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Face it...we have lost out liberty and freedoms here in the United States. We (and by "we", I mean, the self serving liberals) have done it to ourselves. Congratulations! You have done it. We suck! Keep it up and we will be bankrupt too.

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Unfortunately, we have two Screw of the Week losers.

Let's start with the Punitive State of Arizona.

I'll start with some background. A young lady, still in high school, turns 18 years of age. And she made a big mistake. She, as many high schoolers do, imbibes in some adult beverages on night, shortly after her 18^th birthday. She jumps in mom’s care to go a quarter mile down the road to a convenient store. Roads are slick, and she ends-up hitting a curb and flipping the car over. Although this was a victimless incident, she was charged with several counts, the most significant being Driving Under the Influence of alcohol (DUI).

Sadly, in the Punitive State of Arizona, it is not illegal to drink and operate a motor vehicle, as long as it “does not impair your judgment in the slightest”. Essentially, the state legislature of the Punitive State of Arizona has empowered the local terrorist organization, also referred to as the local police department, to target the citizens and visitors to the Punitive State of Arizona. And these vicious and heartless savages are doing their best to hurt people and, in some cases, ruin their worthless lives.

After this young lady paid her fines (significant), spent two days in “Tent City”, attended all of the required classes that MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) , has somehow implemented into YOUR government, and lost her car insurance, and was forced to install an ignition interlock, that was not enough. Nope. The Motor Vehicle Division of the Arizona Department of Transportation was not done with this young lady. They suspended her license and forced her to take yet another class. Her attitude has remained high, which I am not sure I could have pulled-off. But when she went to the class that she had signed-up to attend, she was missing a document that THEY were to have sent her, and she was not allowed to take the class. Real nice, you bunch of pathetic asses!

As I see it, you have students that are in public high schools and are being taught that they have all the changes in the world to recover from mistakes. But organizations alike MADD, the heartless terrorists in uniform (the police), and the arrogant state legislatures, have determined that “no tolerance” is the way to control people.

Now for my personal experience, Courtesy Delta Air Lines, Inc..

I am a frequent traveler. After next week, I will be Gold with US Airways, Delta, Hilton, and I am Platinum with Marriott. I have learned to be patient and forgiving with traveling. And I have done very well (which is not one of my strengths) in handling most travel related issues, especially in the winter. HOWEVER, on Friday, I was on the return leg of my travels, leaving Omaha, Nebraska, heading to Phoenix, via Minneapolis, a major Delta hub. Apparently the ground crews at Minneapolis have not yet been adequately trained, or are totally incompetent. My original flight schedule (as provided by the brilliant people at Delta) provided my one (1) hour and fifteen (15) minutes between flights. The ground crew has different plans. After landing, we sat on the runway for a very long period of time, and then went to our gate. We were almost to the gate, where we sat again, only to be diverted to not just a different gate, but to a different terminal. As it ended-up, we were at the nearly the farthest possible point from my connecting flight. So, here I am running through the airport. And many of the travelers are obviously not in a hurry, but they certainly didn’t care about be. There are announcements from Delta about the plane loading and all passengers should be on board, and that anyone not on board is forfeiting their seat. I did make the flight, no help from Delta. However, a am asthmatic and it took me some time to recover and be able to breathe without coughing and wheezing. I am sure the lady sitting next to me was not happy that she had someone sitting next to her coughing. But at that point, I did not care. I knew that the coughing was because of the breathing issues, not because of a potentially contagious illness.

And as if that were not enough, I was up early and rushed to the airport; no breakfast, no coffee. The 40 minute flight between Omaha and Minneapolis had no drink service. And there certainly was not enough time for me to stop and get coffee at the airport in Minneapolis. And believe it or not, after a rather long delay in getting the drink cart going (which I am sure was so they would not have to offer drinks twice), the Atlanta based flight crew came down the aisle, and skipped the Row 28, seats D, E and F. I was hungry, had a caffeine headache going, had my credit card out ready to pay the $6.00 for a snack pack, and I couldn’t even get a cup of coffee or glass of water. That was the last stray. I put my credit card away, cranked-up my iPod and enjoys my music, not caring one bit about anything anyone wanted to say to me. Screw them all. Or more appropriately, screw them all back.

After my already arranged flight next week, I will have gold status with Delta. I even booked a cruise through Delta this year. However, it is clear to me that Delta lacks the ability to treat people as well as they claim. And I will not be flying with them again. It may sound silly to show loyalty and earn status, only to let it go away. But they are absolutely right in that nifty recording they play on the plane; with some bull shit about appreciating our business and recognizing that we have choices. And on top of this insanity I experienced yesterday, I was trying a couple weeks back to fly my children home for Christmas. It appears that the 80,000 miles I have accumulated will not get but one ticket. Normally, I would be able to get three tickets out of that. Thanks, Delta. I feel incented to use you more. US Airways is not much better, by blacking out the normal travel days before and after Christmas. BUT, I hear Southwest has no blackout dates. Maybe I will fly Southwest Airlines next year. I do know one thing…. I have already removed the Delta app from my iPhone. And I repeat, after next week, I will not be scheduling any flights from Delta.