Reply #21: Let's make one thing perfectly clear (read this post first, new readers) [View All]

[Atman]

I am not, in any way shape or form, trying to make the case that the TSA or BushCo instigated staged this entire thing just to keep liquids off planes and thus save money for the airlines. In fact, I'm kind of embarrassed to think that there are DUers who'd think that is what my OP stated. But the fact is, we've heard many stories about excess weight on planes costing the carriers money. We've heard about heavy passengers. We've also heard about airlines discontinuing PILLOWS AND BLANKETS, to save fuel costs.

Read that again...you can't get a pillow or a blanket on most flights now because they are too heavy. But my thinking that liquids are heavy is just crazy conspiracy theory. Blankets and pillows are too heavy. Shampoo bottles are not. Okay. Whatever. I'm still flying. They'll bring down whatever the fuck plane they want to bring down, and our government is powerless to stop them.