August 14, 2006
Student Angry about Airline Carry-on Restrictions
(Washington, DC) Georgetown junior education major Tad Cochrane, discussing the recent airline terror plot, expressed outrage over what he called "totally bogus" new restrictions for passengers.
"So I'm trying to get on this plane to Las Vegas, and the Northwest dude was all like: 'Ummm- you can't bring that toothpaste on board,'" said Cochrane, shaking his head. "And I'm all like: 'Ri-i-i-i-ght,' thinking it's a joke. But the rent-a-boy was serious, man. It was hella wrong."
Cochrane said that TSA employees need to stop "bugging" and focus on real terror suspects.
"Look, this is pretty simple: just prevent everyone with a name like 'Ahmed' or who wears a turban from boarding a plane," he said. "Why they got to get all up in my grille is beyond me, since I'm about the last guy to want to blow up a plane."
Cochrane, who admits to being "a political duck," said that he may present his ideas to TSA officials.
"I think they'd be pretty crunked to hear from someone like me, an outsider, who can go in there all ballsy and say what for," he mused. "Sometimes people need to step out of their sandbox for a minute and listen to a straight-up smoker. A-i-i-ight?"
"So I'm trying to get on this plane to Las Vegas, and the Northwest dude was all like: 'Ummm- you can't bring that toothpaste on board,'" said Cochrane, shaking his head. "And I'm all like: 'Ri-i-i-i-ght,' thinking it's a joke. But the rent-a-boy was serious, man. It was hella wrong."
Cochrane said that TSA employees need to stop "bugging" and focus on real terror suspects.
"Look, this is pretty simple: just prevent everyone with a name like 'Ahmed' or who wears a turban from boarding a plane," he said. "Why they got to get all up in my grille is beyond me, since I'm about the last guy to want to blow up a plane."
Cochrane, who admits to being "a political duck," said that he may present his ideas to TSA officials.
"I think they'd be pretty crunked to hear from someone like me, an outsider, who can go in there all ballsy and say what for," he mused. "Sometimes people need to step out of their sandbox for a minute and listen to a straight-up smoker. A-i-i-ight?"