Obama's "Tighter" Security

It is good to see that Obama is leading a panic-struck America into wrenching up the level of security theatre to yet a higher level of hysteria appropriate for the masquerade of "security theatre".

Here is an example as reported by Voice Of America (what more "authoritative" source for the new American "security" could you hope for?):

Bottled Honey Shuts Down California Airport
VOA News 05 January 2010

U.S. officials say a suspicious material found in a passenger's bag that triggered a security scare at a California airport on Tuesday actually turned out to be bottles of honey.

The scare caused a shutdown at the Meadows Field Airport in the city of Bakersfield and a hazardous material crew and bomb squad were called to the scene.

Two Transportation Security Administration officers were also treated and released from the hospital after being exposed to what were described as "fumes" from the bottles.

Police say they are investigating to determine why the incident happened. They said the owner of the bag has been cooperating.

Security at U.S. airports has been tightened since a Nigerian man's botched attempt to blow up a U.S.-bound airliner on Christmas Day.

The odd bit is... just what "fumes" from a jar of honey would make you nauseous enough to be evacuated to a hospital for evaluation and treatment? I guess the same ones that had solid citizens of Salem pointing fingers at the "witches" in their midst! Or having those solid American's turning in their neighbors as "commies" during the McCarthy witch hunts of the early 1950s. Go America!