sorry to rant, but....

I fought it as long as I could, but the time has come to start flying less.

I was determined to keep going as much as possible, but those who feel security mean submission will be filling my seat more, or it'll just be flying empty.

I've adjusted to 2 hour check-ins and long waits at security only to watch in amazement as the "security personnel" looked for everything in general and nothing in particular. i've been forced to unbuckle my belt, SURRENDER A NEEDLE AND THREAD, and be told to stand back as some undertrained security agent who i would've had a problem with touching me, got to feel up my wife.

now i can expect to be told to place my shoes on the belt, in addition to all the other indignities that come as a pre-requisite of post 9/11 travel. and i get to listen to the great unwashed tell me to accept it, all in the name of "security".

i for one feel less secure, because so many people feel the need to abdicate responsibility to the government.

so i've decided to start driving on trips of 8 hours or less. Toronto next week, Chicago the following. I'll still fly to Orlando at the end of the month. But it's gotten to the point that the time in line and aggrivation has made me reach a breaking point.

as i said, i'm sorry to rant, but enough is enough. i wouldn't take the "guilty until proven innocent" treatment anywhere else, either.