Why GA is Dying

Private wrote:

"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
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Emily wrote:


Matt Whiting wrote:


Emily wrote:


Matt Whiting wrote:


You certainly come across as an anarchist, or a juvenile, I'm not sure
which not knowing your age.

Matt



No, I come across as someone who is terrified about the state of our
current government. At least one person has picked up on that. I
can't help your lack of reading comprehension. Are you American?


100%. However, I'm not a paranoid American.

Matt


Then you're part of the problem. History has shown what happens when the
people just roll over for the government.

Only to the paranoid.

Matt


There was a time when people who thought that they were being watched by
government were dismissed and called paranoid.

What do you call those people who KNOW that they are being watched?

Potential terrorists.

Matt

Private wrote:

"Newps" wrote in message
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Private wrote:


The threats to our freedoms do NOT come from outside our borders.

At all? Really?


External forces may threaten many things, but we ourselves are the greatest
threat to our own freedom.

I think Ben Franklin's (attributed) words said it best "Those who would
give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve
neither Liberty nor Safety."

Some other thoughts on the matter,

John Adams
Be not intimidated... nor suffer yourselves to be wheedled out of
your
liberties by any pretense of politeness, delicacy, or decency.
These, as
they are often used, are but three different names for hypocrisy,
chicanery and cowardice.

Yes, and these men had the guts to put their names behind their words.
Unlike some who post here.

Matt

Stefan wrote:

Jose schrieb:

Foreigners are not (and should not be) granted the same freedoms as
American Citizens when on American soil.


Yes. Oh, and Blacks shouldn't be granted the same rights as whites and
women shouldn't be ganted the same rights as men and ... geeezz.

This gets my vote for dumbest post of the week. Any other votes?

Matt

Emily wrote:

Crash Lander wrote:

You are easily annoyed.
Crash Lander


And you're an child.

Pot, please meet kettle.

Matt

Emily wrote:

Kyle Boatright wrote:


Apples and oranges. Passports are flagged, etc and there are real
time systems to address people with the wrong name or number on their
passport.


Not to mention there's a law that you must show a passport. There's not
law about showing ID at a small airport if you're just hanging around.
Yes, the current regime is a problem, but so are people making up
authority that they just don't have.

Much less of a problem than the prior regime which largely ignored
terrorists and let them get strong and well organized. Almost all of
the planning and preparation for 9/11 occurred during the Clinton
regime. Then again, you are too young to remember that.

Matt

Thomas Borchert wrote:

Emily,


Personally, I think neighborhood watches are creepy.



Especially in a country with, well, lose gun laws. But let's not go
there, the thread is bad enough as it is.


Fortunately, we haven't lost all of our gun laws yet. We're lost way
too many, but we can still possess firearms largely unrestricted in most
states (the safe states statistically, by the way).

Matt

Thomas Borchert wrote:

Dudley,


but its
nowhere near the unadulterated bull crap you are spewing on this newsgroup.



You show quite nicely that you have no facts to offer. You made my point.
Thanks.


And you, in contrast, are just a fountain of facts. Not.

Matt

On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 13:49:43 +0000, Matt Whiting wrote:

maybe even gets a new student

Ah ha. *Now* we get to a real problem with GA today: FBOs that do a
lousy job of creating clients.

This photographer wasn't a security problem; he was a sales opportunity.

- Andrew

On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 00:25:56 +0000, Crash Lander wrote:

If in 6 weeks time, that aircraft is stolen, and ends up getting loaded
with C4 or some nerve gas, and then crashed into downtown metropolis
somewhere, they'll be glad that security officer took the trouble to find
out exactly who had been hanging around the aircraft in the weeks before
the event.

Yes, because then they'd know the name of the person that killed himself.
That would be so helpful.

Of course, it would be nice to name the person in the article that
describes how a small GA plane managed to get off the ground with a
significant amount of cargo. I can manage a few hundred pounds at best.
Your average Hyundai makes a better delivery vehicle.

- Andrew

Thomas Borchert wrote:
Emily,

Personally, I think neighborhood watches are creepy.


Especially in a country with, well, lose gun laws. But let's not go
there, the thread is bad enough as it is.

Loose gun laws? I dunno. I don't own a gun because someone in my state
filed a FOIA request to get a list of all gun owners. I would not want
to own a gun knowing that anyone who wanted to could find out I own one.

But you're right, it's bad enough as it is.