"krj" wrote in message
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It no longer matters whether boat operators intend to enter Cuban
waters, Coast Guard Lt. Tony Russell said. Anyone who does so without a
permit will be in violation of U.S. policy, he said.

Coast Guard officials say boaters who violate the new rules could be
fined up to $10,000 on the spot. Violators caught without a permit could
later receive a civil penalty of up to $25,000 for each day they were in
violation.

They also could be jailed and have their vessels confiscated by the
federal government.

"If you choose to ignore these regulations, there's a good chance you'll
be caught," Russell said.

I do think that the Lt.'s comments make it sound like it doesn't matter what
your destination is. Very open-ended. Sounds a lot like the wording in the
so-called "patriotic act". Anyone that supported that crap of legislation
deserves to spend a lifetime in a Siberian camp.

Sounds like "Papers, please."

Who'da thought GW Bush would have pounded the final nail into the coffin of
freedom? I guess it really didn't matter after all that Gore wasn't in
office. Demonrats and Commie-Repubates, what has this country come to?