If so the the revenue gained is worth it, to those perusing the WOD.
Think of the $Billions paid in wages and pensions to those waging the WOD.
Think it's for the children - think again.
The police/law/military establishment is attempting to open up a new profit center that they can expand into. The "Temporary" Flight Restriction set up around DC on the eve of the Iraq invasion has not been rescinded. And worse, they're now talking of adding "TFRs" around many other major cities.
This, despite the fact that GA airplanes have NEVER been successfully used in a terrorist attack, and considering that most of them carry less weight than a VW beetle, they can't be used in any big attack. Mohamed Atta wanted to do such things, but he's dead.
I believe that the "Right to Assemble" in the constitution gives me a right to travel virtually anywhere in this country, in any conveyance that pleases me. I assemble, with my fellow pilots, in the air. Genuine security requirements and safety exceptions would be allowed, but this "TFR" is over the top.
The AOPA has forced the FAA to hold hearings on the issue next month. Anyone interested go to www.aopa.org.