[Rodney King]

They also have to deal with smart alec people who drink/partying and are not cooperative on holiday weekends.

True, but part of the negative reception that people give to the coast guard is that they feel violated because they have no idea that the coast guard can just board your boat any time they feel like it. People in America tend to think that you need a warrant or probable cause for a search.

Your average American citizen would never have voted to allow the water nazi's a blank exception to the constitution.

[Doctor Stochastic]

People in America tend to think that you need a warrant or probable cause for a search.

Unless they happen to be a minority-American.