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A small representation of the snowglobes adorning Nightly News Executive Producer John Reiss's office. Photo by Nightly News Web Producer Constance Parten
On Sunday, Brian blogged about the predicament travelers face with bottled water these days. You can’t take it on board in a bottle due to new security regulations. Brian discovered you couldn’t even have it in a plastic bottle if you’re in Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans.
As my family waited for our flight to leave Logan Airport in Boston last Thursday, I remembered one last minute trinket I had forgotten to get while we were in Red Sox Nation. I needed a Red Sox snowglobe for a certain executive producer who is both a snowglobe collector and a rabid Yankees fan.
Easy, right? I went from gift shop to newsstand to tchotchke store to find that Red Sox snowglobe. Finally, I found a Red Sox souvenir stand near Jet Blue. STILL No luck. I asked the saleswoman if there had been a run on snowglobes. (Seriously: considering last week’s games, there should have been a surplus.)
"No," she said, "we can’t sell them in the airport anymore because of security regulations. You’re not allowed to take them on board the plane. It’s because of the water in the snowglobe."
Yes, America, it’s true. Those two ounces of liquid inside the snowglobe violate the new security regulations.
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The most frightening aspect of the new (and continuing) what-you-can-carry-aboard-the-airplane rules is how subjective it is. That and the level of education and training attained by those enforcing it. According to the rules on the TSA website, if you drain the water out of the snow globe and replace it with personal lubricant (you may carry 4 oz onboard), then you should be perfectly legal.
Barbara, Tullahoma, TN (Sent Sep 2, 2006 9:30:42 AM)
It is a travesty when one can't even bring a snowglobe onto a plane. The government is taking "Big Brother" a bit too far. I am for security and being safe, but, really now, a snowglobe? How about worrying about actually catching bin Laden, instead of propping up the "powers that be."
Joe Riccardo, Hazleton, PA (Sent Sep 2, 2006 4:18:56 AM)
yeah, Gina - downright unAmerican of your friend to collect snow globes during this national snow globe emergency.
Maybe instead of flying, you could walk with the snow globe?? Life isn't that complicated. (Unless you're a fear monger desparately trying to keep your treasonous misdeeds and war crimes in the dark - then it can get complicated. Are you doing that, Gina?)
(Sent Aug 31, 2006 5:52:34 PM)
"People should not be afraid of their government
The government should be afraid of their people"
V
Let's here it for Take Sissors Away group.
BTW for the uninformed and there appear to be several, most of the stuff in the hold of the plane was not screened, esp. the commercial shipments.
cecil charles, carrboro, NC (Sent Aug 31, 2006 5:27:18 PM)
I wish we would concentrate more on BEING safe instead of FEELING safe. Big deal no water on a plane, what about our ports, or our borders? So you can't take water on a plane, but you can get a bomb through our ports and borders. This is ridicules. We need to refocus our priorities and our conversation.
Mike Andrews, Burbank, CA (Sent Aug 31, 2006 12:54:40 AM)
The terrorists have achieved their goal. They don't have to do another thing. We (at least our government) are all in a panic about snow globes, hair gel,liquid mascara, foundation, toothpaste, etc. They have made us all afraid and that was their goal. We are afraid and when you are afraid, you do stupid stuff.
Elli A., Daleville, AL (Sent Aug 31, 2006 12:36:56 AM)
Why can't they sell the globes DRY and you can add water when you get home? Life isn't that complicated. Or why can't your friend start collecting something else??
(Sent Aug 30, 2006 8:29:35 PM)
No, no, no. You have it all wrong.
You are suppose to arrive at the airport with your liquid filled snow globe in your to be checked bag. Your non carry-on luggage.
This way it will arrive at your destination at the same time, on the same plane and everyone aboard will be safe.
Dewey Quong, Reno, NV (Sent Aug 30, 2006 6:30:11 PM)
Sick of the MSM -- It's a blog, get over yourself.
Snowglobe filled with liquid explosives? You've got to be kidding me.
Sick of whiners (Sent Aug 30, 2006 4:49:24 PM)
NBC:
Stop trying to manipulate public opinion with your ridiculous slanted whiner stories. So what if snow globes are not allowed on flights? If a terrorist manages to bring a snow globe filled with liquid explosives onboard a plane, you would be the first to scream your meme about it, pointing your crooked little finger at the President.
Why not report on how the media was complicit in spreading terrorist propaganda during the Israel-Hezbollah conflict?
Stop with the garbage reporting. Report on something worthy of our attention.
Sick of the MSM (Sent Aug 30, 2006 4:36:15 PM)
Did the Clinton administration know about Saddam Hussein's links to al-Qaeda all along?
What is in the documents recovered post-invasion?
Lt. Col. Buzz Patterson, Clinton's right hand man for two years and advisor on military affair (who still holds a top level access to intelligence/security information) has some interesting answers in this interview that's a must listen.
http://www.regimeofterror.com/podcasts/Buzz_Patterson_interview.mp3
or here
http://regimeofterror.com/archives/2006/08/interview_with_lt_col_buzz_pat/
Travis Buckly, Monticello, IN (Sent Aug 30, 2006 4:14:02 PM)
Really stupid, considering the lists of items (ranging from the ridiculous to the sublime). The inconsistencies are reflected in the attached link: you may carry a 7 inch screwdriver and a corkscrew. You may not carry hand lotion; however, you may carry 4 ounces of personal lubricant. Personally, I won't feel safe until they standardize this mess.
http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/prohibited/permitted-prohibited-items.shtm
Barbara, Tullahoma, TN (Sent Aug 30, 2006 3:56:42 PM)
That's one of the stupidest things I ever heard. Well, it's the stupidest thing I heard today anyway. We are currently living in a world of increasing stupid things. So you can't take a snowglobe on a plane, yet the majority of cargo isn't even checked. Makes sense to me. Next, homeland security will be busting into John Reiss's office to confiscate his very dangerous collection.
Please someone let me know when the grown-ups are in charge again.
S.A., St. Louis, MO (Sent Aug 30, 2006 3:15:21 PM)
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