Thought for Tuesday, Jan 12, 2010

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) In what some in the White House are
calling a "win/win" solution to the nation's airport security and health
care reform problems, starting next month U. S. airports will begin
conducting full body scans that will double as annual physical checkups.

President Obama announced the breakthrough solution, telling reporters,
"With this all-purpose exam, we will be able to find everything from a
hidden weapon to a spot on your lung."

After scanning a passenger, Mr. Obama said, "We will either give you a
clean bill of health or wrestle you to the ground."

The President added that instituting the body scan/checkup could ward
off some terrorists right from the start, "because a lot of them
will balk at the $25 co-pay."

But according to Davis Logsdon, who studies terrorism and health care
reform at the University of Minnesota, the body scans may attract more
terrorists than they deter: "If there's one complaint that terrorists
have about al-Qaeda it's that they have lousy benefits."

-Andy Borowitz
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