"Nomen Nescio" ] wrote in message
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Well, I guess I made the list of suspected terrorists, this weekend.

Guess I get to be the lone voice of dissent here.

In case you haven't noticed, there's at least a couple ten thousand loonies
out there who want to kill us in large numbers. Maybe that's GWB's fault,
maybe it isn't, but that doesn't change the situation on the ground *right
now.* You're hanging around off the edge of a runway next near an ANG base.
Sorry, but I can see where the guys are going to get a little edgy. Sounds
like the soldier was a little gruffer with you than he needed to be, but
that's not his first order of business.

And yes, I do know that of which I speak. I was grounded for three months
after 9/11 because of the massive BOS-NYC-DC TFRs that no one cared to
explain.

If we get hit again at home, and with the election right around the corner
there's plenty of reason to be on guard, we might lose everything. How about
a DC-style ADIZ over every single Class B? Mandatory flight plans for
everything? FAA can't handle it, tough ****, they'll just have a lottery for
VFR departure slots on weekends. What makes you think your non-pilot
neighbors won't surrender your freedom to fly without a second thought?

Don't get me wrong- I think the TSA is a mess and the current airline
security system, which is still the tagrte we need to worry the most about,
is a sickening morass of bureaucratic incompetence. So at best you've got a
marginal case to make that the ANG guy who harassed you should have been at
BDL searching peoples' carry-ons instead, or at the container terminal in
Boston. That's about it.

Best,
-cwk.