Come on Guys! Take this Challenge!

Maybe. The bureaucrats have become so timid after 9/11, though, that I
doubt they'll take even the slightest risk, real or perceived, WRT
protecting Washington against an attack.

That's funny -- I was just thinking how the danged bureaucrats had become so
*bold* since 9/11.

It's the populace that has become timid, in the face of the bloody
bureaucrats, in virtually all aspects of public life.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

That's funny -- I was just thinking how the danged bureaucrats had become
so *bold* since 9/11.

While you seem to be a very good person, unfortunately it's individuals like
you, with your blind 'yes I will follow' attitude who can so easily be led
down a path that are the greatest threat to our country. Remember that it's
'government by and FOR the people',,, not the other way around.

I can only say one thing in response to your comment. Historically, there
have been governments that have used fear to take an otherwise intelligent
populace into regimes of more restriction and strengthening of an
authoritarian, centralist government. One only need to look at the history
of the last 100 years to find numerous examples. Anyone who would turn
their eye to such examples is either a fool of the most tragic sort or if it
be ignorance of the latter; the effects are just as tragic. Anyone who
truly loves this country (and not just 'say the words') and all that it
stands for looks at some of the provisions of the "Patriot" Act, for example
and rightfully shudders with fear and revulsion.

To quote old Ben F.: "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a
little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."

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Good Flights!

Cecil E. Chapman
CP-ASEL-IA

Student - C.F.I.

Check out my personal flying adventures from my first flight to the
checkride AND the continuing adventures beyond!
Complete with pictures and text at: www.bayareapilot.com

"I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things."
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery -

"We who fly, do so for the love of flying. We are alive in the air with
this miracle that lies in our hands and beneath our feet"
- Cecil Day Lewis -
"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:Iz65f.494213

Mail your responses.. Letters carry vastly more weight than emails...
Emails will be counted, they won't be read past the opening sentence...
Every letter will separately opened and read... I put 6 letters into
the mail today on the ADIZ...

denny

You know, Denny,,,, I wonder about that. I've heard 'jokes' (don't know if
they are true grin) that politicians will weigh the mailbags on various
issues and devote attention to the one with the most letters/weight.....
LOL!!!!

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Good Flights!

Cecil E. Chapman
CP-ASEL-IA

Student - C.F.I.

Check out my personal flying adventures from my first flight to the
checkride AND the continuing adventures beyond!
Complete with pictures and text at: www.bayareapilot.com

"I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things."
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery -

"We who fly, do so for the love of flying. We are alive in the air with
this miracle that lies in our hands and beneath our feet"
- Cecil Day Lewis -
"Denny" wrote in message
oups.com...
Mail your responses.. Letters carry vastly more weight than emails...
Emails will be counted, they won't be read past the opening sentence...
Every letter will separately opened and read... I put 6 letters into
the mail today on the ADIZ...

denny

("Cecil Chapman" wrote)
You know, Denny,,,, I wonder about that. I've heard 'jokes' (don't know
if they are true grin) that politicians will weigh the mailbags on
various issues and devote attention to the one with the most
letters/weight..... LOL!!!!


My niece worked in DC for a Senator. She said they seldom read e-mails but
always read snail mail.


Montblack

Montblack wrote:

My niece worked in DC for a Senator. She said they seldom read e-mails
but always read snail mail.

Was this recently? For a while there after the anthrax scare, congresscritters
avoided reading snail mail. It also took months for it to pass through the
security stuff. What's that like now?

George Patterson
Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you quarrel with your neighbor.
It makes you shoot at your landlord. And it makes you miss him.

("George Patterson" wrote)
Was this recently? For a while there after the anthrax scare,
congresscritters avoided reading snail mail. It also took months for it to
pass through the security stuff. What's that like now?


Before, during, and just a month or two after. She left. Anthrax security
was one of the reasons - having to deal with it, let alone having to even
consider it.


Montblack

George Patterson wrote:
Montblack wrote:

My niece worked in DC for a Senator. She said they seldom read e-mails
but always read snail mail.


Was this recently? For a while there after the anthrax scare,
congresscritters avoided reading snail mail. It also took months for it
to pass through the security stuff. What's that like now?

George Patterson
Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you quarrel with your
neighbor.
It makes you shoot at your landlord. And it makes you miss him.


Yeah, both of my senators have a statement on their WEB sites stating
that if you want them to see something, it has to be e-mail.

Denny wrote:
Mail your responses.. Letters carry vastly more weight than emails...
Emails will be counted, they won't be read past the opening sentence...
Every letter will separately opened and read... I put 6 letters into
the mail today on the ADIZ...



I'm not so sure. I usually write an actual letter to my senators and the last
three responses were so generic I was unable to decypher what issue to which
they were responding. Since I write on a multitude of issues, it might be
helpful if they'd give a guy a hint.

Snailmail is no guarantee it's read any more carefully than email.




--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN

VE

That's funny -- I was just thinking how the danged bureaucrats had become
so *bold* since 9/11.

While you seem to be a very good person, unfortunately it's individuals
like you, with your blind 'yes I will follow' attitude who can so easily
be led down a path that are the greatest threat to our country. Remember
that it's 'government by and FOR the people',,, not the other way around.

Uh, Cecil, I believe you have misinterpreted my comment.

That was NOT meant to be a complimentary view of what our bureaucrats have
done. In fact, I'm appalled at the way our government is run primarily by
the bureaucrats, with the politicians doing little but trying to wag the
dog.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"