12/22/2011

More Hope & Change from the TSA

Your government at work...keeping you safe from dessert.  Perhaps this is part of the First Lady's healthy eating agenda....

TSA confiscates cupcake, calls frosting a "gel"
At Las Vegas International Airport, TSA supervisor [REDACTED] is keeping travelers safe from the terror of delicious cupcakes-in-a-jar. I learned this firsthand earlier today, when I put myself and my fellow travelers at risk by attempting to travel with one.  
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I offered to scoop my dangerously conformist cupcake out of its jar and place it in a zip-lock bag, where it could mush about to its heart's content; but Agent [REDACTED] wisely refused. After all, the jar in all its tasty glory "clearly contains more than 3 ounces of total contents," he said.