It seems from the responses seen here that there is a general skepticism regarding the implimentation of the Patriot Act. It does make one wonder how George W. was re-elected if the opinions expressed in this forum reflect opinions generally in the country. It is a shame that 9/11 has somany people looking under their beds for terrorists. To be vigilant is one thing, to be paranoid is something else. I think paranoid is winning…much to Bush’s advantage.
One other good reason why our wars should be as short as possible. Pick a war, any war.
Ya try telling me something I already don’t know!
It’s a wounderfull country that we live in…paranoia tends to get to the best of us all in this country.
BNSFrailfan.
To which paranoia are you refering? The paranoia about international terrorists, or the paranoia about the current administration? Myself, I’m much more worried about the latter, rather than the former.
“No matter how paranoid you are, you’re not paranoid enough”.
So true, so true…from another Minnesotan.( and if I read between the lines correctly, the same congressional district.)
If the powers start demanding “papers” to be in public exercising your rights, (like taking pictures of trains in cites, or watching airplanes taking off and landing, or for that matter- watching traffic going by on an overpass, then we are in trouble.
I guess that Railfans had better start going to Birdwatching instead.
BNSFrailfan.
I worked with a guy that spoke Arabic whenever he made a personal call. Should he be reported under this law?
Be careful if you spot a bald eagle - remember it’s the national bird and watching it might be a prelude to doing something inappropriate…[}:)]
I certainly would not report anyone for speaking Arabic or any other language. Most people of every culture are decent.
A friend and I were exiting the Mt. Zion Sephardic Synagogue, walking down the steps to the Valley of the Sultan’s Pool to cross to the Windmill and the Hotel distirct. My friend spied a young man running down the slope, bypassing the steps. He asked, possibly he is a t_______st, and maybe we should call the Police?
I replied: Rediculous, he is obviously an hotel worker very late for work.
The Arabs run all the Kosher Hotels on Friday evening & Saturday because Jews aren’t allowed by the Orthodox Rabbis to work if the Hotel is to retain is Kashrut certificate. The Bible says don’t work on the Sabbath. Most tourists don’t even know that the staff is entirely Muslim and Christian on the Sabbath! In Jerusalem that is.
And only the Arab buses run Friday nights and on Saturday until sundown.
And the railroad shuts down also.
But you can still get a non-Kosher taxi if you insist!
And charter a non-Kosher bus
This happened to us here in Colorado on Friday afternoon:
Went to locate a section corner (SE Cor Sec 11, those of you east of Ohio probably have never understood Section-Township-Range-Principal Meridians, but Thomas Jefferson had a good idea that stuck) and found it to be missing underneath a sidewalk,pole and fence built recently around a wastewater treatment plant (sewage treatment)…The railroad R/W we were setting boundary pins on required that a tie (distance and bearing) be made to the corner. While building this gawdawful fence, they wiped out the section corner.
There are recorded measurements to where the corner used to be. By law we have to re-establi***he destroyed section corner. The objects referenced fall inside the fence now by 15-20 feet and are now partially buried by landscaping. We go to a gate and guardhouse for the facility to ask permission to enter. The points we need to locate are within 200 feet and in clear view of the guard shack. Permission denied, we might be terrorists or newspaper people trying to break-in. We now have to go through the city’s public relations office and wait 6 weeks to do 15 minutes of work behind the fence. Our truck was searched by the rent-a-cops while we asked permission.
The sewer plant destroyed a public survey monument to build a massive wall/fence to keep out terrorists (and pushy nosy newspaper people) and now won’t allow a surveyor to do his publicly mandated duty without great inconvenience and cost to the taxpayer public… Really dumb!
Railfans are not alone.
Mudchicken, Survey Terrorist[%-)][%-)][%-)]
(ps - better to be associated with terrorists than be associated with 'da yellow press!)[:(!][:(!][:(!]
So much for being an ANERICAN!
Yeah, no agenda. BTW what’s an ANERICAN?
Darn it…I tried! It realy sucks being just me,Darn.
Your guess is as good as mine,Im starting to ask the same. I mean you can’t even wail outside of your own house with out some one Spying on you all the time because of this Paranoid nation that we live in.
BNSFrailfan.