Are You Gellin’?I included the picture of Dr. Scholl’s Gel inserts because they are easily recognizable; not because they contain plastic explosives, C-4 or gelignite which a terrorist could easily use to detonate and bring down an airplane.
I read an alarming article in the Houston Chronicle (linked via title bar ) which should send up some red flags among those who are concerned about security at airports. It would seem that the enemy; for those who have been hiding in a closet for the past few years, the enemy are, in specific terms, Muslim terrorists. I see no point in being politically correct when to do so weakens our focus.
It is not my intention to paint the entire Middle East as our enemy; however, it is quite clear that those Muslim terrorists who have openly declared war on the United States of America do seem to come from the Middle East. If the shoe fits wear it; if it has a fuse and speaks Arabic, it’s a terrorist.
According to the article, written by Harvey Rice, there appears to be a lack of policy regarding the handling of suspected terrorists, at least between the TSA, the Houston Police Department and the FBI. Maybe something was in the works, maybe not; however this entire incident eventually was listed as a “non-event”.
“The report states that a man with a Middle Eastern name and a ticket for a Delta Airlines flight to Atlanta shook his head when screeners asked if he had a laptop computer in his baggage, but an X-ray machine operator detected a laptop.
A search of the man's baggage revealed a clock with a 9-volt battery taped to it and a copy of the Quran, the report said. A screener examined the man's shoes and determined that the "entire soles of both shoes were gutted out."
No explosive material was detected, the report states. A police officer was summoned and questioned the man, examined his identification, shoes and the clock, then cleared him for travel, according to the report.”
A summation of the “non-event” should be part of the red flag issue:
“Although the FBI eventually cleared the man of wrongdoing, police officials have transferred the officer involved and are investigating the incident while insisting that the TSA, not police, has the authority to keep a suspicious person from boarding a flight.”
Maybe the Middle Eastern fellow, the one with no specific name, was looking for his Dr. Scholl’s inserts, maybe he bought those shoes at a garage sale and had to customize them to fit his feet, maybe the clock on his lap top wasn’t working and he needed to have the 9 volt battery to make the back up clock work, maybe he just found that copy of the Quran in the toilet of the men’s room.
It would appear that the enemy is testing our security and what they found is that it has more holes than a package of Kraft Swiss Cheese.
I suppose the suspected plot to blow up the Holland Tunnel that runs between New York and New Jersey could be listed as a “non-event” since it never developed into a full fledged total destruction of the tunnel. I suppose that the threat to attack the New York subway system with biological or chemical agents might also me listed as a “non-event” since it never was carried out and nobody got hurt. This time the suspect didn’t have explosives in his shoes; not that another passenger couldn’t have slipped past and the then later in flight gotten together to destroy an airplane full of folks. What about the next time?
Disclaimer/testimonial: To my knowledge, Dr. Scholl’s does not at this time produce or have any inserts made out of plastic explosives, C-4, gelignite or any other device which could be used by terrorists. Kraft Swiss Cheese, while resembling the consistency of plastic explosives, C-4 and gelignite has not been listed as a hazardous material and should not be used in place of Dr. Scholl’s inserts as a means of supporting sagging arches. In a testimonial given by leading terrorist organizations, Duracell beat Eveready batteries as a means for setting off explosive vests and shoes in public places.
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