On Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:10:58 -0400, John H
wrote:

John Thomas, a law professor at Quinnipiac University and a blues and
ragtime guitarist, says "there's a lot of anxiety, and it's well
justified." Once upon a time, he would have taken one of his vintage
guitars on his travels. Now, "I don't go out of the country with a
wooden guitar."

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What nonsense. Does anyone remember voting for a government like
this? How did it happen? How do we fix it?

Are you leading by example?

Good question though.

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It's not totally off topic. A lot of this governmental nonsense
spills over into the world of boating. As an example take a look at
the so called Manatee "endangered species" regs, the EPA "no
discharge zones" crusade or the Cuban off-limits rules.

Our trawler must have at least half a tropical rain forest in it.
What if we had to document the origin of every inch of that wood every
time we came back into the country like the guitar and piano folks are
doing?