As IF Times

link  Miami airport screener accused of attack after jeers at genitals – Miami-Dade – MiamiHerald.com.

You know this had to happen.  Previously I expressed that what they should really do is to have the images on public display for amusement to pass the time while being forced to shuffle forward a foot at a time like sheep in the airport lineups.   In fact as the recent NY bombing incident seems to show again, I’m not sure why they keep up the charade of screening people with current methodology at all.  The guy who is a “suspect” in the Times Square bomb attempt actually got on board a plane even though apparently he was on a  no fly list.  Somehow the undie bomber got on board a plane at Christmas time and he also was on a no fly list.

The only people airport scanning seems to inconvenience and catch are those carrying bottles of lotion or packets of gum.  So now, we have an institutionalized system in place that:

a.  is inconvenient to all of the public

b. is expensive as far as hiring all the crack security clerks

c. is expensive as far as the high tech machines involved

d. does not filter out those it should filter

e. is a source of entertainment for the staffers

It gets even worse.  If you think about it, the ‘authorities’ didn’t even catch the perps in both the cases mentioned, it was the public that brought them to attention.   So why bother with the elaborate charade to show people how secure they really are when they are better able to protect themselves without official help?  

The biggest obstacle to many of the ills facing us today are perpetrated by those in government that seek to placate the larger public while not offending a very small few, in many cases, casting  aside common sense  We’re willing to traumatize, inconvenience, embarrass, harass average people but unwilling to take a hard line against actual thugs.  Presently, the headlines are filled with bleating about the racial nature of Arizona’s toughened illegal alien laws, laws which only serve to underline existing federal laws. 

There are an estimated half million illegal immigrants in that state.  Surprisingly 99.999% are likely illegals from Mexico.  Associated crime from this constituency is out of control.  If you’re going to have a crackdown on enforcement of border issues, where do you look?  If people cannot even be allowed to use common sense in their decision making, there truly is no hope.  This logic brings to mind the old joke:

“…Apparently, 1 in 5 people in the world are Chinese.  And there are 5 people in my family, so it must be one of them.  It’s either my mum or my dad. Or my older brother Colin.Or my younger brother Ho-Chau-Chou.   But I think it’s Colin…”