There's an enormous, overwhelming crisis occurring 30,000 feet above America.
People's most precious possessions are under constant threat from a menace that has thus far been overlooked.
They must defend themselves, otherwise these possessions will be damaged or even destroyed. The possessions I am talking about are computers and babies.
How are these being threatened? Why, by people reclining their airline seats.
I have learned this from Ira Goldman. He is the inventor of the Knee Defender, a device that locks the seat in front before its legitimate movement affects the ability of your computer to tabulate a spreadsheet or your baby to compute its 10-times table.
Appearing Wednesday on MSNBC, Goldman explained that the device is purchased reluctantly by people who are fed up with flying conditions.
"People aren't using this to hog space. They're doing it to... people have their laptop computer screens cracked, people have babies on their laps that get smacked in the head," he insisted.
