Oh Sure, He Looks Innocent Enough
But trust me, those Cub Scouts can be shifty little bastards
The Transportation Security Administration, under scrutiny after last month’s bombing attempt, has on its Web site a “mythbuster” that tries to reassure the public.
Myth: The No-Fly list includes an 8-year-old boy.
Buster: No 8-year-old is on a T.S.A. watch list.
“Meet Mikey Hicks,” said Najlah Feanny Hicks, introducing her 8-year-old son, a New Jersey Cub Scout and frequent traveler who has seldom boarded a plane without a hassle because he shares the name of a suspicious person. “It’s not a myth.”
Simple solution, really: change his name to Abdullah Hicks and have his father report him to the FBI. He’ll never be delayed or searched again.
After years of long delays and waits for supervisors at every airport ticket counter, this year’s vacation to the Bahamas badly shook up the family. Mikey was frisked on the way there, then more aggressively on the way home.
“Up your arms, down your arms, up your crotch — someone is patting your 8-year-old down like he’s a criminal,” Mrs. Hicks recounted. “A terrorist can blow his underwear up and they don’t catch him. But my 8-year-old can’t walk through security without being frisked.”
But really, folks: the Government will run Health Care perfectly.
Nanny State, Politics | Mr. Bingley | 
January 14, 2010 10:57 am
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Brilliant @ Simple solution, really: change his name to Abdullah Hicks and have his father report him to the FBI. He’ll never be delayed or searched again.
The FBI would never expect this. ha.
But but but but….Cub Scouts have knives and other dangerous stuff!!!!