Not The Smartest Cookie

It’s 2014 - nearly 13 years after 9/11.  What amazes me is that with all the civil rights problems we have a TSA we still have morons like Aldon Smith of the SanFrancisco 49ers who think it’s appropriate to joke around about having a bomb on his person.

That is the accusation against Mr. Smith, the linebacker with the 49ers, who this weekend was selected for secondary security screening by TSA chose to joke around about having some sort of explosive device on his person.

Having been subjected to secondary screening on a fairly regular basis, even when I’m out speaking to students about 9/11, I am embarrassed and disappointed that Mr. Smith would choose to go this direction, especially when you consider his recent issues with the law regarding weapons charges and being arrested for DUI.  I’m not clear on why he chose to go this direction but it must be a headache for Coach Harbaugh and the other staff of the 49ers were trying to win a championship to have a knucklehead in their midst who said is obviously not focused on where it should be  - the field.

While I have no idea of the criminal implications of his behavior, as other commentators have noted, he clearly has already been sentenced to a lifetime of stupidity.