Alphecca

NOT worksafe, but the first time I saw this I laughed so hard my stomach hurt...

http://www.thekidfrombrooklyn.com/video_disp.asp?videoid=1183

Peet

Right, despite his self-righteous condescension. Keillor is still an arrogant prick.

Sorry, I haven't had my caffeine yet.

Well, he's not right about the rifles - they're grotesquely overpowered for airborne use.

And, of course, all the guns in the world will only deter highjacking, not blowing the plane up.

Keillor's an asshat.

I used to like Keillor and his fell happily for his pseudo-homespun, pretend-unassuming, Midwestern "Lake Woebegon" shtick, when I was a smug Blue-state uber-Liberal like him.
I find him a lot more pretentious and tiresome now.

When I went hunting with my buddy in NJ on his farm in the 60's I would take my shotgun aboard the plane in a soft case and tell the captain what it was. They would usually keep it on the flight deck for me. How things have changed! Jack.

Back when I was a research scientist at a government laboratory I proposed we research the topic.

That web page was one of the things the investigators seemed to take an unusual interest in (from reviewing my log files) when they went through the process of firing me.

The baseball bat idea is a pretty good one. I think a 10" length of 1/2" re-bar handed to each passenger who wants one would do the trick even better. They could be tossed in a bin near the door when de-planing.

Think how good it would feel to administer a good smack upside the head or across the wrist to some raghead with a box knife in his hand. And no possibility of an unintended discharge.

If I know Keillor, and I used to enjoy his shows when travelling up in Da U.P., he was only being sarcastic, and mocking the NRA and those who might want to defend themselves...I tumbled to the fact that when he sings those sweet old hymns with his guests and regular cast, he's actually mocking their meaning...he as much as said on several shows he's not comfortable around genuine Christians, like Linda Wrongstadt. That's the news from Lake Woebegone, where the women are strong, the men are good looking, and all the radio personalities are beyond arrogant.