by Pastor Dunkin, ©2026
(Mar. 22, 2026) — “He was right there, in the midst of replacing an electrical socket at the American Airlines counter in Concourse ‘B’ at Palm Beach International Airport when he heard the alarm go off. He looked up only to see the door down to the tarmac closing. He immediately jumped up and ran to the door as he grabbed his communicator and called Airport Security, only to be told, ‘Don’t worry about it.’”
“Boo-Hoo” (3:03)
“And that’s my opening. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to ‘The Pulse of the Nation,’ the place to hear it here first. In our continuing series of ‘Unusual Occupations’ we have Mr. Alex Dim, the head of security at one of our representative international airports. Welcome to ‘Pulse,’ the most popular show in its time slot.”
“Never watched you myself.”
“Pardon me?”
“I said that I never watch you myself. My wife watches you, but then I’m at work, so there.”
“I see. Alright, welcome to the show. Mind telling our audience what it is that you do at the airport?”
“No problem. Look, let’s not kid one another. No one watches your show just like no one reads the transcripts. You’re not mainstream; therefore you’re not important, so if I tell you the truth, who cares? Nobody will know anyway, so I’ll answer your questions as truthfully as possible.”
“We wouldn’t want it any other way.”
“Okay, first and foremost I’m a county employee, which means out of a regular eight-hour workday I discuss retirement for at least half that, actually more. Breaks and lunch take up the rest of the time.”
“What about work?”
“Work? What work? There’s no work. We show up and then we leave. We don’t make waves and we don’t upset the apple cart, understand?”
“Would you care to comment on the opening?”
“About the alarm going off? I handled that call; I remember it well because I just took a bite out of a chocolate-filled donut. I told him to forget about it and then reached over and turned off the alarm. Piece of cake or, in this case, donut. Pretty funny, don’t you think?”
“I’m not laughing. Do you know that all of the 9-11 highjackers flew out of Palm Beach airport that fateful morning?”
“So what? Nothing to do with me.”
“In preparing for this show I interviewed a former employee of the airport. He said that there was a two-man rule system in place, meaning that any vendor or unvetted person allowed on the tarmac had to be escorted by a county employee, is that right?”
“Yes, that is correct.”
“But he said that as soon as he escorted the unvetted vendor onto the tarmac he was told to go someplace else, to leave the unvetted vendor alone.”
“So what? He did his job, escorted the unvetted vendor through the gate. Big deal.”
“But it is a big deal when he left the vendor all alone.”
“So what? All the vendor was doing was restacking potato chips and Coke machines. No big deal.”
“The county employee said this vendor was from the Middle East.”
“How would he know?”
“Maybe he was in the NAVY and traveled around the world, that’s how.”
“I can see why no one watches your show.”
“Yes, I believe you. Head of security? I can see why you were the perfect match for your job. Thank you for your time. Oh, whatever happened to the guy who called you about the alarm?”
“We had to fire him.”
“Of course you did. What is it, 10% of government employees are honest and dedicated? Okay, that’ll do it for this episode of our most popular information show: Goodnight.”
[Last call: When will, if ever, Netanyahu release the footage of the Oct. 7th attacks to show the world what Islam is really all about, at the very least, to shut the Muslim supporters up for good (hopefully; I mean, what will it take?).]
“We’ve Only Just Begun*” (3:06)
[*My ex-wife liked this song, but I don’t think she gave me one thought since she cheated on me, while I think of her constantly.]
Pastor Dunkin