The most recent attempt at downing a plane (Flight 253) by an Al-Qaeda member points out just how little information the news media really gets correct, and how utterly lacking TSA and Homeland Security are when it comes to doing their jobs! Most Americans do not mind putting up with measures by TSA and our country if it is meant to truly protect us all-if they do their jobs correctly-but they do not! So, here are some very basic and very simple things that TSA and the Congress need to do to make things right. Simply put, a couple things that I will list for you now that our Government including the President, Congress, TSA, Homeland Security and the airlines should agree to do to stop the insantiy: #1) based on this incident-remove all blankets from aircraft (People can wear a damn jacket or sweater. If terrorist don't have them, they can't hide or start fires #2) Put into place at all US airports what we were promised five years ago by that idio BUSH a 360 degree explosive x-ray sniffer at all points. They have at only 2% of all U.S. airports now, and this would speed up the security process, making everyone safer. For God sakes, the Bush Administration ONLY HAD EIGHT F___ years to get the job done since he said "mission accomplished" and now OBAMA? #3) Force airlines to stop serving drinks 1 hour prior to landing so that people don't need to use the restrooms anymore, and why are we serving alcohol anyway? #4) require that 100% of all baggage be checked from here on out(no more hand-carried luggage shall be allowed aboard any planes) #5) ensure that no airline company is allowed to charge passengers for excess luggage if #4 is applied #6) perform better enforcement of No-fly lists, which they did not do in this case. Christ! What does it take for the STATE, CIA, NSA, FBI, TSA to talk to themselves? Cant the President fire some incompetent boob at the political level for this direlication of duty? #7) do a better job screening and hiring better, more high quality TSA agents rather than some of the "lesser-quality" personnel I have encountered in my travels (low IQ and government drones) #8) ensure that all flights originating from friendly countries (Mexico, Canada, Netherlands, etc) have the same level of screening we do in the United States, (Case in Point: Last month, when my wife and I returned from Mexico we did not have to take off OUR SHOES, OUR BELTS, OUR COATS, OR PUT OUR LAPTOP PC in a separate tray in Cozumel, Mexico like we did when we left the United States-How come? Sounds like a very easy point of entry point for terrorist, huh? #9) we must begin STRONG PROFILING of all passengers especially those from Middle-Eastern and Muslim oriend Asian countries such as Indonesia. Hey muslim- you don't like it? Move to another country. #10) Require by law that airlines be penalized for every single piece of luggage they lose to the point that they either get the luggage system right, or they go out of business. I don't want my bags to end up in East Mississippi being sold at some bargain basement warehouse because the airlines lost it. Now, none of these things I mention require mouch money or foresight on the part of our leaders, or the airlines, if we do these things we will not have any further events such as what we witnessed on Christmas Day with Flight 253. Just think about it, if we had REAL STRONG leaders in our federal agencies and REAL leaders in our Congress to make these few little changes- our world as we know it would if fact be a much safer place for all. It's not that hard to protect America or American borders. If we were pissing every single hard earned tax dollar down the drain in IRAQ and AFGHANISTAN to no good end, we'd have the money to do what we need to do here. Please chim in--and stop whinning about being able to carry your laptop travlers, you have a blackgerry and USB Stick-isn't that enough? PS...the news reported that the terrorist had to get the vile with the explosives out of his underpants (his anus) in order to inject into the PENT explosive that was in his underpants, so do you really think somebody as dedicated and willing to go through that kind of effort can be guarded against without the 360 degree full body scanners in use? If you do, then you are a moron, sir or madam.