Authorities Warning Women Not to Wear Gel Bras As Worries of Possible Female Bombers Increase

First it’s mascara, now it’s gel bras? Are you kidding me?!? If this is the way it’s going to be from now on, the terrorists have already won the “war.” This country should not be reacting to every terrorist plot or scare – we should be on the offense. It’s ridiculous to confiscate a bottle of water from an 80-year-old african-american grandmother and make her take off her shoes when all terrorists are Muslim! As the wise and wonderful Jay Severin says, “not all Muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslim!” I’m all for racial profiling to help keep our air travel safe (and wise).

Mam…..err is that a gel filled bra you are wearing? May I inspect? Get the hell out of my way….I’m going to check for myself!

“not all Muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslim!”
Really? Was the Oklahoma City bombing committed by a Muslim? How about the attacks on abortion clinics?

I can’t help but think that this level of security is going to hurt the airline industry as a whole.

This is just ridiculous! If you can fashion a weapon out of the materials in your bra then let’s face it – anything can become a weapon. Stop the terrorists before they get to the airport. Stop persecuting people who just want to travel comfortably. This stuff is going to kill the airline industry for good and worsen our economy.

“Persecuting”??? I think the correct word would be “protecting.”

You should clarify that- “Women of Middle Eastern decent in their late teens to ealry 30′s who speak broken, heavily accented English should not wear gel bras.”

Thought you may need to know what not to bring on your next flt.
shar & Jac

It’s rather funny… we should be pro-active and profile and chase terrorists! But when a country does this very same thing we condemn them and force a “peace treaty” on them to stop.
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon has been in place since 1978 and still not “peace”.
The UN in Cyprus is a bigger joke… there are serving military members with the UN who are second and in some cases third generation Peace Keepers in Cyprus.
What does it take to get it right? Dispand the UN and let countries defend themselves.

Why do people awalys have to complain? If you are going to complain about how you can’t wear your bra’s would you rather have the plane riding on get blown up? People complain and complain to the people trying to keep them safe and did anyone ever think that mabye if the country as a whole was more understanding of muslims and other religons the world would’nt hate us and people would’nt be trying to kill us daily? To make a long story short why can’t we all just get along?

In 6 months, we will all be boarding planes in the nude w/ no carry-on bags.

It’s nice to know people have the freedom to type without education. BLu, even if what you posted was remotely accurate, Muslims are people who practice a particular religion and not an ethnicity. People from the United States, Middle East, Indonesia, Europe, etc. are Muslim. How do you plan to pick them out again?????

I know… it’s amusing and funny. Gel bras, of all things. But one little, laughable, step at a time we embrace the “comfort” of a nice, secure, police state.
Our phones, purchases, browser searches, and e-mails are monitored AND now you can’t wear gel bras. It’s just a funny little step…

Wow, racisim has run a muck.

Sooner or later, a terrorist will pack his rectum with C4 then go to the lavatory and try and blow up the plane. It will then come down to everyone having a rectal exam before boarding a plane. This is getting way ridiculous! With all the new security measures it will definitely damage the already economically fragile airline industry.

This is getting way out of hand. Panicking and creating mass hysteria is not the way to prevent terrorism. Everyone needs to CALM DOWN. Banning things on flights isn’t going to deter an extremist–there will always be a way. You think that with the technology today, a baby or water bottle, mascara or gel bra is the only threat? What about eyeglasses? Pacemakers? Jewelry? Where does the paranoia stop? *slaps face and grabs shoulders* Get a hold of yourselves!
“YOU MUST CHILL!”–John Cusak as Lloyd Dobbler, Say Anything (1988)

In reference to the Timothy McViegh and the other things that were referred to, yes, there are crazy people that want to murder for various reasons. You will have that anywhere. But how often do things like that happen? Terrorism is an on going thing every day of our lives and it will be until the end of time.

First of all, not all terrorists are muslim. Second, Islam is a religion, not a race. Anyone of any race can choose to follow Islam and to commit Islamic Jihad. Let’s not make the situation worse by pointing fingers at the color of someone’s skin.

I just got back from traveling in the US with my daughter – she’s 4 years old and the size of a 6 year old. They threw out her juice and dumped her sippy cups of mlk. Can you believe this?? Then the TSA got a nice glimpse with the rest of the line of the feminine products I was carrying. THEN, a love note in my luggage from Memphis to Mobile. Then on the way back, my diaper bag was searched, publicly. I’d like to see the look on the TSA people’s kids faces when they’re standing in line and the TSA throws THEIR milk and juice out and the kid cries. It’s heartbreaking. NO CHILD deserves to be treated like that. This is way out of hand. Because my 4 year old COULD BE MacGyver, right??

Didn’t you guys see Austin Powers The Spy Who Shagged me? :)

For terrorists, the concept of explosive laden bras is genius! I’m surprised they hadn’t thought of it sooner. Us too for that matter. Having to screen passengers for explosive gel bras would be time consuming and embarrassing, and I don’t think the airports really want the grief that’ll come with it.

I have heard enough — this is just ludicrous. What’s next on the list – implants?
I am sure there are a lot of American people who feel as I do that it is time to completely stop flying and let my money power convinence the authorities that removal of our Civil Liberities (including the right to choose what type of cloting we wear)is outrageous as well as a violation of our Constutional rights.
Isn’t there someone who will purchase security screening equipment that can actually tell the difference betwee jelly and explosives.

I agree w/ Blu. If this is what traveling has come to, haven’t the damn terrorists already won? It sure the hell makes me not want to travel anymore.

Apparently the boobs running our National Security Agency now want to scrutinize more of their own.

Maybe they should just ban underwear! Or ban clothes! That seems to be the next logical step.

This is just insane. Technically anything could be used as a bomb. Are they going to make us travel naked next? Who knows.
-And to you Blu, when you bring up and idiotic argument at least make sure it has some relevance to the current topic.

What is all the fuss about. Bottom line for this old cowhand is this:
I would rather be searched 347 times than blown up once..
.Wake UP

I am glad they are checking people like they are. If you dont want to go through security to save your life then dont get an airline ticket. I would rather have them inspect everything and be safe. These terrorists are getting smarter and we need to be more on guard. It is not only Muslim people who are terrorists.

Hmmmm… “not all Muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslim!” Wow guess Oaklahoma was really done by Muslims and not a bunch of white males. All the Black Panthers were Muslims, as were the S.L.A. (Patty Hearst)? The list goes on, it is not only Muslims that are terrorist.

To Blu,
You are saying that we should look for muslims. I must disagree, as I believe you are referring to Arabs. The largest population of Muslims aren’t Arab at all but Indonesian.
Next, if you think they can’t get people who aren’t Arab to complete these terrorist attacks, you are only kidding yourself. Racial profiling is a slippery slope that is a knee jerk reaction to fear. We all wish that bad guys wore black and good guys wore white, but that is not the case. I know it makes people feel safer to be able to easily identify terrorists (i.e. they are all Arabs) however, this is not the case. A terrorist can be anyone. Timmothy McVeigh anyone.

Ha ha ha ha… so now we’ll know who’s pretending to be more than they really are.
This is from a woman that gets checked all the time, because my breast are larger than normal (42DDs). They think I might be hiding something. What’s there is what GOD gave me naturally.

I don’t want to be blown-up, but I would like to be able to comfortable on a plane, with whatever I need. And while I don’t believe that all Muslims are terrorists or evil, I’m inclined to give a second look to those of Middle Eastern descent. I’m not saying it’s right, but racial profiling is a must. However, I did remind a relative of mine about the Oklahoma bombing and the white American male responsible. I know that anybody is capable of being a killer, and that we need to look at everyone. And isn’t that what the security at airports is doing? I believe that white Americans, as well as Arab-Americans, are subject to the same baggage rules onboard airlines.

As we have seen, the terrorist’s values on life (regardless of ethnic group) encourage them to sacrifice their own for the sake of their cause. Why then should we think they would stop at explosive gel bras? If one is going to die for the cause anyway, why would they not consider explosive gel breast implants (augmentation)? How in the world could the TSA prevent carnage in the air should such concealment become an operational alternative? Where does all this madness end?

Don’t look for a terrorist on an airplane, look for them in White House.

Well, you people have certianly beat this one to death. Any more ideas and they could write a book on possible ways to create a liguid bomb and smuggle it onboard. I wonder how many terrorist have read this and thought…dooh!!! Why didn’t we think of that one. The cavity bomb….now that’s a kicker right there. I’m sure we’ll se that one take place.

No one forces anyone to travel by plane. You can always drive, take the bus or take the train. As for going overseas, there is a ship at every seaport.

Well, what stop someone from filling up a pair of silicon breast implants? Will that be banned. I’m all for safety measurements in airports, however, I do think asking a female to take a sip of breast milk to get it on a plane is a little too much.

No bras? No problem!!!!

There is now way such restrictions will ever make you safe. If you ban gel bras they can use gel breast implants. If you strip search everyone, including all cavities, gel packets could be surgically implanted.
The only solution – work for justice, so that disenfranchised people do not choose this option.
Or as Benjamin Franklin said ” Those who would trade liberty for a little security deserve neither”

Amazing the restrictions. Just last year, a tiny screw driver was taken from us (you know to fix eye glasses and fishing reels) because it was a tool that apparently could take apart a 767…yet I managed to get through security with a serrated fishing knife I had in my purse because we had been fishing – amazing..but i will wear no bra if I have to…so long I get the males to check it..

Where do you folks think profiling comes from…? Someones imagination… NOT… it comes from watching who does what… if you look like a terrorist, then clean up your act otherwise, suffer the consequences! It’s your choice and it’s your fault if you don’t pay attention to what is going on here. People are killing each other because of hate. Profiling is a simple means to an end!

BUT WAIT … WHAT ABOUT SALINE FILLED BREAST IMPLANTS!!!??? What if the fluid was replaced … kinda taking the Austin Powers Fembot concept to another level :)

[airport security]
Right this way folks. Through the scanner.Ahh whats that Mr Passenger you trying to bring a book into the USS of A. You communist. All books are banned here. Take him away …….
Meanwhile in UK……
People where not allowed to bring any fluids / canisters on board plans for fear of binary explosives. But they all asked to dump them into disposal bins ……….. so if there where explosives in any of bottles any potential explosion would happen in the airport rather than on a plan …….
hmmm who thought of this way of great idea of disposal ?

Its amazing to see the arrogance of Americans. To state that “not all Muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslim” is a gross example of your sheer and utter hatred for everything other than yourselves. For the country that has the highest murder rate, violent crimes and gun-related crimes etc… in the western world, what gives you the inherent right to dictate what others in the world should be doing. It is no wonder that the world looks upon the US as “ugly (fat) Americans.” I have never had a desire to visit your toilet of a country, nor will I ever have a desire to.

I live within 100km of the US border in Canada…and the arrogance Americans send out is like radiation…it hurts to live so close to you

This is all ridiculous people. You are more likely to die in your car than by a terrorist (look at the facts and statistics). Stop letting the media & our current government scare you. Stop letting our government create these “wars” on everything. War on terror, war on drugs… it is a joke… and a terribly expensive waste of your tax money only to control your life. There are much better uses of our money (schools, public health care, etc) and it is not keeping you safer. If it is, tell me this, how would would I be stopped at the airport if I taped a ziplock bag of liquid to my thigh when they take away my bottle of juice before I go through the security?? It is all a smokescreen to scare you. Wake Up… please before it’s too late.

I just LOVE the argument that it’s all Israel’s and our support of Israel’s fault. Let’s see, there are about 13 million (I’m guessing here) Israelis and about a billion Muslims in the Middle and Far East. Yep, Israel is the problem.
Wait, maybe it’s the fact that most of these people live under lousy governments that deny them freedoms, propagandize them to death, and provide horrible education to their children to teach them to hate instead of tolerate. No, that’s too obvious. It’s the Jews and Crusaders.
There hasn’t been a bigger lie sold to so many people since Hitler did it in Germany.

Who cares about gel bras, what about BREAST IMPLANTS???

Can’t be much of an amry in Israel if it claims victory over 1300 unarmed women, children and elderly men.
And the American government was quite happy under Operation Northwoods to fly hijacked airplanes into buildings to incite blame and hatred against the Cubans.
Downing Street and the White House have been caught out telling so many serious lies that if they told me the sky was blue I would take a second look.
Lets hope that here in the EU, that the ECHR takes a stand over violation of peoples dignity.

Grow some boobs. Save a nation.

Firstly, muslim does not necessarily mean terrorist; terrorist does not necessarily mean muslim. Think of Ireland in the bad days… I don’t think the terrorist there had a single muslim onboard.
Secondly, we must not allow this issue to become racially dividing – remember the 60′s in the US.. black & white. Are we not glad those dreadful days are over… Or would you still ask who that life saving heart you may so desparately need some day comes from?
Thirdly, I have to say that whoever the terrorists are have already one. Our society has changed. Our liberties are much fewer, and getting fewer. The powers that be are getting more powerful. Being killed in a terrorist act is a 1 in a million chance.. dying in a car smash is only 1 in a few hundred. Why fear they mad people and give up our lives (freedom) to them ‘cos thats what is happening.
Finally, some talk of a police state. Others talk of better safe in the air than sorry. But then, the ultimate danger is indeed a police state (or worse), should we also not be making sure that we don’t slowly go that route and then suddenly one day realise what we have let happen? what is that old saying ‘keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer’.. does that also work for watch you enemies closely, but watch those with ultimate power over you even closer?
Good luck to all; all religions, all races. Remember this, life is a terminal medical condition – none of us get out of it alive anyway – enjoy life, don’t fear it.

for those snidely suggesting there are alternative methods of travel:
Duh. We know this. We use them. Enough of us are using them already that the airlines are hurting.
The more annoying the security in airports get, the more our ranks will grow.
Come join us!

Enough of those gel bras. They are only fake bosoms. If you don’t have real bosoms, quit trying to fake it. That is, of course, unless you have had a mastectomy and wear a gel bra insert to even things out.

Oh, PLEASE let them demand that I strip, please please please….
(Well, I don’t have much of a Florida tan left, after being told to stay out of the sun to treat some pretty bad face and shoulder actinic keratosis, but neither do I have any tan lines, nor care who sees the lack thereof.)
I’ve actually seen horrid men feel down a woman’s back and snap her bra strap. PLEASE let them try that on me, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE…..
(At size AA, I don’t normally bother with a bra. I do, however, know three quick moves for snapping a guy’s arm in half when he puts his hand where I don’t want it.)

Lockerbie bombing: adolescent Scot given free boom box. Previous attempt: pregnant Irish girlfriend wearing bomb. Where there is a will, there will be a way.
Perhaps the ‘no carry-on’ rule is just more efforts by the airlines to restrict weight and sell stuff. They have already stopped everything but free beverage service and now they can start charging us for water on the plane. If toothpaste and gels are out, are those little Listerine strips out as well?
I am tired of swaddling everything in fiberglass and cotton batting. I am tired of being protected into immobility. No one leaves alive. We all die sometime. There is caution and then there is paranoia

Forget gel bras.
How about gel-filled fat suits?!?!
That 300-lb guy could be a 100-lb guy wearing 200 lb of gel!!
Or they could have gel surgically implanted!
The previous caller was right – perhaps private flight clubs are the only way.

It is this simple a Pakastani plastic surgeon does Breast Implants on 3 women..the implants are made with explosive gel then a fush is placed through the nipple and they all light them up after in flight…Go Austin Powers!!

This is how silly it has become and what the future may hold:
1) When my friend flew (under these new restrictions), she put a babby chew toy (containing visible liquid) in her “special services” luggage. This chew toy also had a ball attached to it via a stem. A terrorist could have hidden a detonator or the second liquid of a binary bomb in this ball – and nobody would have known. The security is mostly for show.
2) Narco trafficers have impregnated fabric with heroin, so that clothes become a means of transporting heroin. What will happen when the same is true for explosives and clothes? A balled up jacket might take out a window and depressurize a plane, etc. Will we then have to fly naked?
Yes, I am glad people are worried about my safety. But I feel we have gone too far.
Maybe the answer is SMALLER planes that are less of a tempting target…

“First it’s mascara, now it’s gel bras? Are you kidding me?!? If this is the way it’s going to be from now on, the terrorists have already won the “war.”
I haven’t laughed that hard in a long time. The terrorists have won, if American women can’t fake having large chests.
Give me a break.
Bird chested women beware! The terrorists are hitting you where it hurts!
Right in your fake boobs.

The stupidity and racism of some the posters here is really shocking! All terrorists are muslims? Racial profiling? Terrorists will get ideas from the comments here? Just support the US military to get the job done??? Use your brains!!! How can you honestly believe that by creating even more hate and oppression, you would have a safer life? Even if all flights were safe (which is impossible!), it would be ships, or mass events, or malls, or….
Stop supporting oppressors and murderers, put your lying leaders on trial, and terrorism will stop!

Posted by: perm | Aug 16, 2006 10:13:31 PM
Make it easy — just have everyone fly naked. :)
What if the females have breast implants ????????

When a country has nothing to reproach itself, it has nothing to worry about…If the American people are aimed by terrorism; it might be because of wrongful decisions made by their actual and previous governments. Why someone would try to hurt ourselves when we did nothing wrong to deserve it? It is so sad for the American people having to deal with the mess their governments throw them in.

Why stop at just bras? I think all women ages 18-35 should be banned from wearing ANY clothing.

How about a false buttocks…!!!

If everyone would think back prior to bush election,when Bill Clinton was still in office we didn’t have this issue. In some people’s eye they see Bush as the anti crist, an others see him as a savior. I personally thought Clinton was a great president regardless of him doing what majority men do.We did not have to worry about being blown up by terriorist nor a gel filled bra! Revolutions has begun,whatever you believe in you need to put your faith in that not a human being. God bless the lives loss and for the one’s to come.

To the person who said that the EL Al system is so great: Very few Arabs fly on that airline. Why? Because they are racist. Check my religion? Yes. I am an atheist, but because that is not on their list, I am Christian to them. They not only profile if you are non-jewish, but they also treat you like scum after you’ve passed all their interrogations and searches. I will never fly on El Al after my experiences with them (and I’m not Arabic). It was definitly the worst flight I have ever had in my life and I have travelled all over the world. No, I would not want to see American airlines take this tactic to “keep us safe”. Think about it. If the “terrorists” want to get us they can easily cause more damage blowing up unprotected chemical plants or shipping stuff through our ports whose security functions have been outsourced to different countries.

As a retired teacher I remember when concern for problems in school first started and the principal announced, “…anything can be a weapon, books, pencils,pens. I do not want you to bring weapons to school.” If we treated the rest of the world with respect we would not give them reasons to hate us. It is not our freedom they hate.

>> Did you forget about Timothy McVeigh?
Timothy McVeigh was not a terrorist. He was a misguided patriot. Had he bombed the IRS, we might have become a national hero,
Terrorists attack targets to foment terror in the general population. McVeigh wasn’t trying to “terrorize” anyone. McVeigh attacked the federal building as a response to the federally-sponosred execution of American citizens by the FBI and BATF. His sin wasn’t in fighting against a government that has become unconstitutionally oppressive. His mistake was picking the wrong target, one that lacked symbolism that the People could identify.
Blowing up a building doesn’t automatically make one a terrorist any more than other forms of violent revolution against government. Recall that this Country was founded in violent revolution! Had Britain won the American War for Independence, the British would no doubt have executed the most notorious “terrorists”… George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, Patrick Henry, Thomas Paine…

The wisest comments I have read here are careful to point out that Islam is a religion–with an associated ideology–and sects of these individuals have chosen violent behaviors. They are only a minority of those who choose terrorism as a means of interacting with society. As Americans, we should be above the easy answer of racist commentaary.
Why are we unwilling to view the political issues discussed here more through the lense of economics than race politics?
If, as Americans, we are willing to admit we have dabbled in overseas politics to further our interests, and we justified in this behavior, we are allowed to agree with the wars, and airline precautions, and we may better understand the terrorist responses. (Not agree with them, at all, but understand them). If we do not agree with some of this dabbling, then maybe we will better understand Mid-East politics a little better.
This silly airline/bra issue just one symptom of bigger issues. If you want to go to a night-club in Jerusalem, you may be a bit happier to see precautions taken….

It’s an election year. They have to trot out that homeland security bull crap. It may not be law yet, but definite monkey world canon in the hinderlands of the rightwingoverse. They got nadda when they trotted out gay marriage and abortion, and little with that bunch of terrorists from Miami Bush Florida. The Poodle Yo-Blair can still carry a load of fear with the small brained. So, here we go again, and again, and again, and……………

Waterfowl – they point is these restrictions are NOT KEEPING ANYONE SAFE. If the government was serious about fighting terrorism versus telling me what bra to wear they woudl install the machinery (which exists) that actual detects this stuff. Oh, and they would screen airplane cargo -which they curently do not do to more than 20% of each load.
You are a sheep. Baa.

The constitution doesn’t say you have the right to drink water either, but we all must do so to continue living.
I will fly when I must, but this is all for show and not for genuine security. We need more of the walk-through puffers and the other new technologies which are much more effective at detecting explosives.

See this is what is wrong with the world today. From what I concluded from reading some of the racist comments there is still a lot of work to be done here in the United States. Since I have Arab blood in me I should be automatically brought to the side in a airport and checked, I don’t think so. How much good has really come out of us going over to the Middle East? MMMMMMMM…. Well, there were pictures that became available showing U.S. soldiers that are suppose to be helping the cause tormentting captured soldiers, which people would still be in the dark about the whole situation if it wasn’t for the man that presented the information. My favorite part about that is the fact that some people thought that he shouldn’t of brought that information to someone’s attention. So how does it look when the U.S. can’t even go over and do their job right? It seems to me that this drug out process has only had a negative affect on Americans and what were about. I think Bush was on a power trip when he decided to go to Iraq, and the sooner he is out of office the better. Like I have always been taught two wrongs don’t make a right.

When you say
“The Palestinian commenter is right. Terror attacks against the US is as a directly result of American foreign policy.”
Does this mean that you believe it is justifiable to kill any American? Many on those planes and in those towers were children who never had the chance to vote for or against Bush yet in the eyes of the terrorist, it’s perfectly acceptable to hold them accountable for the policies of the government they were born under. Was it ok to murder the hundreds of forign nationals also killed on 9/11.
2 wrongs do not make a right and in this case it’s morally reprehensible.

all of you people getting hysterical over gel bras, maybe you shouldn’t have voted bush into office in the first place. you think he’s making you safer but he’s not. in regards to gel bras, i found the following to be of interest:
Liquid explosive detection systems
are already in place at the White House and the Supreme Court. But they are still not in America’s airports because the Bush administration hasn’t provided TSA with enough funding. “The TSA has not outfitted airports with the devices, in part, because officials have to prioritize where they spend limited dollars, according to Frank Cilluffo, Bush’s former special assistant for homeland security.”

The Christians are coming gel bra’s, sinful…

I’ve wondered about gel bras/ implants for years being used as potential bomb devices- anything that can be molded or shaped can have explosives worked into the item. I mean what if the shoe ITSELF was the bomb, needing only to make contact with some other so-far unknown substance? Are TSA screeners going to know the difference between a detonator and a pacemaker? And what about…penile implants?

Maybe the nudists have had it right all along. Why not warm the planes and the airports up a bit, and we can leave all of our clothes in our bags to go through as luggage, while we parade down the corridors.
Of course even nude, we all still have those nasty little body cavities, which will undoubtedly have to be searched as well pretty soon. Fly the friendly skies…when you get to checkin, just bend over for a little final inspection, and we’ll be on our way.
Until some moron tries to smuggle a two-liquid bomb onto a plane by swallowing two condoms full of the lethal ingredients and hoping for a propicious failure of the condoms while the plane is in flight.
Then we could dispense with the body cavity searches, and just have full body x-rays of everyone boarding the planes. What’s a little more cancer, between friends?

I too cannot believe all these COMPLETE IDIOTS who say here “I will do anythiiiiiing! Just please Mr. President, Big Brother, anyone, please, please keeep me saaafeeee! Anythiiing!”
Well here is what you do: you go to a prison camp, all your rights are stripped away, you will receive a bowl of grog a day if you labour crushing rocks all day, and the brave men in brown shirts will then guarantee your safety from terrorists. Because, and let me quote you back to your idiot self, “you will do ANYTHING” to be safe. Right?
As a very wise man named Benjamin Franklin once said (paraphrasing): Since you are willing to give up essential liberties for security, you do NOT deserve NEITHER.

Not all gel bras are for enhancement. Some bras for women with large breasts have gel in the straps so that they are more comfortable. Unfortunately my breasts are large and I am not physically or emotionally comfortable if I am not wearing a bra.
All of this posturing by the TSA and the admin is just to keep everyone scared and in line. It isn’t like anyone just found out about liquid explosives. Why the big deal now?

“not all Muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslim!”
Hmmm, was Timothy McVeigh a Muslim?

As someone who was in NYC on 9/11, I can understand the government’s need to do ANYTHING to protect American lives. As someone who daily walked past the alters that were set up by the families grieving over missing loved ones lost in the Twin Towers, I am appalled that someone wants to punish Americans for public policies that most Americans have no decison in making. Yes, we vote for public officals but we don’t always get the ones we voted for elected! Yes, we support Israel. Yes, we purchase Arab oil but if we and others around the globe didn’t purchase it would Arab governments be as rich today?
I am truly concerned for the airline economy. Are we going to let terrorists from any nation, tell us how to live? Who to support? Where to go? Then why don’t we just hand over the keys to America right now! Stand in line and fly! Support our economy! Don’t let terrorists stop you from doing what is right for our country!
I know it is terrible for a small child to give up their juice box or an elderly person to hand over their water bottle BUT maybe it is time to realize that our world has changed. Maybe its time to realize that we need to secure our borders and make sure that we are safe. And maybe its time to start to train our children that everyone doesn’t like Americans!

To Mohamed Amanjk:
I hope you come back and see my comment, Mohamed, because I think what you said is absolutely true, every word of it. There was no hatred in what you wrote; you spoke from your heart.
I am Jewish, and I believe that all peoples, and every human being, has the right to live in peace and security without having to fear death every day. All peoples have the right to a land they can call their own. Both Israel and the Palestinians. One no less or more than the other.
Peace and love,
Kathy

Do you know that it is not only purchases, phone, email that are being tapped the government wants to be able to put eletronic servalance wires/cams in the material our clothes are made of. This way they can see where we are and what we are doing. Think of it in our bathrooms in our bedrooms. We are a FREE Country. This is Real. I was told about this from a county selectmen who was voting AGAINST it. Unbelievable What is next. Our Government won’t be happy until they can take all of rights away from us. The Constitution has been retired.

I Understand 438,21 Men Signed Up (So Far) As Potential Inspectors For This Job … AND THEY’LL “WORK FOR PEANUTS” THAT THEY SERVE ON THE PLANES !

Mohamed Amanjk,
I am in complete agreement with you, but there are a few thing that I don’t think the rest of the world understands. We do not all support what our president is doing or has done, also, we the people are not in control of our foreign policies. I had absolutely no idea things like that were happening because of us. I think my president is not a good person, and I am ashamed that he is in office. This is my personal opinion, but it is also a wide spread opinion in America.
Wo do not believe for a second that it is because your people hate freedom, that is a load of crap our president is trying to convince us with.
We mourn because of what seems to us to be an unprovoked attack on civilians. On the most part, we did not have knowledge of the happenings in other parts of the world. However, due to the events of 9/11 and others terrorist-related acts, we have been forced to change our views. Now we too live in fear just as other parts of the world do. I do not think bringing everyone into a state of fear is the answer here. The events of 9/11 were bad, and so are the events you listed, and none of them should have happen. Yet I fail to see the justification for 9/11 because of those other events. In a perfect world, all conflicts would be resolved without violence, and we would be allies and friends, but we do not live in a perfect world. Violence begets violence and thus it escalates and does not end until a conscious effort is made to end it on both sides.
I do not know how this will end, I do not know when. All I hope and pray for is the day all sides can make peace and there is no more fighting or killing on any side. I believe all people should respect and love each other, and all conflicts should happen in a room with paper and voice until a conclusion is reached.
I am afraid that the events of terrorist will throw our society into a civil war and the entire world will suffer. America does not have something against you or your people, and i am ashamed of the bigots and morons that do.
What do these terrorist acts do? What good are they anymore? Everyone knows why it is being done, and it does not kill or hurt those who are in charge, only the innocent suffer. What is the goal of these terrorists? To kill every american? To destroy our government? To cripple our society? To start a world war? To get revenge for the actions of others? It does not make sense and I fear that we are at the mercy of people who are not of sound mind, who fly planes into buildings.

BLu we are on the offensive, it’s called Iraq.

Listen, Mohamed Amanjk. If it weren’t for the West, you people would still be herding goats. You didn’t have your own “9/11″ last month, you moron. If Hezbollah wouldn’t have invaded Israel and kidnapped the Israeli soldiers, this might not have happened. I especially like how “hard working” the palestinians are. Whe Israel left Gaza a year ago, they lefta lardge green house operation in place. It was a gift left by American Jews for the palestinians to get their economy going. Did they start working ?. No. The jackasses destroyed the greenhouse instead of using it.

Are we going to have to operate on breast augmentation recipients to make sure those “silicone implants” really are silicone???
Hey, let’s not let REASON impinge of the Bush/Cheney “life IS fear” philosophy, okay?
Remember, Diebold IS the electorate!

why would people kill them self trust me the devil is working hard now so you can see that the coming of GOD is near.

Who ever came up with this idea is on crack.

are you kidding me?this has gone way too far now.it’s time the US govERNMENT try and fight the underlying cause of terrorism rather pointing the blame at a particular group of people…..surely not all muslim are terrorist…there are good and bad in every race,religion or creed.

Terrorists using gel bras to blow up planes? That sounds weird.

what’s next, no clothes?
I like the idea of being safe but GEL BRAS?! Watch our feminine items be banned next.
These posters that ridicule and/or question the validness of this draconian decree have some working brain cells going and can see thru the scare
mongering and brainwashing. They can
actually think for themselves. As for
the rest of you, just how far would you be willing to go, what lengths would you
go to in order to “feel safe” from the
terraists?? Would you put up with the
airport security forcibly stripping your
wives, betrothed, children, mothers and doing full body cavity serches? Would you put up with them tasering, beating
you and your loved ones if you refused to comply? Would you put up with forcibly planted RFID chips? Would you be willing to fly naked?
Think about it sheeple. baaa baaaa baaaa

IT HAS HAPPENED – a plan to put explosives in breast implants (according to this story)!An Irague sat next to me on a plane and did some odd things, including staring often at my breasts. I then stared back. I have never before been stared at with such hatred. I waited nine months before calling the FBI. Two weeks later after that call, I heard on radio about the plot to use explosives in breast implants on that same airline co. It was hush, hush after that. I guessed that airline didn’t want their name revealed, and I won’t here. I think we should be profiling to a greater extent, and that pasengers should be made aware of who they are traveling with before stepping onto the plane! We were told after in the air,”There are five friendly Iraques traveling with us.” I took down his rent car co after we were on ground, and his cell phone make and reported those. Beware! Oh, and yes, we should know the facts on just what we do to others on this planet and get back the ‘we the people’.

There’s no way you can “annihilate” Israel today. I believe given the current conditions, we would settle for creation of two states living quietly with each other and without the savage oppression and aggressiveness being shown by one right now. A lot of country would have to be given back to the Palestinians, but one more time, you cannot “undo” what has by now been completed Imho.