Then in 1995 more Constitutional Rights disappeared as the U.S. Border Patrol established 24-hour road blocks and vehicle inspection stations on every major federal, state, and local highway in San Diego county, California.
So far they've searched my car unsuccessfully at least four times (more actually). But I haven't had a parking ticket since 1984, and I don't drink or use drugs, so I'm not into smuggling either; Again, we're presumed guilty, until we prove innocence.
Please don't get me wrong, I'm an 100% supporter of border enforcement and the U.S. Border Patrol and airline safety, but I'd rather see it done on the 66 mile border in San Diego county, rather than 25 miles inland on the highways, and on passenger aircraft with lawfully armed pilots, sky marshals, or passengers.
And I'll tell you this as a pilot: Those solid steel bulletproof cockpits doors will kill more people than they save. What do you think a hijacker is going to do when he encounters one? He's going to start killing passengers until the pilots open the door, and if that fails destroy himself and the aircraft.
And while I'm bitching, we need to formally declare war. Has the U.S. ever won an undeclared war? I don't think so. But it depends on if you think we defeated Saddam I guess... I don't think we did, personally. If we did, whay is he now attacking us with biological anthrax?