Re: OT: Politics [Was:Social Contract]
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
On Monday 01 May 2006 16:30, Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca> was heard
to say:
> > All airports in the US are government owned.
>
> I suppose that's true if you're willing to say that the vast
> majority of US airports don't exist. Many television stations,
> hospitals, police departments, etc. have airports that aren't
> government owned. So do many ranchers and aviation clubs.
The helipad on top of a hospital qualifies as an "airport"?
A dirt strip on a ranch qualifies as an "airport"?
And do tell, how is a _police_ owned and operated helipad _not_
government owned?
What is the source of your "vast majority" claim? I would like to see
it.
In return, I will qualify my statement as "commercial airports", but
the fact remains that every paved airstrip I have ever seen in
decades as a general aviation enthusiast, many taken as a chunk right
out of what was your "rancher" example's land, have been owned by
governments. Ya see, the liability insurance is deadly otherwise.
Curt-
- --
September 11th, 2001
The proudest day for gun control and central
planning advocates in American history
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux)
iQEVAwUBRFarHy9Y35yItIgBAQKfaQf/WFx7MA6C+yiaO/NCqmLdaKPiSQ7AiBmB
Y7oaxYLQka8ULpBM0Rx4jw46FLiUehQ9lSu1t++P7dV8cYUlQ3IwfDVPLJ+S7zhZ
X7Z8xilFz+jkuKmDWDupdcjLPlvOanhnt4WBveGjG91ynO6MIF48QVB25eayAtwQ
yhkxkJqxG5byZ9H6sRbNujloz0JJbzUCsmiJ76QXjTHzFMInh5+XscELgwECPk2V
LsYOe26Z4tnBPPm9i1krfRVuIio4vGay55PMiAPjTND8b9HQ1fqPjQmClUeHCRjz
pOizw3px0Zrpca3EdCNderlmzHdVDBdj+YUaO4qLg0IA+5FbiFTFhA==
=fvRh
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Reply to: