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H'm, first you put it completely off limits, with a Phalanx system guarding it, now you say it's OK to conduct tourist flights. Is the Phalanx supposed to shoot them out of the sky? How is the Phalanx operator supposed to know which are the bad guys and which are the good guys with 100% accuracy? And you have the audacity to say that my logic is twisted? LOL

Did you know that Aircraft Carriers have Phalanx? Did you know that US aircraft actually land on those without getting shot down? Did you know that people who run air defense systems can tell the difference between authorized aircraft and non-authorized? Are you looking to use every fallacy in your arguments?

So you are saying my freedom to travel freely is less important than my freedom to travel to church on Sunday? Or to travel to a protest rally? Yes sir, Comrade!

Can you see your own fallacies? Did you know that you can't travel in a helicopter to the White House lawn right now? Your "freedom to travel" is being violated! I think you should insist on defending this very important right to land a helicopter on the White House lawn. Please try it today.

Did you know that Aircraft Carriers have Phalanx? Did you know that US aircraft actually land on those without getting shot down? Did you know that people who run air defense systems can tell the difference between authorized aircraft and non-authorized? Are you looking to use every fallacy in your arguments

Actually I didn't know that Carriers had Phalanx systems. Are you sure they do? I know some destroyers that guard carriers do. Do you recall the Israeli ship that shut theirs off because the didn't want to hit any friendlies and got nailed with Hezballah's missile. It is very easy for the military to identify their own planes. The only method a phalanx sitting on top of Miss liberty has to identify the friendlies is the squawk code. Do you suppose that could be spoofed? You really haven't thought this through have you.

Can you see your own fallacies? Did you know that you can't travel in a helicopter to the White House lawn right now? Your "freedom to travel" is being violated! I think you should insist on defending this very important right to land a helicopter on the White House lawn. Please try it today.

There are some legitimate, no fly zones, and I don't have a problem with them. I do object to unannounced TFR's like when Cheney makes a surprise visit to Jackson, or Bush doesn't announce his travel plans until an hour before the event. It is kind of like the freedom to drive doesn't give you the right to travel in the oncoming traffic lane.

I do object if you want to restrict my right to go view the fall colors if I want to though.

I don't think I have time to land a helicopter on the White House Lawn today. I am taking some 'young eagles' up flying (sightseeing) as a reward for doing well in my wife's class.