http://cnsnews.com/news/article/tsa-seal...

TSA Sealed $50-Million Sequester-Eve Deal to Buy New Uniforms. March 5, 2013

It's all in the small print. This initiative was intended as a below the radar effort to grow the Swiss economy - part of the Administrations effort to undermine ours. Anyway, the rollout was to have the TSA purchase a huge amount of Wenger or Victorinox Classic Army utility knives, limit their sale to airport gift shops, and of course, require all passengers to buy one or be denied boarding. Profits would go towards a new TSA mohair uniform initiative and to underwrite the production costs and distribution of Swiss manufactured SIG assault weapons to all Swiss citizens, thereby supporting another Administration goal of arming the rest of the world, while disarming America. Really; any stupider than Solyndra?

Whoa! When I posted this, I had no idea it would stimulate this much discussion.

There should be no TSA. Security should be handled privately by each airline. The Air Marshall program is as far as the gov't involvement should go. I support with equal vigor all of the constitution including the 4th amendment. Profiling works better and is preferable to violation of all.

There's a t-shirt on snorgtees.com that says: "I got to second base with a TSA agent." lol. I think if you know you're going on a trip, one should wear that shirt.

I'm disagreeing with you on this one. I'd much rather let people have the freedom to carry on the pocket knives. This is almost the same argument as concealed carry. Would you rather the terrorists be assured that their victims are disarmed? The better answer to airplane security, IMO, is secured cockpit door and armed pilots.

TSA = Thousands Standing Around

I hate flying now because of TSA. I have to do a major preflight to make sure I remember to take my pocket knife out of my pocket and my Swiss Arm knife out of my purse, along with my nail clippers and all but 1 pen, no safety pins or anything resembling a pointy thing.

Yeah... I'm gonna need a knife... just to get through security...

http://youtu.be/06zbTNtkjV4

You got steak? When I flew last month, I got Coke and nothing to eat. You think a 90 minute flight would rate at least a pretzel or two.

So, remove the metal forks. Airline food sucks anyway. I, for one, would prefer to prevent a knife/fork fight on an airplane in the first place. Just ask a flight attendent.

They planted box cutters, not pocket knives. Pocket knives were allowed when they planted the cutters. Confiscating pocket knives from elderly old men, who ALWAYS have a Swiss pocket knife on them out of habit, isn't helping anything. If First Class can have a fork...I want a knife. I'm not dangerous, but I would like to be able to defend myself if Alec Baldwin goes off on a nut or if someone is coming at me with a fork, or a box cutter. (Wait...box cutters aren't allowed...they never were.) Hmmmmmm.

Won't have to bother planting them anymore.

Why shouldn't they allow pocket knives?