If not the terrorists, then the paranoid bureaucrats. Or their non-paranoid, but power-hungry superiors.
It works. I will not fly. If I want to visit my Mom in AZ, I will drive cross country to do so. Camp in the van with my dog. Damn the price of gas. I'm not going through what airline patrons do. And I'm not anything but a patriot. My country has betrayed me. I mistrust its' notion of 'protection'. I never thought I'd be scared to be an American in my own land. But I am still enamored of my country.
Amen
It works. I will not fly. If I want to visit my Mom in AZ, I will drive cross country to do so. Camp in the van with my dog. Damn the price of gas. I'm not going through what airline patrons do. And I'm not anything but a patriot. My country has betrayed me. I mistrust its' notion of 'protection'. I never thought I'd be scared to be an American in my own land. But I am still enamored of my country.