We need a security plan that allows those of us least likely to be a problem to proceed as normally as possible, yet also stops those not thus qualified for additional scurity measures.

We need a security card, issued after review, which would let the 1k businessman, the 26 year old Mom from Iowa with a stroller, the nun from LA, pass thru security quickly. And it would not be issued to a 28 year old ex-con, recent Muslim convert with psychological problems, a new passport and bombs in his shoes. Call it reverse profiling-you qualify, you get a card, we screen you but only minimally.

Time to get real, folks. If my passport is renewed, I'll go thru a new security check. Just give me another 10 years when they focus on the real potential problems.

I know some will howl about invasion of privacy. But we currently have a system that requires more government review when you get a driver's license or buy a dog. Different times mean different answers.

As for those who say "The other passengers will step in"-dream on. If Nike man lites the shoes in the john, we've got 180 bodies in the Atlantic. Those Charles Bronson deals-they're movies. They have retakes. In real life, you get one chance. If you're lucky.