New airline passenger rules go into effect this Saturday, according to CNN.com.  In their latest actions to treat us all as terrorists, the TSA is now requiring that you provide your birthdate and sex, as well as your full name as it appears on a government ID to make a reservation.  So, now they will have your name, address, date of birth, sex, credit card number and seat preference.  All the things we are told make it easy for someone to steal our identification.  That’s alright, though, they’re a government agency where all your top-secret information is kept secure.  At least, Obama hasn’t compared the TSA to the post office… yet.

They say they are doing this in an attempt to reduce the number of instances in which innocent five-year-olds are mistaken for terrorists.  I think it’s hilarious that even Senator Ted Kennedy was refused boarding passes a couple of years ago, several times, because some terrorist used the name T. Kennedy.  The secret no-fly list was built on the assumption that terrorists always use their real names when they want to blow up airplanes.

I know I had to supply my full name as well as my wife’s when I purchased our plane tickets to Washington, D.C. earlier this year.  It was really funny because their system was not set up for middle names or initials, so it ran our first and middle names together.  I wondered if that would be a problem since our ID’s had a space, and our boarding passes did not.  But, I guess we didn’t look like your typical terrorist, so we were allowed to board.  And I didn’t even have to give them sex, which made me feel much better.

Since I stole the graphic from Wonkette, you should also read her hilarious article: TSA introduces new ways to ruin your vacation prove you’re not a terrorist

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