Da-yum. I always miss out on ALL the good parties.Originally Posted by KJ6BSO
Da-yum. I always miss out on ALL the good parties.
“Nobody is going to feel sorry for us. 90% of the people don’t care, the other 10% are glad it happened.” — Clint Hurdle, 2019
BAN THE DH!
Fudd's First Law of Opposition: If you push something hard enough, it WILL fall down.
Teslacle's Deviant to Fudd's Law: It goes in, it must go out.
"The 2020 election wasn't stolen, and speaking the truth is only a crime in countries ruled by tyrants" - Liz Cheney
“Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Trump golfed.” — Bernie Sanders
Y'know...it is my impression (mis-guided or otherwise) that the people reading the scans would agree and support that 100%. They're only doing their job, one that they probably really need. The guy who did me, once it was clear that I wasn't carrying that dangerous plant substance was the model of "good guy." I'm sure his bosses (and their bosses, and their bosses) are out to get the "monthly pot bust award." Hell, he, himself, probably goes home and gets high.Besides, you both signed the release forms for the movie... you were NOT of sound mind and body, but you signed.
Rough concept sketch of Freedom Shorts, (clicky to enlarge).
Which gets down to some nitty-gritty. The same kind of nitty-gritty that is still with us from the 60's. The people carrying out the orders of "those on high" are the public face of BS thinking and policies. That is, those who formulate those policies are so totally protected from those upon whome they're stupid policies are forced, that they're pretty much unreachable. They relegate the public interface to people just like us who probably find what they have to do as odious as those of us on whom they're forced to execute them. It used to be that, well, even if that's the case, "pushing back" will work. But, IMHO, not so today. Today I'm completely happy to just let them do their thing...they probably don't really want to...and let whoever picked me be embarrassed that he called it wrong. Political reading seems to say that there's enough of us rank and file grass roots who are really, really, really pissed off about what's going on that this just might be something that is about to come to a head. Well, at least I hope that's not just wishful thinking on the part of yours truly.
Last edited by W1GUH; 11-01-2010 at 03:09 PM.
If it's a war on drugs, then free the POW's.
These days I refuse to fly any commercial airline. I refuse to be treated like I'm a criminal until I get scrutinized, xrayed, felt up, fondled, and screwed over. If I have to travel anywhere I'll drive, take a train, a boat, a bus, hitchhike, or use a horse and wagon if need be. If an employer wants me to fly I explain to them even before I take the job that I have an aversion to flying...which is actually true...I am claustrophobic and I feel rather uncomfortable and "trapped" in some airliners. I have no patience for this type of treatment of the jack asses administering it.
Only thing is that I wonder how long it will be before they start xray-ing you and fondling you just for wallking down a road or before boarding a train. We had a mini version of that here in NYC when they were searching passengers bags, backpacks, etc.
Of course it will all be justified either in the name of fighting terror or in the name of fighting drugs. Hey, nanny has to protect us from the evils of dope.
Heck, we now have the kind of society we asked for. As long as the majority of the sheep are contented they could care less about the few who complain about it.
Last edited by n2ize; 11-02-2010 at 03:05 AM.
I keep my 2 feet on the ground, and my head in the twilight zone.
Are you going to print those shorts in some sort of radio-opaque ink so it shows up on the x-ray, Dave?
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
The shorts need fringe added , to accommodate the obvious puns .
I won't question your Creator's wisdom , but you are responsible for your own actions .
Russ, W5RB
Oh, you mean when Dance Like an Egyptian was blaring on the stereo?
"Where would we be without the agitators of the world to attach the electrodes
of knowledge to the nipples of ignorance?" ~ Professor "Dick" Soloman
Well, you can always ship things to a UPS store near your destination. Why carry anything now?
I started doing that a long time ago, because of ski gear, or equipment if it's for work.
What else can ya do? Show up in a hospital gown?
Last edited by WØTKX; 11-01-2010 at 03:27 PM.
"Where would we be without the agitators of the world to attach the electrodes
of knowledge to the nipples of ignorance?" ~ Professor "Dick" Soloman
I've decided to re-think this... If I came to the airport sporting a couple of big round lead weights dangling under there, I wonder what they would do when they hit that?
Break out the Geiger Counter?
"Where would we be without the agitators of the world to attach the electrodes
of knowledge to the nipples of ignorance?" ~ Professor "Dick" Soloman
That happened when I tried to take some 811's ;) into Canada. Well, not in Canada where it was (really) no big deal...but I was denied entry and had to present to the US Customs the document denying me entry. (I was not about to screw around with the system and try to "get by.")
That, too, was no big deal. Canada had already taken the 811's for their own enjoyment (Enjoy, guys!!!), AND had had the dogs out to make sure that's all I had. But as soon as an "unusual" case showed up at the crossing (Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls), all the bored types descended with Geiger counters, mirrors to look under the car...the works!!! As I had nothing to fear, really, and also because the people just doing their jobs were, actually, cool, it was kinda fun. Just time-consuming.
As the earlier reply said...the terrorists have absolutely and completely won. They're not dumb...they know the damage they've done to us.
If it's a war on drugs, then free the POW's.
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