Propaganda headline: "Travelers Comforted By Safety Measures" [View All]

[madfloridian]

This is just so obvious...smiling while she throws her eye drops away.


DAVID MILLS/THE LEDGER
Bowing to new security rules, Mary Freeze of Manassas, Va., tosses eye drops into the trash before boarding a flight at Orlando International Airport on Thursday. Not everyone was aware that liquids and gels can still be packed inside checked luggage

Travelers Comforted By Safety Measures

ORLANDO -- For Mary Freeze, Thursday was an expensive game of airport basketball. Shooting from behind a table, she tossed sunscreen, moisturizer and toothpaste into a garbage can.

With each disapproving nod from Orlando International Airport personnel, Freeze made another 3-pointer into the big gray basket.

"You know, it does make your carry-on lighter," Freeze joked as she neared the end of dumping about $100 in toiletries.

Freeze, a legal secretary from Virginia who was headed to Washington Dulles International Airport, made the most of the latest inconvenience that bans liquids and gels from plane cabins.

Despite longer lines and delays, many travelers found the increased security ordered Thursday to be comforting after the announcement that the British had foiled a terrorist plot.

Let's see how long they feel comforted, how long before they begin to realize things are so overboard that it is ridiculous.