It's starting to sound real to me now. I kind of think this was put out as a "feeler" to see what public reaction would be (there's a political term for this, but I forget what it is).

With all the news media outlets picking up on this, there's GOT to be something done, whether it's a relaxation of the prohibited items list and/or leniency of the shoe carnival.

That said, I was listening to CBS radio news a couple of hours ago and heard that the governor of Illinois was not pleased about the scissors or stars thing being re-allowed. He is talking about making it a state law to not allow those items aboard aircraft in his state. Given how it's all federal, I don't know how he's going to get his jurisdictional tentacles wrapped around that one, but we'll see.

Again, cautiously optimistic are the words here in 59-degree Denver today.