No more public water?

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> Now: US Citizens to be Required ''Clearance'' to Leave USA
> International Politics October 26, 2006 Forget no-fly lists.
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> If Uncle Sam gets its way, beginning on Jan. 14, 2007, we'll all be on
> no-fly lists, unless the government gives us permission to leave-or
> re-enter-the United States.
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> The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (HSA) has proposed that all
> airlines, cruise lines-even fishing boats-be required to obtain
> clearance for each passenger they propose taking into or out of the
> United States.
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> It doesn't matter if you have a U.S. Passport - a "travel document"
> that now, absent a court order to the contrary, gives you a virtually
> unqualified right to enter or leave the United States, any time you want.
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> When the DHS system comes into effect next January, if the agency says
> "no" to a clearance request, or doesn't answer the request at all, you
> won't be permitted to enter-or leave-the United States.
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> http://www.ibinews.com/ibinews/newsdesk/20060814154923ibinews.html
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> In a rather bizarre ruling that has marine industry officials worried,
> Judge Robert G. James of the United States District Court, Western
> Division of Louisiana, has said that it is criminal trespass for the
> American boating public to boat, fish, or hunt on the Mississippi
> River and other navigable waters in the US.
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> In the case of Normal Parm v. Sheriff Mark Shumate, James ruled that
> federal law grants exclusive and private control over the waters of
> the river, outside the main shipping channel, to riparian landowners.
> The shallows of the navigable waters are no longer open to the public.
> That, in effect, makes boating illegal across most of the country.
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> "Even though this action seems like a horrible pre-April fools joke,
> it is very serious," said Phil Keeter, MRAA president, in a statement.
> "Because essentially all the waters and waterways of our country are
> considered navigable in the US law, this ruling declares recreational
> boating, water skiing, fishing, waterfowl hunting, and fishing
> tournaments to be illegal and the public subject to jail sentences for
> recreating with their families."
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> Last month, James rejected the findings of the Magistrate judge who
> found earlier that the American public had the right under federal law
> and Louisiana law to navigate, boat, fish, and hunt on the waters of
> the Mississippi river up to the normal high water line of the river.
> Judge James Kirk relied on the long established federal principles of
> navigation that recognized the public navigational rights "…entitles
> the public to the reasonable use of navigable waters for all
> legitimate purposes of travel or transportation, for boating, sailing
> for pleasure, as well as for carrying persons or property for hire,
> and in any kind of watercraft the use of which is consistent with
> others also enjoying the right possessed in common."
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Re: No more public water?

It doesn't matter if you have a U.S. Passport - a "travel document" that now, absent a court order to the contrary, gives you a virtually unqualified right to enter or leave the United States, any time you want.

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A pass port is and has always been nothing more than identifcation. The document states "The secretary of the United States of America herby requests all whom it may concern to permit the citizen/ national of the United States to pass without delay or hinderance and in case of need give all lawful aid and protection" No where does it state anything about rights to travel anywhere at any time you want. When traveling you are the guess of the host nation and they have every right to deny entry to anyone at anytime for any reason.

A lot of countries require you to obtain a visa before entry and then charge an addtional fee every time you enter or leave that country. Try showing up at customs in Brazil with nothing more than a US pass port( if you can even get there becouse you are required to show a valid Visa before even getting on the plane) and see where you end up. I can garuntee you it will not be fun.

Re: No more public water?

What happened to the supposedly "free world"? It seems the USA is the easiest country, in the world, to get into. All you have to do is walk across the border. Once here, you're golden.