Flying "Air Tyranny" August 15, 2007

by Will

Will Grigg's Liberty Minute

August 15, 2007

Pop singer Clay Aiken was recently involved in a trivial argument aboard a commercial flight. A man who had been aboard that Continental Express flight told aviation columnist Patrick Smith: ?[F]ederal agents came onto the plane and interviewed people sitting near the `altercation' site before releasing us. At one point the flight attendant said, `This is 2007, and you need to watch what you say on a plane.'?

It is not an exaggeration to say that airline passengers today enjoy a status somewhat akin to that of the passengers on a prison transport bus. This is one reason why foreign air travelers are increasingly avoiding the U.S.

According to Business Traveler magazine, foreign air carriers are devising routes that will ?enable global travelers to avoid the United States.? Air New Zealand, for instance, transfers Europe-bound passengers in British Columbia, thereby permitting them to avoid invasive U.S. customs procedures.

Apparently, the US is no longer a preferred destination for freedom-oriented frequent fliers.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.

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