Another Insulting Reason To Avoid Air Travel

Airlines want you to pee before you board their uncomfortably cramped, dirty and unhealthy planes.

Now the government wants the power to force you to submit to a medical exam and deny your ability to travel if they feel like it. And it also looks like the beginning of creeping martial law to restrict travel by bus, train and automobile.

Airports To Screen Passengers For H1N1 Symptoms - New Guidelines Allow Airports To Take Temperatures, Quarantine Passengers Exhibiting Flu-Like Illness

"New government guidelines are on their way, designed to help keep passengers healthy. This flu season, airport staff across the nation won't just be screening for security threats. They'll also be looking out for health threats – people who look like they may have the H1N1 virus. The government says that people traveling internationally may be screened for the H1N1 virus as they leave or enter the U.S.

"It feels a little bit overboard," Stanford, Conn. resident Derek Ferguson said. The government warns that some passengers may be asked to pass through a screening device, have their temperatures taken, answer questions about their health, and even be quarantined if someone on the flight shows symptoms of H1N1."