Dear President Obama,
I realize you are busy; perhaps you will not have the time to read this, but I am compelled to send it anyway.
A favor please:
For the next 4 weeks--over the holiday season--could you and Michelle and your two precious daughters please fly commercially along with the rest of us. Could you please go to the airport. . . go thru the pat downs, the grope-ups and the screw-ups. . . the way the rest of us do when we go to the airport to travel to family during these all-important days of Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Could you please get to the airport a few hours early to allow for the "opt-out" on Wednsday, the day before
Thanksgiving and feel the anxiety of families around you.
Then, after you find your seat and store your luggage in the overhead compartment, could you please take a moment to look at the faces of your family and give some thought to the cargo residing underneath them in the belly of that commercial airline, luggage that HAS NOT BEEN SCREENED, EXAMINED, OR X-RAYED FOR EXPLOSIVE DEVICES IN PRINTERS, LAPTOPS OR WHATEVER THESE JIHADISTS HAVE COME UP WITH TO KILL US. . . .
The technology and the screening of ALL cargo would restore and convert a dissallusioned public into feeling more secure. . . and restore our faith that our government's first and foremost priority is to provide safety for it's citizens.
THINK ABOUT SITTING ON THAT PLANE, STARING AT YOUR WIFE AND DAUGHTERS. . . . AND THEN THINK ABOUT HOW FORTUNATE YOU ARE, MR. PRESIDENT, NOT TO BE US, THE EVERYDAY, ORDINARY AMERICAN PUBLIC.
PLEASE, just for one month, may I use Air Force One and you take a commercial flight in place of me and my cherished loved ones . . . Only then can you begin to understand how frightening it is for many to realize that all the efforts by the TSA are futile without proper screening of cargo and without adequate technology for each and every reservation made on a commercial airline.
PLEASE, MR. PRESIDENT, LET ME REMIND YOU AND MR. BRENNAN, your Chief Anti-terrorism Advisor, about a brilliant search engine by the name of GOOGLE. . . . By merely typing a word in your Google block, you are able to acquire extensive information on anything from Thornton Dental Floss to the atomic bomb. . . . .
I suggest you speak with Google to update the process of making a flight reservation. . . . . red-flagging overseas travelers/ mideast travel, those on the no-fly list. . . . For forty years, El Al has been successfully scrutinizing every commercial airline passenger, thus preventing our 9/11.
I would appreciate your considering this proposal; however, may I suggest you wear loafers, as they are much more readily removed for screening. And please remind Michelle and the girls, three ounces only, of sunscreen and shampoo.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
