Yup, even the idea of security is a joke.
My aunt says that there is a better chance of pissing someone off with all the take of your shoes, belt, pants crap and having them turn violent than actually securing you from a so called terrorist.

I just never really understood their ban list... no lighters, nail clippers, 2 oz or more of cologne etc...
You can turn anything into a weapon, hell even some shaprened graphite from a #2 pencil to your neck sounds painful to me, but what you gonna do? Make pencil illegal?