we have in this world that we have ended up with, "Don't touch my Junk!" "Brave New World?"

If Murkowski can do it, why can't Krauthammer? In 2012, let's have a write in campaign for him as the RINO machine would never let him be nominated. Could you imagine having a President that is truly intelligent, not beholden (except to those that voted for him) and gifted with common sense? That would be "hopenchange"!

"They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." --Benjamin Franklin

Thank you, Patriot Post. That says it all, doesn't it?

Smitty-

Nice list. Here's one to add: pop a couple of Viagra before leaving for the airport.

Maybe the easiest way to end this insanity is to make the TSA agents themselves demand that it end!

My favorite "Ben Franklin" is "The Wrath of all Just Men who sit on their asses is to be ruled by unjust asses!" Any of us guilty?

when I fly again, I am totally prepared to go "porno" on the TSA agent who gets me as a passenger....

Political correctness will be the death of this nation.

Richard Ryan

Lamar, Missouri (Birthplace of Harry S Truman)

Stop the "junk" hunt and profile but you must be politically correct about it and call it "discerning" or something more pleasant for the left.

Dear Mr. K.,

You are such a delight on and off the air! I do believe the TSA will have its hands full with more than a breast or someone's junk before 2011: people will get fed up with this nonsense by the minute.

Thank you for such eloquence in your vocabulary.

"warning the agent not to "touch my junk."

Not quite the 18th-century elegance of "Don't Tread on Me,"

Too funny...I envision the new flag for the "Don't Touch My Junk" to have a 'snake' in it as well!

Calling profiling by police and/or security personnel "racist" is the hight of Political Correctness gone insane. Profiling is exactly what security professionals are SUPPOSED to do.

If a case could be made that the full body scan made any detectable contribution to safety while flying I would acceed to it (if you get scanned you don't get patted down, I think). But that case can't be made.

I have actually been patted down by a professional (in Heathrow many years ago; the guy was probably a former SAS guy or maybe a serious cop of some kind - he was impressive to say the least.) I don't know why I was selected; I was a military officer traveling (not all in uniform) with a group of lieutenant colonels and colonels or their equivalents and several if not all of us got the treatment. I have to say that it was not unduly intrusive, did not take long and he didn't "touch my junk". But the guy was a professional and that will be hard to achieve by the TSA.

We can stop this madness....Simply stop flying...This will pressure the airlines to bring the TSA to their senses...

Has anyone ever told the Islamic terrorists that the 72 virgins are...all boys?

Its all Obama's fault. Obama allowed this crazy method of searches along with the near worthless milimeter scanners.

Till they replace this nonsense with Behavioral Profiling what choice do we have, oh yes, the old method of screening.

Its time for angry minorities to grow up, act mature and stop the racial riff raff about profiling because Israel uses proiling successfully and travelers get through the airport far faster than we do and thus far no attacks on planes since going to a superior method. I have to ridicule minoroties since they've become way too sensative since Obama popped up and the angry white liberal media have race baited so much that liberals now present a clear threat to our national security since the angry white liberal media overreact to Behavioral Profiling. Time to grow up and stop crying wolf. And time to blame Obama for ording Presidential Sexual Assault of passengers.

I am waiting for someone to punch a TSA agent in the mouth. Sort of like the first shot on April 19, 1775.

For those who forgot or went to govmint skools that was Lexington and Concord. Samuel Adams call your office.

May I suggest that we use the automobile insurance argument to solve the airport security issue of the TSA. This administration told us they can force Obamacare on us because we can be required to buy automobile insurance. Everyone knows that a male under 25 pays more for car insurance because they are considered a statistical liability. Let’s figure out who presents the greatest statistical liability and focus our screening on them. If it isolates middle-eastern 17-36 year old Muslim males, so be it. If the statistical liability approach of car insurance is good enough for the young men we are asking to protect us in war, then it is good enough for the potential enemies who wish to drag us into that war.

The advantages to this approach are: 1) Everyday freedom loving Americans will be less likely to be treated as potential terrorists. 2) Limited funds (has anyone noted that we are out of money?) can be used where they are most needed. 3) The administration can avoid using the term “profiling” with the same vigor it wishes to avoid the term “terrorist”. 4) If this administration will not use the automobile insurance approach on terrorists, then maybe they will repent from using the automobile insurance approach to force Obamacare on peace loving law abiding liberty seeking citizens.

traveller,

You wrote, "Has anyone ever told the Islamic terrorists that the 72 virgins are...all boys?"

I had to laugh, but you should Google the phrase "Man Love Thursday" or ask anybody who's been deployed to CENTCOM (which includes Iraq and Afghanistan) what it means.

Please stop encouraging them. ;-)

Shoe bomber... we have to take off our shoes.

Liquid bomber.... we can't bring shampoo or lotion.

Underwear bomber...we get a naked picture and feel-up

Rectal explosives ??? what will the reactionary government fools do then.

WE have refused to do the one thing to detect and stop terrorists -- Profile them --as what they are,,, that doesn't mean they won't modify tactics, but we can at least act like we do know who they are!

We are "chasing" the problem and reacting to it in ineffective fashion. We need to be pro-active and stop this TSA non-sense.

A sequenced combination of facial recognition airport surveillance, sniffer dogs, metal detectors, and a quick interview with an experienced profiler can select out those with need for a scanner or pat down. It will take more people and resources, but it can be done.

I know some folks at Customs and Border Patrol. They are very capable people. It is the policy makers that are refusing to deal with this problem in a logical fashion -- profile the bad guys.

I'd like a Presidential Candidate that would support Israel for the sake of Israel and who would support Israel as a potential independent contractor for our Airline Security Services.

They do what they have to do to survive. There is no debate. There is an obvious consideration for efficiency with an absolute dictum of what must be done for safety's sake. We need to be as wise, no more, no less.

While we're at it we should hire Japan to run our prisons...Google Wiki for Japanese Recidivism Rates and US Recidivism Rates and scratch your head a bit...Why does Japan have 48 prisoners per 100,000 while the US has 754 inmates per 100,000...hmmmm?

Are they better people or do they have wiser policies?

Mr. Obama took his kids into the Gulf after the oil spill, to show it was fine and no big deal.

Maybe Mr. O should run his family through the pat-down just to show it's fine and "No Big Deal"?

Not all Muslims are terrorists, but with the notable exception of domestic terrorist Timothy McVeigh, all terrorists are Muslims.

And Tim was ticked at the Federal Government.

On another note: The ACLU (whom I normally detest) is encouraging letters to Congress demanding redress and is considering a class action lawsuit.

Another way to have fun with the TSA is to go for the pat down and start telling the agent "Oooh, that feels good! What's your phone number? Can I call you when I'm back in town? You rub me the right way!" etc, etc. And do it loudly.

Brilliant assessment Sir Charles!

Scrap the groping and employ profiling

Traveller

Yeah, they told the terrorists that the 72 virgins were all boys. They said they didn't care.

An oppresive government is more

to be feared than a tiger.

---Confucius (551 BC-479 BC)

I must second Smitty's comments concerning the "blown up johnson line." I sucked coffee up my nose, laughed so hard my stomach hurt, and my dog ran for safety in another room. Great stuff Mr. K. !!!

Nail clippers may be listed as permissible, but if a TSA inspector claims they are contraband, they are contraband. Don't try arguing with an idiot. Onlookers will be unable to discern which is which.