[GreenKeys] Telegraph in 2009?

[pdwills at cedarknolltelephone.com]

Every time I read these things, I realize that the
terrorists won more than they could ever believe possible.

As a kid, I used to hang around railroads, chase down
telephone trucks (to try to get scrap cable) and be
fascinated with power lines.  (I ended up in the railroad
industry where you can find "all of the above.")

I suspect that the world is becoming very "sterile" to the
modern generation.

PDW

----- Original Message Follows -----
From: hunybuny at eskimo.com
To: greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Telegraph in 2009?
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:21:42 -0700

> GA OM's
> 
> A few weeks ago there was a to-do in a town in the Seattle
> area of Washington State. It is a small town. A fairly-old
> (woman) college professor, who is known for her
> photography, tooks some pictures of high-tention towers
> (power poles). Apparently some people got excited and
> called the cops. The report states that the cops were
> unduly rough with her.
> 
> Because it was settled out of court, there are not alot of
> facts available. What is being said is:
> 
> o The authorities said "we were just being diligent -
> because of terrorism".
> 
> o The people countered with:
> 
> - She was held way too long.
> - She is a local and has lived here for a long, long time.
> - She teaches at the local college.
> - She's an old lady - hardly the stereotype of a
> terrorist. - She is well-known for her photography.
> - There is no law of taking pictures from the sidewalk.
> - You could have run "checks" from the police car and got
> everything you could possibly want to know about her in
> minutes.
> 
> UE,
> W6ESE - tony
> NNNNZCZC
> 
> -- 
> Tony J. Podrasky | You haven't mastered a tool unless you
> can come
>                   | up with at least three ways to use it
> for which
>                   | it was never intended.
>                   |                              - Tony J.
> Podrasky
>