Airport insecurity

'Montana Sen. Conrad Burns had a little humbling recently at the airport. Asked for a photo ID, he pulled out his new Senate identification. The ticket screener looked at it and shrugged, "I don't recognize that kind of an ID card." Burns recalls, "I said, 'Well, it has on there what I do. It has a picture of a nice-looking fellow and a number.' " Her reaction: "It doesn't make any difference. I don't recognize it." So, he explains, "I pulled out one for Sam's Club. That one worked good. I went right on through."'
[U.S. News]