Hooray for Pennsylvania!

Finally, something to be this Pittsburgher to be happy about in this state!
I would, however, extend two comments about this. First, while it is a nice
gesture, sending this resolution to the TSA is unlikely to do any good. I
don't even know if the TSA is in any way involved in these presidential
TFRs. Even if they are, the clear prime mover behind them is obviously the
Secret Service. And the Secret Service, quite frankly, does not not give a
stuff who they inconveinience in their pursuit of the unatainable perfectly
secure envioronment. They close off entire interstates during rush hour,
they have completely eliminated Pennsylvania Ave., and if they thought they
could get away with it they would happily impose a dusk-to-dawn curfew on an
entire cirty two days before the president was due to arrive. These
presidential TFRs are here to stay, I'm afraid, and all the non-binding
resolutions in the world isn't going to make them disappear.

My second point concerns the TFR that was imposed today (8 Dec 2003) in
Latrobe, Pennsylvania (home to Arnold Palmer and Rolling Rock beer). As
presidential TFRs go, this one was fairly low-impact. Only one airport
(Arnold Palmer Regional) was locked down because of it. But what's weird is
that I haven't seen or heard one thing about a presidential visit today, and
I live maybe 20 miles from this airport. The President was here in
Pittsburgh just last week, shutting down scores of airports and it was all
over the local media. Today there isn't the slightest mention of anything.
What gives?