Amtrak has decided to conduct random screenings of passenger carry-on baggage.
What time IS it? Four years after the Madrid train bombings ... three years after the London train bombings ... two years after the Mumbai bombings. What's the rush? Oh, wait, it must be an election year!
Of course, checked bags won't be screened, because that's behind the scenes and there's no fear margin in it. Same goes for parcels riding on Amtrak trains. Don't even bring up the freight containers riding on the same rails. It's almost as if they want to give the impression of security, instead of actually providing it.
Americans have grown numb to the useless, staged harassment of flying the surly skies. So Bushco has devised yet another means by which to remind everyone We're All Going to Die -- Vote Republican! Get ready to take off your belts and grab your ankles. This looks like an early salvo of what will become the Summer of Endless Threats.