Well, we did by an RV last year (rather than fly to Florida for the holidays). And right after we bought it, a VIPR team hassled commercial truckers near Atlanta, forcing every truck to submit to inspection, at rush hour. That was my first clue by four that perhaps we, in our RV, might be forced into inspections soon. I can honestly picture being harrassed and irradiated at a rest stop when all we were trying to do was walk the dogs! I don't think I'm donning a tin foil hat when I say that; I think RVs and then cars will be next on the VIPR bite list unless something gets DHS and its sub-agencies under control.

I'm with you on the depression; I don't love to fly, but I do love to travel to Europe. Once the TSA showed up at my local bus stop (not Greyhound - a crosstown city bus!) it was clear that we can't expect to travel anywhere via any method without the possibility of harassment.

Guess it's time to write a couple more letters; maybe the canned response will actually be about the TSA, not Uganda like last time.