Posted on 11/19/2010 10:07:29 AM PST by Nachum
But don't feel too bad. It's not you, it's me. Or rather, it's the TSA.
I'm not going to lie. It's come between us. If I have to let someone else see me naked in order to be with you--well, I'm just not that kinky. And deep down, I don't think you are either. I think it's the TSA making you act like this. Frankly, you haven't been the same since you started running around together.
But I can't put all the blame on them. I think you went along because you thought I had to have you--that I couldn't live without you. That no matter what you did, I'd stay. And it's true, you had a pretty strong hold on me. Took away the food, and I still loved you--who wanted to eat a terrible, fattening meal anyway? Narrowed the distance between the seats, and still I stayed, using my airline miles to upgrade to first class. Charge me for baggage? I'm an economics writer--I love unbundled products. So I can see where you got the idea that I'd stick by you no matter what.
But the kinky stuff is just a bridge too far. I'm not saying I'll never see you again: we can still meet up for a drink, or even a quick weekend trip to California. But our days are a regular item are through.
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Why do I have the funny feeling that this might be part of the leftist strategy? Make everyone so sick of flying that they start taking trains instead.
I know some of you don't like him, but what the hey, if they don't trust a former Governor, what the hey, I can only think of this;
Roman Moroni quotes from Johnny Dangerously:
"You lousy corksuckers. You have violated my farging rights. Dis somanumbatching country was founded so that the liberties of common patriotic citizens like me could not be taken away by a bunch of fargin iceholes...like yourselves."
"You fargin sneaky bastage!"
When I travel for business I drive if I can get there in 12 hours. When we travel for pleaseure I drive anywhere I can get to in 16 hours. We travel from Virginia to Idaho once a yea and that’s just about the only time I’ll fly any more.
You will still need to be searched and produce your travel papers...
They are going to start doing it to you on the trains, as well.
Probably is part of the strategy. (odd, I was thinking of this this AM) Aren't there several states that have train programs in the works? I think Michigan is one. overnor-elect of Ohio just put a stop to theirs.
Hillsborough County here in Florida had a “Penny tax” initiative on the ballot for light rail from Tampa to Orlando. It went down in a ball of flames!
That would be governor-elect.
"Dis somanumbatching country was founded so that the liberties of common patriotic citizens like me could not be taken away by a bunch of fargin iceholes.
I don’t know why everybody is blaming the airlines for this and wanting to punish them. It is the government, that is, TSA, that is doing all of this objectionable stuff, not the airlines. The airlines are being victimized, too. Someone should start a “No Muzlims Whatsoever” airline. People would be lining up.
Might be difficult when they make the only cars that are legal to own & drive are ones that run on batteries and have a 40 mile operating range.
Fer sure they will. Especially on “high speed” trains. Not that any of it will make a difference — trains are easy targets.
You read my mind! Of all the secrurity strategies, why pick the most intrusive? Is it to “nudge” us away from air travel? It sure feels that way.
The railroads could provide a "ferry" service that allows you to load your car onto a train and enjoy the scenery without actually driving (for a ways, anyway). Then you have your car when you arrive at your destination. I'm pretty sure this has been done in other countries.
It’s to train us to be good little compliant serfs.
I was wondering if Dear Leader was trying to put a big hurt on the airline industry. Cloward-Piven.
I think the strategy is more about "when they tell you to get in the cattle car, you will do it because, after all, you spent the past several years going through increasing invasions of your rights and privacy, and you learned not to question what the government tells you to do."
Being a "citizen" of this country means nothing more than being human livestock on a government tax farm.
Hmmm. Well, this does sound a lot like what Jeri Ryan said to her husband. And that ended up giving us Obama. Coincidence or conspiracy?
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