Jose,
I think you most definitely are missing something, a simple fact that
something will exist in the DC area if we like it or not. So why not make it
something we could be alittle bit happier with. You and others may think
there is no threat, but I assure you as a military man who has watched very
carefully how these "critters" operate, it's a very real threat. A small
plane in itself may not carry enough to do alot of damage, but in that area
it would not take alot of damage to do what the bad guys want...to show they
can hit wherever they want when they want.
Our only option is a compromise, and there is no way that the gov is
gonna give up the transponder requirement. A Class B plus is the only idea I
can come up with that addresses both sides..not just one. And that is alot
of the problem , people only seeing one side. Does the whole thing suck? Yep
it sure does! But unless we can get the Feds to find and kick out approx.
11million illegals it is a threat. And then we have the threat of the legal
ones that are out to kill us as well. If we could keep the bad guys out of
this country, then we would not need the restrictions.
There will be something over DC, wouldn't it be better if we actually
had some say in it? You will not if you do not realize there will be
transponder tracking in that area.
If we want the Founding Fathers freedoms given back to us all, then all of
us need to stop voting for the same damn fools we continue to put in office
just because they "say" they are a Dem or a Repub. They ALL care about a
vote, not your freedom. We must bend , so they appear to have done something
(for their vote). We don't bend we will have less..until Americans get their
head out of their butts and vote the entire 2 parties out of Washington.
What you want requires changing the entire government, what I propose
gets along with the current one. See the difference? It's something we may
not like, but it is the way the chips are stacked at this point in time.
they have the advantage, in one room they say hey lets do this it is voted
on in minutes (when they want to!!! ) and it is done..no fly or whatever!
For the country to get rid of all the crooks will take alot of old timers
dying out that can not see the problems of their parties. Not to mention
those with the mindset of I am voting Democrat because my Daddy his Daddy
and his Daddy were all Democrats all have to die out. Then maybe in another
75-100 years the government will really change, as long as no more like them
come into play mind you.
So see who has the advantage? See why we have to bend? And you know what
will happen if we don't? All those little things that the public let their
rights go away alittle on, because it did not effect them....sooner or later
it becomes a right that does effect you. Then it's to late the downhill
slide has started. Just say Thank You Mr. Lincoln!!!!
A majority of Americans do feel aircraft as a real threat , and the
majority of votes wins that argument. They listen to the vote..so you must
bend or not be heard at all.

Patrick
student SPL
aircraft structural mech