It is entirely possible that we live in the stupidest goddamn country in the world

Especially as it relates to transportation security. What prompts me to say this? Well, among many, many other things, this article in the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Specifically, this:

Pie filling apparently is banned from carry-on luggage, too. But the pies didn't go to waste. They were taken to the airport's United Service Organizations lounge, where soldiers passing through can relax and eat.

So let me get this straight: the filling in a pie is so hazardous, so potentially deadly, that it can never be allowed in the cabin of a commercial airliner. Something must clearly be done with this potentially toxic substance. I know! Let's feed it to a traveling soldier!

Jesus Donkeypunching Christ, that's stupid. It's almost as stupid as taking a five ounce container of shampoo, similarly considered too dangerous to be allowed on a plane, and throwing it in a trash can next to the gate. Or, saying that same five ounce container is too dangerous to go onboard by itself, but that it magically becomes acceptable when it's placed in a clear, 1-quart plastic bag as per the TSA rules.

Seriously, what the fuck is wrong with these people? The only possible explanation, in my opinion, is this: when you get hired for an important, policy making job in the Department of Homeland Security, part of the training process is that your superiors hit you in the face with ax handles until you lose any vestiges of common sense.

It's the only reasonable conclusion.