I am flying to New Jersey tomorrow.
You see, my company is moving the New Jersey office this weekend, and I have to be there to ensure that network connections come up at the new place, all the routes and Internet services are online, and that users have a pleasurable move experience. Well, not so much that last part. New Jersey in November. yeck.
New Jersey will rock me like a hurricane.
So, right now, I am flying around the house trying to get everything together for my trip. I know I should make a list, but I never do. I invariably forget essentials...like an umbrella, or a toothbrush. it always happens. I'm pretty sure I have most everything packed, except my banned liquids. Banned Liquids. hrrmph. I hear some people say, "Oh well. That's the world we live in today." I say horse puckey.
My opinion: the world we live in today is not a step up in security, or the price we pay for our liberty (huh???), but an exercise in fear-mongering. A determined terrorist with a solid plan will be able to circumvent whatever security measures are put in place. In the mean-time, I get to throw away my toothpaste because I might use it to make a bomb??!? I know I'm not the only one that knows this, but the idea of someone being able to mix together two binary liquids to form a bomb within the strict confines of time and space that a flight entails is absoutely mind-boggling. But we've bought it, hook line and sinker. THE SCIENCE DOESN'T WORK, PEOPLE. In order to make this device, it takes several hours to do so, inside of very strict (read: frigid) temperature guidelines, with constant hands-on attention (stirring constantly, like a good risotto). It isn't a button push, like those inane Die-Hard movies. You can't dump your toothpaste tube into your water bottle, toss it and watch the fireworks.
I can't HEAR myself over the stupid.
None of this means that I am against security. But it had better be smart security. Stupid doesn't help us.
/rant
