If you leave out Iraq and Afghanistan - where the US started wars,

More people around the world are killed each year by lightning than terrorism.

Yes, let me say that again. You are more likely to be killed by a lightning strike than a terrorist.

And TSA can't take credit for this - It was true before 9-11 and it is true today.

Fact is, we are spending $8.2 Billion tax dollars per year on TSA when the threat is almost (not completely) non existant. It is a total, total waste of money. And that's just the tax cost. The cost to our economy of their interference with air travel is immeasurable. If someone told you they would save you from lightning strikes for only $8.2 Billion a year - you would tell them to buzz off...

This is the fallacy of news: The reason Terrorist attacks are big news, is that they are very rare.

TSA has been talking about one guy with an unsuccessful underwear bomb for over a year. Meanwhile 30,000 Americans have been killed in car accidents and 1000 Children have been murdered by their parents - most just as violently as an airplane crash.