Afraid all the time

POSTED BY: copilot
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CHRISISALL

Tuesday, March 28, 2006 1:52 PM

I'm sometimes afraid that the ultra-religious extremist freaks running the various shows may feel that guiding the world down the proverbial toilet is just part of God's plan. Rapture, here we come...

Chrisisall

BROWNCOAT1

Tuesday, March 28, 2006 4:09 PM

Afraid? Nope. Definitely don't trust politicians or the federal government to do anything but look out for their own best interests & extend their political career.

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SASSALICIOUS

Tuesday, March 28, 2006 4:27 PM

I would say Orange: there wasn't a strip search involved, but I got to go through a part of Customs I've never seen before.

SASSALICIOUS

Tuesday, March 28, 2006 4:38 PM

I just confused myself. Hang on while I find my rant again.

COPILOT

Tuesday, March 28, 2006 4:41 PM

Take your time darling.

An I carried such a torch

FREMDFIRMA

Tuesday, March 28, 2006 4:58 PM

Scared ? heck no.

What they gonna do, kill me ?
My lifestyle is far far more likely to do that, and it's not like anyone lives forever.

Nothin they can take I can't replace cep't my soul or my life, and neither one of those is gonna go without a fight.

LIVE life, dammit, and not from under no rock either - no matter which set of bad guys you hate more, if you're afraid, all of em win.

They get to control you, because fear IS control, and it's control of your life, that you give to them, because you are afraid.

Screw that, refuse to BE afraid - it's every bit as simple as that.

Dong Ma ?!

-Frem

COPILOT

Tuesday, March 28, 2006 5:03 PM

A little ray of hope! Yeah I'll probably die of liver failer before W has a crack at me.

An I carried such a torch

SAMEERTIA

Tuesday, March 28, 2006 5:16 PM

Fear is what the government wants.
Make us afraid, then use the fear to control us. Bleh.
We just keep doing what we're doing, saying what we're saying, and eventually it will get better.

I found it interesting that it was easier, and far more polite, getting into and out of Great Britain and Netherlands than it was getting BACK into the US on this vacation! Dear heaven. I'm a US passport holder- a freakin' citizen. What the heck is the problem???

No "Welcome home, citizen!" for an American. Just freakin' long lines to see if we might be smuggling in unpasturized sausage.

SASSALICIOUS

Tuesday, March 28, 2006 6:48 PM

Somnambulist-

Right now we have a really polarized divide here where a person is "either with us or you're against us". Does that exist in the UK? I was only in London for 4 days and didn't really get that vibe, but I could be wrong.

It's the polarization that sucks because people who buy into every word that the government look at the dissenters and think they are in league with the terrorists because they don't support Dubya and dare to speak out about it. Granted, that's not everyone, but the government views the dissenters the same way which is why most protests, even the really small ones, draw the attention of a domestic spying-esque program.

However, following my airport debacle I called my mom from my cell and was ranting about everything that had gone wrong and she was so angry about how I was treated that she called the Congressman and ripped him a new one.

We don't like what's going on, we let the politicians know, and for the most part they don't care if it relates to the climate of fear they are trying to produce because the TERRORISTS are out there and they want to DESTROY AMERICA!!! (and Israel).

SASSALICIOUS

Tuesday, March 28, 2006 6:57 PM

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Originally posted by SameErtia:

I found it interesting that it was easier, and far more polite, getting into and out of Great Britain and Netherlands than it was getting BACK into the US on this vacation! Dear heaven. I'm a US passport holder- a freakin' citizen. What the heck is the problem???

No "Welcome home, citizen!" for an American. Just freakin' long lines to see if we might be smuggling in unpasturized sausage.

I hear you on that. I spent 3 weeks in Ireland and London over winter break and when I got to Chicago, immigration chewed my ass. The woman looking at my passport didn't believe I was student, didn't believe I had a job, didn't believe that I had a cheap ticket, didn't understand the concept of travelling without much of a reason aside from it's fun (i was just backpacking--not really visiting anyone). She spent 10-15 minutes asking me where i stayed and who I stayed with repeatedly, what my job was, how much I made, whether I was student, where I went to school, didn't classes already start?, your ticket was that cheap?, etc etc etc.

Then I get sent to the more secure level of customs. And my luggage also didn't arrive due to bad weather in Frankfurt delaying all flights going via that airport.

So now I've just gotten interrogated by the government, my luggage is missing, and no one can point me in the direction of the United luggage counter. So I'm standing in the airport, nearly in tears, on the phone with my mom YELLING into my phone about how much I hate homeland security, it's a waste of time, Dubya sucks, this war sucks, it's useless, i HATE everyone, and how they think 21 year old female backpackers are terrorists. I think it's a good thing the "proper officials" didn't overhear that one . . . .

Anyway, getting back to the point. My parents called the Congressman and ripped him a new one about how they are treating people. He apparently called back with some lame reasoning behind it. If you think they were out of line, you should call too. Maybe if enough people call they'll realize that the treatment people are given is totally uncalled for. Other countries accomplish the same thing in a much more civilized manner. AND they understand the concept of backpacking.

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