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Old March 22nd 07, 11:20 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Denny
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Default Vehicular Ramp Access


How in the world do you find the Patriot Act affecting ramp
access?

-Robert


Robert, the Patriot Act is precisely what is driving this, with
specific mandates supplemented by myriad non legislated regulations
and little people who are, for the very first time in their lives,
vested with the mantle of authority, a black belt with a radio and a
shiny pair of chromed handcuffs, prominently displayed.... Wire taps
are nothing, it is the warrantless searches, the power of non LEO's to
accost and detain for no reason other than someone doesn't like how
you look... Is this America or Orwell's 1984? This treacherous act
is vastly, vastly more than just listening to phone calls to Iran...
Ya gotta wake up and notice the coffee is boiling over, my friend...

A man being harassed for riding a bicycle on a public road because it
is near an airport is a lightning shot piercing the darkness of the
storm...... Did you even notice? What gives the minimum wage
meaning minimum skills hourly employee of an airport the legal
right to go off airport property onto a public road and harass
someone? What makes him think he has the "authority" to accost a
citizen passing on a public road?

denny