#14 That's awful! I haven't heard of this glaucoma machine. We should all start a site of our security violations.

#7 I read the Constitution (nothing crazy about that) after I was violated by the government. After! And the people around me smiled. It brought us all comfort to hear that the founding fathers didn't think we should be subjected to searches without a warrant. Fear not, TSA wasn't interested in listening to citizens read the Constitution. They're busy looking through our books and other personal belongings.

I flew recently and need to vent. It was a thoroughly miserable experience. We were given the "random" in-depth search. I can honestly say, without drama, that I felt violated. By my government. Violated! (The guy who searched through my belongings reminded me of one of the interrogators in Little Brother!!)

Fortunately, the first leg of the trip included a stop in Philadelphia, so I went and picked up a pocket Constitution. I made sure to discuss my favorite amendments of the day, very loudly, each time I was in the security line. I was comforted knowing that the 4th amendment proved this system unconstitutional, and that the 10th amendment says that not all of our rights are enumerated here. We have more rights than those pointed out in this great document.

What is so outrageous is that none of the things they've done would have stopped 9/11. None! We can't greet our loved ones at the gate - nothing to do with 9/11. Can't bring our reusable water bottles or coffee mugs on the plane. Can't even buy a drink INSIDE the airport to bring on the plane (we had one confiscated as we entered our 2nd security checkpoint).

Our intelligence agencies are good at their jobs. They find terrorists and notify the higher-ups. Unfortunately, our president lacked the intellectual curiosity to look into the memo that could have prevented 9/11. Later, intelligence agents foiled the plot to bring liquid explosives on planes in Britain (if that were true, which I'm skeptical of - very convenient for the beverage companies that we have to buy drinks at airport prices).

Needless to say, travel is outrageous lately! All we need to do is trust our instincts, and let the intelligence agencies (not the DHS) do their jobs. They're wasting resources treating every traveler like a criminal instead of going after the real criminals. It's a waste of money, and a violation of our constitutional rights.

Not only is this poison terrible for your body (it causes a "body burden" for your organs to digest this overly processed chemical), but the bottles it comes in take more water to produce than the amount of liquid in the bottle. The bottles are made of plastic, which is a petroleum product (oil), and the plastic leaches into your "beverage" and interacts with all the other chemicals. Drink up!

Ken (#28) and others suggest that the worst thing that happened is that they were asked traumatic questions about "homicidal tendencies." Did you miss the part about being STRIP SEARCHED? They're teenage girls. Perhaps you wouldn't mind your teenage daughters being strip searched in a foreign country? Oh, and made to shower in front of guards. Just in case they had some tendencies...

Here's an idea... ask the mother what should be done. Get a sitter and have the mother pay for it. I think she would prefer that to having her 2 teenage daughters strip-searched. If she would prefer strip searching to a sitter, THEN call Children's Services on her because she doesn't have the best intentions of her daughters in mind.

This is a sad day - the spying bill passed a key part of the Senate. Where has our country gone?