Various countries have various degrees of freedom, but Americans are
the only people who constantly crow about all the freedom they believe
they have.

You're the one who challenged the facts. No one was "crowing" about
freedom until you denied its existence in the United States.

In my relatively brief lifetime, I've started three businesses, moved
my family across state lines, flown airplanes, driven cars, and ridden
motorcycles across this continent from coast to coast -- all without
permission from any governmental body.

No permission was ever granted, because none was required. In a free
country we are free to do these things, by law, unquestioned.

Right now my plane is sitting in its hangar, ten minutes from here,
fully fueled and ready to go. If I wished, I could go fly it to
California right now -- a distance of 1350 nautical miles -- without
saying a word to anyone, or asking permission of *any* governmental
body.

I am free to bitch, moan and complain about every idiot in my
government -- and do so loudly and frequently, in very public forums.
I do all of these things, every day, without fear of reprisal or
consequences.

I challenge you to name another country where I could do all of these
things with the same degree of freedom and odds of success.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"