Time: Fri May 16 19:18:57 1997 by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA09936; Sat, 17 May 1997 15:23:30 -0700 (MST) id SAA04919; Sat, 17 May 1997 18:18:09 -0400 (EDT) id SAA04908; Sat, 17 May 1997 18:18:02 -0400 (EDT) id AA14173; Sat, 17 May 1997 18:18:02 -0400 by usr03.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id PAA01765; Sat, 17 May 1997 15:16:45 -0700 (MST) Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 19:11:09 -0700 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SNET: SLS: airport security, contemporary style -> SearchNet's SNETNEWS Mailing List Dear America, My mother had passed away the day before, and I was returning home via Orange County Airport, in Santa Ana, California state, when the agent at the ticket counter announced that I had been "chosen" for the special "random" security search. She then escorted me to the security checkpoint, where I was told I would be required to open my brief case, and the security guard would search it thoroughly. When the security guard opened the brief case, he reached in and began to sort the objects which he found inside there. He pointed at these small, cylindrical objects with something like "fuses" protruding out of the top of the cylinders. "What's THAT??" he demanded, in a rude and obnoxious voice. I reached into the brief case, picked up one of the objects, and handed it to the security guard. "My mother passed away yesterday. Won't you please light one of these votive candles, to honor her passing?" I asked. I then turned my gaze at the ticket agent, who was officiously supervising this random, thorough security search. Her face had turned ashen, and her smirk was gone. That is American airport security, contemporary style. /s/ Paul Mitchell http://www.supremelaw.com ======================================================================== Paul Andrew, Mitchell, B.A., M.S. : Counselor at Law, federal witness email: [address in tool bar] : Eudora Pro 3.0.1 on Intel 586 CPU web site: http://www.supremelaw.com : library & law school registration ship to: c/o 2509 N. Campbell, #1776 : this is free speech, at its best Tucson, Arizona state : state zone, not the federal zone Postal Zone 85719/tdc : USPS delays first class w/o this ======================================================================== -> Send "subscribe snetnews " to majordomo@world.std.com -> Posted by: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
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