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Been to an airport lately, Bob?
-LYNN
On Thu, 21 Feb 2002, Bob Navin wrote:
> Oh No - another Coast Guard thread is about to start!!! There seems
> to be no middle ground when liveaboards talk about the CG.
> Then again, if the local/state/federal police could just walk into
> your land home anytime they wanted to - look through any and all of your
> possessions, and make all of you non-liveaboards stand outside under the
> control of some 18 yr old with a loaded gun... then maybe we would have a
> little more outrage! But - I don't think that's going to happen.
> Let the flames begin!!!!!!!
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Sovie" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 8:36 AM
> Subject: lv-ab: US Coast Guard is overworked
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> > A few years ago I thought it was my imagination, then other boaters began
> > complaining about how the USCG was becoming less and less interested in
> > saving lives, and more interested in drugs and harrassment. This recent
> > article in
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> http://www.military.com/Content/MoreContent/?ESRC=navy.nl&file=FL_coastguard
> > _021502
> >
> > explains a bit why. It clearly points out that search and rescue is at
> the
> > bottom of their priority list. The budget shortfall huts S&R, not
> > drug-sniffing, 'inspections', etc. Here's an excerpt:
> >
> > WASHINGTON-Coast Guard drug interdiction, fisheries enforcement and
> illegal
> > immigrant control efforts are suffering because of the demands of the
> > service's new homeland security mission, a Transportation Department
> > inspector general's report declared Thursday.
> >
> > Presented at a Senate hearing, the report also warned that the search and
> > rescue capabilities of Coast Guard small boat stations are being
> overtaxed.
> >
> > Because of budget shortfalls, the service's planned National Distress and
> > Response System - a new "mariner's 911" communication and location rescue
> > network that is supposed to blanket coastal waters - will have dangerous
> > dead zones in which boaters in trouble will be unable to contact the Coast
> > Guard, the report said.
> >
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