Overweight Fliers Paying For Two Airline Tickets

Southwest Airlines just can't get enough. Amidst the troubles many airlines have already endured due to the attacks on 9/11, Southwest must have thought adopting a new policy making obese people pay for two seats would help their business. That, or they're just overly concerned about America's obesity epidemic and thought that the policy would be some sort of motivation for people to break out their running shoes before booking their next flight. Either way, the …

…for the privilege of being miserable, endure long lines, subject themselves to body searches, and pretend not to notice the radical Islamic-looking dude who just breezed through security while random granny had her walker disassembled for closer inspection. Just recently American taxpayers, including the 61% that are considered obese, rose up and bailed out the airline industry when they were suffering financially due to September 11th. Is it really asking that much for a little appreciation?