The ultimate IOKIYAR story

Now it's OK to board planes with bombs if you're a Republican:

A University of Oklahoma student was released on $10,000 bail Thursday after appearing in federal court to be formally accused of a felony for allegedly bringing a small explosive device into Will Rogers World Airport.

Federal agents arrested Charles Alfred Dreyling Jr., 24, on Wednesday at a security checkpoint after a Transportation Security Administration employee noticed something suspicious in his carryon luggage as it went through an X-ray machine about 9:30 a.m., FBI spokesman Gary Johnson said.

The device was described in an FBI affidavit as a carbon dioxide cartridge filled with gunpowder that could be detonated when connected to a power source such as the batteries Dreyling had in his electric razor and in his cell phone, which were also in his carryon bag.

An FBI bomb technician concluded the device could detonate with sufficient force to cause serious injury.

Dreyling faces a federal charge of trying to get on an aircraft with an explosive device. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

He was released to the custody of his mother, Vicki Dreyling. His terms of release include living at his parents' home in north Oklahoma City and a 10 p.m. curfew.

Now here's where it gets really good:

Former Oklahoma City Mayor Kirk Humphreys, who is Dreyling's landlord and his longtime friend, also came to the hearing.

Humphreys said Dreyling had created a "glorified firecracker"' and then forgotten that it was in his luggage.

Dreyling told authorities that he had made the device and said it was "basically a pipe bomb," according to an affidavit. Dreyling said he built the device for entertainment value, never intending to hurt anyone, and forgot that it was in his carryon bag when he brought it to the airport, the affidavit said.

Dreyling said he learned as a teenager how to build homemade explosives from Web sites like ''The Anarchist's Cook Book.'' Dreyling said he has built and detonated several explosive devices for recreational purposes, according to the affidavit.

Kirk Humphries is a Republican.

What the fuck kind of guy builds pipe bombs "for entertainment value" and then "forgets" that it was in his luggage?

Can you imagine if this guy's last name was something like, oh, say, "Hassan" -- and he bought a bomb on board a plane and told authorities that he frequently builds bombs for recreational purposes?

For that matter, can you imagine if this guy was a registered DEMOCRAT and had a copy of the Anarchist's Cookbook and a history of building bombs for fun?

Is THIS why the TSA wants to exempt government officials and other VIPs from airport screenings? So they can plant a bomb on a plane when Republican politicians need it to improve their poll ratings?

But hey -- carrying bombs on planes is perfectly OK if you're a Republican, in George W. Bush's America.