None of us thinks that confiscating our shampoo because we have 4 oz instead of 3 is keeping us safe. I know you don't make the rules but the rules seem to written by someone with the IQ of a turnip. You represent that turnip...so it goes with the territory. 

To reflect its true effectiveness, the Dept of Homeland Security should be renamed the Dept of the Illusion of the Homeland Security. 

Following 911, Bush was desperate to deflect attention away from the fact that he ignored the CIA's early August Presidential Daily Brief titled "Bin Laden determined to strike in US.". So Bush conjured up DHS to create the illusion of security. It was a poorly conceived, knee-jerk response to 9/11. But then incompetence and failure were the hallmark of the entire 8 years of the Bush administration. Working for the TSA, you've got to accept that baggage.