Here's the great one I encountered at Newark on Friday. The lady in front of me had a cosmetic case filled with the dreaded creams, gels and liquids. They were not in our lovely quart size ziplock baggie. She got through security without a problem, other than having to talk to a TSA agent. So I asked the agent why she was able to get through (since a "gift" from Mastercard consisting of little travel size toiletries had been rejected on a previous flight of mine because of no baggie) Here's the great logic: We're giving the flyer a stern one-time warning during the holiday season to keep the lines shorter. Isn't that just great! Apparently terrorists would never think of traveling during the Christmas season! How much dumber can it get? Either our toothpaste, gels and lotion are dangerous weapons or they're not.

Anticipation far exceeds the actual event