http://www.newsmax.com/us/us_airport_security...

The government has spent $42.3 billion on aviation security since the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, according to TSA.

An alternative—an actually Constitutional one!—would be allowing passengers to arm themselves. All the expense would be born by the private sector and voluntarily at that. Oh, yeah, and the security would actually work! I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Sept. 11 would not have happened if the people had not been illegally disarmed.

And here's another favorite:

The TSA has removed 60 puffer machines from airports since last summer. TSA spokeswoman Kristin Lee said the machines are being removed on a case-by-case basis, and their removal does not create any security gaps.

If these puffer machines' removal does not create any security gaps, it means they added no security value when present. So which is it, Big Brother? Did you waste "more than $6 million" of our money on machines that added no security? Or do you now have security gaps? You can't have it both ways. Maybe it goes like this: they wasted $6 million on machines that don't work properly, and there are no security gaps because there is no security to speak of. The lawless have no problem bypassing TSA's laughable security. Only the lawful are victimized by it.