Comments on: Get George Bush to Help You Skip Airport Lines http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/04/22/get-george-bush-to-help-you-skip-airport-lines/ Tim Ferriss's 4-Hour Workweek and Lifestyle Design Blog Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:10:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Snowbag http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/04/22/get-george-bush-to-help-you-skip-airport-lines/#comment-16382 Snowbag Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:26:52 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/04/22/get-george-bush-to-help-you-skip-airport-lines/#comment-16382 But Clear isn't accepted in Houston. So I'm not sure your strategy would make any difference.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-16382">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> But Clear isn’t accepted in Houston. So I’m not sure your strategy would make any difference.

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]]> By: Gary Lapointe http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/04/22/get-george-bush-to-help-you-skip-airport-lines/#comment-16131 Gary Lapointe Sat, 22 Mar 2008 01:10:04 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/04/22/get-george-bush-to-help-you-skip-airport-lines/#comment-16131 $128 a year for card though. That's pretty pricey. I don't travel enough to make it worth it, yet. Even more since the Michigan airports don't use it yet.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-16131">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> $128 a year for card though. That’s pretty pricey. I don’t travel enough to make it worth it, yet. Even more since the Michigan airports don’t use it yet.

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]]> By: Nate http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/04/22/get-george-bush-to-help-you-skip-airport-lines/#comment-15742 Nate Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:10:43 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/04/22/get-george-bush-to-help-you-skip-airport-lines/#comment-15742 Wow, maybe there is an upside to living in a surveillance society after all!<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-15742">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Wow, maybe there is an upside to living in a surveillance society after all!

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]]> By: Raina Gustafson http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/04/22/get-george-bush-to-help-you-skip-airport-lines/#comment-15558 Raina Gustafson Sat, 15 Mar 2008 04:56:14 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/04/22/get-george-bush-to-help-you-skip-airport-lines/#comment-15558 @ Stephanie I only meant to illustrate the point that we as individuals are not powerless to our governments' whims. I was not speaking of specifics in any way, shape or form. While your cautionary note is certainly responsible and appreciated, I personally believe that such vague fears and warnings about "some people" most often serve to disempower and isolate people, rather than truly keep them safe. I choose to live courageously, and follow my own path. I genuinely believe that reality is maleable.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-15558">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> @ Stephanie

I only meant to illustrate the point that we as individuals are not powerless to our governments’ whims. I was not speaking of specifics in any way, shape or form.

While your cautionary note is certainly responsible and appreciated, I personally believe that such vague fears and warnings about “some people” most often serve to disempower and isolate people, rather than truly keep them safe.

I choose to live courageously, and follow my own path. I genuinely believe that reality is maleable.

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]]> By: Stephanie http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/04/22/get-george-bush-to-help-you-skip-airport-lines/#comment-15524 Stephanie Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:32:29 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/04/22/get-george-bush-to-help-you-skip-airport-lines/#comment-15524 This is all very interesting. I am in Washington, DC. and with each passing day I see progressively more invasions of our "rights and privacy". It is only a matter of time and I concur with the posters who site that someday soon, it will be a "high priority color invisible spectrum threat alert level" and we all have to submit, willingly or otherwise to some sort of tracking implant.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-15524">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> This is all very interesting. I am in Washington, DC. and with each passing day I see progressively more invasions of our “rights and privacy”. It is only a matter of time and I concur with the posters who site that someday soon, it will be a “high priority color invisible spectrum threat alert level” and we all have to submit, willingly or otherwise to some sort of tracking implant.

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]]> By: Stephanie http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/04/22/get-george-bush-to-help-you-skip-airport-lines/#comment-15522 Stephanie Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:29:19 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/04/22/get-george-bush-to-help-you-skip-airport-lines/#comment-15522 To Raina: Be careful with the use of Vitamin C in an attempt to induce pregnancy termination. Some people may need excessively high doses to achieve the result, which can be dangerous to some people's systems and it does not always work.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-15522">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> To Raina:

Be careful with the use of Vitamin C in an attempt to induce pregnancy termination. Some people may need excessively high doses to achieve the result, which can be dangerous to some people’s systems and it does not always work.

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]]> By: Raina Gustafson http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/04/22/get-george-bush-to-help-you-skip-airport-lines/#comment-15387 Raina Gustafson Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:27:18 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/04/22/get-george-bush-to-help-you-skip-airport-lines/#comment-15387 Nevermind, guess I'm waiting 'til I move to San Mateo. Not only does Iowa lack a single professional sports team, we have no Clear Enrollment Locations. I do have deer roaming in my yard however. Sigh.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-15387">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Nevermind, guess I’m waiting ’til I move to San Mateo. Not only does Iowa lack a single professional sports team, we have no Clear Enrollment Locations.

I do have deer roaming in my yard however. Sigh.

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]]> By: Raina Gustafson http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/04/22/get-george-bush-to-help-you-skip-airport-lines/#comment-15384 Raina Gustafson Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:23:06 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/04/22/get-george-bush-to-help-you-skip-airport-lines/#comment-15384 Sorry about your wallet, but glad it provided a reason to highlight this story since I did not catch it the first time around. I will apply for it. I have also prepared for random insane governmental changes. No matter Roe v. Wade, women can exercise their right to choose privately and cheaply at home with simple Vitamin C. I kid you not. Kinda takes the intensity out of the whole debate.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-15384">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Sorry about your wallet, but glad it provided a reason to highlight this story since I did not catch it the first time around. I will apply for it.

I have also prepared for random insane governmental changes. No matter Roe v. Wade, women can exercise their right to choose privately and cheaply at home with simple Vitamin C. I kid you not. Kinda takes the intensity out of the whole debate.

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]]> By: How to Fly Without ID and Skip Lines - The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/04/22/get-george-bush-to-help-you-skip-airport-lines/#comment-15370 How to Fly Without ID and Skip Lines - The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:56:31 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/04/22/get-george-bush-to-help-you-skip-airport-lines/#comment-15370 [...] was upset that that my FlyClear biometric card had been stolen, expecting to be delayed, but perhaps the cheaper solution and equally effective [...]<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-15370">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> [...] was upset that that my FlyClear biometric card had been stolen, expecting to be delayed, but perhaps the cheaper solution and equally effective [...]

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]]> By: Marvin http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/04/22/get-george-bush-to-help-you-skip-airport-lines/#comment-9664 Marvin Tue, 01 Jan 2008 22:08:50 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/04/22/get-george-bush-to-help-you-skip-airport-lines/#comment-9664 Great stuff, Tim. One thing I'm puzzled about regarding CLEAR, though. It says on the website (http://www.flyclear.com/about/clear_howclearworks.html) that: "Clear members still proceed through metal detectors and x-ray machines operated and regulated by the Department of Homeland Security but other parts of the process are expedited." Ummm... what am I missing? Aren't the lines for the metal detectors and x-ray machines the things that take the longest time? I'm not sure where the time savings is if you still have to line up with Mr & Mrs Frazzled Tourist and their four howling children... ### Hi M! Here's the key: you have to go through the metal detectors, but you don't need to wait in line. They take you right to the front, hence the sometimes huge time savings. Cheers :) Tim<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-9664">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Great stuff, Tim.

One thing I’m puzzled about regarding CLEAR, though. It says on the website (http://www.flyclear.com/about/clear_howclearworks.html) that:

“Clear members still proceed through metal detectors and x-ray machines operated and regulated by the Department of Homeland Security but other parts of the process are expedited.”

Ummm… what am I missing? Aren’t the lines for the metal detectors and x-ray machines the things that take the longest time? I’m not sure where the time savings is if you still have to line up with Mr & Mrs Frazzled Tourist and their four howling children…

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Hi M!

Here’s the key: you have to go through the metal detectors, but you don’t need to wait in line. They take you right to the front, hence the sometimes huge time savings.

Cheers :)

Tim

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