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Don't go there! Where? Sorry, can't tell you!
Here's a funny article on ridiculous secrecy. It seems the Americans are ordering their airplane pilots not to fly over certain security-sensitive areas or they will be forced down by fighter jets. There is a small problem: the location of these sensitive areas is secret.
So i guess the pilots now have to watch and pay attention to areas where they see other planes being shot down by military jets, and stay away from those areas.
And you thought airplane passengers had it bad...
So i guess the pilots now have to watch and pay attention to areas where they see other planes being shot down by military jets, and stay away from those areas.
And you thought airplane passengers had it bad...
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Well, of course. And it's much more fun than relying on some cog's drab and probably unreliable coordinates to do the job for you, reason and efficiency be damned. At least the government will have saved a tree or two from peril by cutting further paperwork.glauber wrote:So i guess the pilots now have to watch and pay attention to areas where they see other planes being shot down by military jets, and stay away from those areas.
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Nanohedron wrote:efficiency be damned. At least the government will have saved a tree or two from peril by cutting further paperwork.
I find that to be a great consolation..
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Every bit helpsNanohedron wrote:Just here to be helpful, my friend.dubhlinn wrote:Nanohedron wrote:efficiency be damned. At least the government will have saved a tree or two from peril by cutting further paperwork.
I find that to be a great consolation..
Slan,
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Slan,
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Nah. This kind of thing was already going on when I joined the Army in 1962. Having spent my entire career in Intel, I could tell you some very funny stories along this line, but I'm afraid that whistles may not be permitted in Federal penitentiaries.Unseen122 wrote:People in the government must be getting stupider by the second.
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Ah... yes... the ever ...ummm... interesting... yeah... the ever interesting American indgenuity... (cough)...
I am an American. I am proud of many things about America. I am just hard pressed to come up with many of them the last few years.
I am an American. I am proud of many things about America. I am just hard pressed to come up with many of them the last few years.
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Totally agree. This country has turned to crap, and it's encouraging all the people in it to agree to a double standard.Any where a Bush is not in office.
"We want to eliminate the deficit...so let's spend billions on a war we don't need, on a trumped-up reason."
"We're working for the common man...so let's raise gas prices so the people driving an hour away from home for a minimum wage job have to spend their entire paycheck on gas."
Did anyone watch the Jeff Foxworthy Roast the other night? The Bush impersonater was hilarious. "Yes, I am concerned about the deficit. That is why I have sent a proposal to Cangress for the sale of Canada." Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!
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LEt's see... I think 1966 was pretty good... no wait, we moved to Baltimore that year... um... Oh! 1982 was good! And I know there were a couple of others in there ... I almost remember... Oh! Wait! It's the years I was too busy doing other things to notice what the gummint was doing... those were the good ones!Denny wrote:Ah, which years are good for you?anniemcu wrote:Ah... yes... the ever ...ummm... interesting... yeah... the ever interesting American indgenuity... (cough)...
I am an American. I am proud of many things about America. I am just hard pressed to come up with many of them the last few years.
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