mohit | Shared With: Everyone - Jan 02 2008 | news, new york, bill of rights, flying
When I fly out of Newark (a NY area airport that is actually in NJ), I often have to wait in the plane an hour or more before it takes off.
Quoted: Under the so-called "Passenger Bill of Rights," airlines would be required to provide food, water and clean toilets to passengers stuck on the ground for more than three hours. Airlines that fail to follow the new law could have to pay a fine of $1,000 per passenger for each violation.
- mohit | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 26 2006 | constitution, bill of rights, news
Quoted: The heads of the nation's two major spy agencies on Wednesday told Congress that it's impractical to seek warrants before tracking the global phone and Internet activities of groups like al-Qaida and terrorist sympathizers. Yep, that pesky Constitution: Impractical. Oh, by the way: are you a "sympathizer"? You sure?
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