Posted on 06/26/2009 10:55:57 PM PDT by pissant
I fly a lot. It's gotten to be such a hassle that I'm cutting down on my air travel, and even turning down a number of engagements because I just don't want to go through the ordeal at the airports.
What ordeal? If you ask that question, you must not have flown anywhere since 9/11. I'm talking about the security gauntlet every passenger has to go through!
If you have flown anywhere, you've had to get in the lines. Take off every bit of metal bigger than a dime, your jacket, hat and shoes, perhaps your belt … and, if you have a computer, put it in a separate tray, hoping for a reunion after you pass your body through a powerful scanner. If you have a metal knee or hip replacement or a pacemaker, you'll probably have to go through a separate line and submit to a "wand scan" and even a hands-on "pat down." It can be quite humiliating, and the process can even cause you to miss your plane, after all that.
If you've checked into a hotel lately, you know you always have to produce your driver's license or valid photo identification. Same if you want to rent a car . When you shop at Costco, for Pete's sake, you have to prove you're who you are and that you're a credentialed Costco shopper with a valid credit card (which they'll verify on the spot) just to get in the door.
When you get gas – if you can still afford it to – and you want to use your credit card, you pass it into a slot checker, and still have to punch in your zip code. Right? In today's world, you have to be ready to show valid, verifiable identification for almost
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obumpa
Mister Boone is after the rascally rabbit.
Of possible interest to your list.
~~PING!
The evil 0bama is not an American. This SOB will never proove he is an American.
obumpa
Man, I hope he doesn't film the skinning part, that always makes me throw up a little.
Oh shoot! For all the dumb & clueless Libbies reading my last post, it is not meant to be racist.
Pat Boone was famous for the patent leather white shoes he wore.
You have been posting a lot of this crap. Thank you. I would never have seen the other side. Keep up the good work. I am so stinking mad I already did spit.
Thanks, S&A.
Pinging The List. Even Pat Boone is looking for the bc.
Thanks pissant, good post. So here we are up during the wee hours railing against the hurricane. I’m in good company.
Right... he will NEVER PROVE it either!
Yes, it is important, crucially and everlastingly important. America's very future depends on the defense of, and obedience to, our basic constitutional laws. If I have to produce my passport, my driver's license, my own birth certificate, for things like leaving the country and returning, buying and selling and leasing and renting – all the things ordinary citizens are required to do all the time – why then, in the name of decency and equality, and in the "open" and "transparent" approach to government Obama promised, should our elected leader not do the same?
How so very true. Valid question by Mr Boone.
Go Pat Go!
I will try to be in DC for the 4th. I hope I will see you.
Hurricane?
my question or concern would be....if he did and it turned out he wasn’t. what would be done to undo what he did?
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