I'm sorry, but using a pool cue to hijack an aircraft is indeed idiotic.
A pool cue could be an effective weapon and since there is no reason to need a pool cue in the cabin there's very little lost in requiring them to be checked.
Gee, maybe we should apply your brilliant logic to driving, home ownership, park access, etc.
I'm not aware of any situation where every home is searched so I don't know what you're babeling about there but there are legal road blocks which search every car with the extent of the search being determined by factors such as what they see, how you act, and random selection.
The latter examples of searches are un-American because they are not based upon probable cause and because of their degree.
The xray and magnometer searches also lack probably cause. That leaves the degree of search as the only difference. Why does the degree of the search cross the line into "un-American"? Why is one search without probable cause OK with you while another is "un-American" because it lacks probable cause?
Random checks fly in the face of this country's principles
Which prinicpal is that?
if we focused on real, credible threats instead of mindlessly going after penknives, hockey sticks, and cricket bats.
Hockey sticks and cricket bats are quite obvious and easy to find, they also make effective weapons. Looking for them takes no attention away from the search for other weapons. Knives can be quite difficult to find on an Xray and can be very effective weapons in trained hands.
What, with a pool cue?
Why are you so hung up on the pool cue? Strong sticks make effective weapons and no airline currently offers inflight pool tournaments so there's little reason to allow them in the cabin. What possible objection could you have to checking a pool cue?
We're wasting all this money on "threats" that *might* injure a couple of people on a good day
It doesn't cost any money to print "pool cues" on the list of prohibited items. Find a real argument and quite repeating these rediculous red herrings.
Meanwhile, how many are dying of cancer because there's no cure?
I've long known that you're an idiot, now you're trying to convince me that you're a socialist idiot?
How do you propose that this money be directed to cancer research? Perhaps the government should stop spending money on anything EXCEPT cancer research? When that's cured we can move on to Spiff's next biggest threat? Seriously, what's the logic to this argument?
What about buses?
What about them? Busses have brakes. Busses can stop in a few seconds. Busses hold only 30 or 40 people. Busses are not sensational terror targets as are airliners. A bus can be stolen relatively easily so there's little reason to hijack one.
How about dropping the rediculous hyberbola and talking about the real issues.
Why is one search without probable cause acceptable to you but another is "un-American" because it isn't based on probably cause?