It may sound like the next SNL reject's breakout movie, but its actually the true story of a real life boy named Michael Hicks who has trouble boarding airplanes as he shares the name of someone on the Transportation Security Administrations 'No Fly' list.

Problems boarding first occurred when Mikey was only a baby. He was patted down first when he was 2 years old.

Mrs. Hicks said the family was amused by the mistake at first. But that amusement quickly turned to annoyance and anger. It should not take seven years to correct the problem, Mrs. Hicks said.

The 2 truths of this story that really blow my mind are

1. There is a frighteningly stupendous amount of incompetence in the government and who it hires. Who was put in charge of creating a database and thought first and last name was sufficient uniqueness for identifying people? This seemingly innocent and harmless issue should have people fired all the way to the top.

2. What the fuck is wrong with the people behind the counter that they are incapable of assessing that a baby, or a 2 year old, or an 8 year old boy is not a terrorist without having to call supervisors. Are they unable to or unwilling to break protocol? Are there any Americans at all capable of thinking and acting for themselves?

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