I am currently on my honeymoon in the Antipodes and have experienced both international and domestic security screenings in New Zealand and Australia. In all cases I experienced the following:

Quick, professional, and cordial screenings.

I even had a secondary on an Australian domestic and it was done with the utmost professionalism and politeness.

I did not experience:

Bad attitudes, fascism, scare tactics, bullying, or threats.

Seriously, why can't the same be done within the "Land of the Free"?

On a side note, the immigrations and customs officials extended the same courtesies in both countries as their respective security.

I am not looking forward to:

The additional screening at the gate for the US bound flight, the ICE thugs, the TSA thugs, the rescreening into the domestic and all the accompanying barking from the over empowered "Protectors of Freedom" next week.

I'll try to keep it out of my mind as we enjoy the rest of our trip.