If there are no more lighters on pax with which to ignite the bombs we are hiding in our shoes, why are we still having to remove our shoes? Is that because DHS is concerned that we can still light the fuses in our shoe bombs with the four books of matches that we carry on board?

And if they are concerned that we are hiding bombs that don't need to have a lighted fuse to make them go "boom", hence requiring the continuing shoe carnival, then why bother with banning all lighters?

Or is continuing the shoe carnival an silent admission by the TSA that they know they are not keeping all lighters off planes?

Or does the carnival still exist because of the plethora of non-bomb weapons that are found hidden in shoes?

It's just stupidity on top of stupidity on top of stupidty.