PFLDO founding chapter (drones)
Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2024 3:44 pm
A few weeks ago I pulled to the stop sign to make a left and exit my community. Two 20ish black guys riding small dirt bikes of the knockoff variety you'd get for cheap from Amazon were just arriving at the intersection and pulled in front of me, circling, to prevent me from moving into the intersection. I made sure my doors were locked and observed. They didn't look at me. A few seconds later, about twenty black guys mostly on small motorcycles came storming by, while a couple broke off to join the guys circling in my vicinity. After those passed, a group of 100+ all packed together in the right lane of more black people mostly riding e-bikes and e-scooters with some standard bicycles made its way across my lane. There were older people now and and families, and some were really friendly, waving or nodding as they passed by.
I didn't call the FBI. I have no idea what they were doing or why, and I'm not that curious about it. There was certainly quite a bit of playing fast and loose with the law in terms of the kinds of vehicles using the public roads. I reckon if a few citations were written it will serve them right.
There isn't much difference between this kind of behavior, which isn't that unusual to be honest, and a bunch friends getting together and flying their large drones over New Jersey. The fact that some people are panicking over what they are doing isn't their problem. It's not illegal to fly a drone at night, most of the drones are equipped with green and red lights and white lights on the tail, and at worst they are playing fast and loose flying over Picatinny Arsenal, but while the Arsenal reps say 11 have flown over this month, that isn't so large a number compared to the overall number of drones being sighted. Some officials are reflecting the outrage of some of the public, talking about shooting them down and all kinds of draconian measures based on nothing other than the fears they are conjuring up about what could be going on. Well, we live in a world where people are allowed to buy assault rifles and do all kinds of crazy things, and I really don't see evening large drone operation as rising to any significant level of concern.
If a blacked-out RV drives down my street, I don't demand the police make a stop just to satisfy my curiosity that it isn't aliens, or to provide answers to me about their motives. Personally, I'd rather be buzzed by a large drone -- which have been reported as relatively quiet by some -- than have an underpowered Harley Davidson rumble down my street. And so I've launched the first chapter of PFLDO, People For Large Drone Operators, in order to show my support of people who want to fly their large drones around at night and don't feel they need to answer to their neighbors or congress about why they are doing it. Fines for disobeying drone operation laws can rack into the hundreds of thousands of dollars, and if the FAA and local law enforcement make an arrest for any illegal drone operation, then that's fine by me. Large drone operators need to know that the PFLDO will not come to your support if you're breaking the law.
The PFLDO is quite concerned about legal overreach. Consider the massive interest of the UAP phenomena -- the drones are getting lumped into this, and people are essentially demanding congress to "do something" merely because they are curious about aliens, while using national security and public safety as a pretense. Even captain Orange has indicated he's for "disclosure" now. Note that it's the unhinged right-wing congress critters fighting the hardest for disclosure. This subject area is a perfect chance for the religious right to secure more power over institutions at the public's behest, and so the PFLDO recommends folks be careful what they wish for. Do you really want to give Nancy Mace and Donald Trump more power over the military, or explore crossing posse comitatus boundaries to appease what boils down to idle curiosity about aliens?
I didn't call the FBI. I have no idea what they were doing or why, and I'm not that curious about it. There was certainly quite a bit of playing fast and loose with the law in terms of the kinds of vehicles using the public roads. I reckon if a few citations were written it will serve them right.
There isn't much difference between this kind of behavior, which isn't that unusual to be honest, and a bunch friends getting together and flying their large drones over New Jersey. The fact that some people are panicking over what they are doing isn't their problem. It's not illegal to fly a drone at night, most of the drones are equipped with green and red lights and white lights on the tail, and at worst they are playing fast and loose flying over Picatinny Arsenal, but while the Arsenal reps say 11 have flown over this month, that isn't so large a number compared to the overall number of drones being sighted. Some officials are reflecting the outrage of some of the public, talking about shooting them down and all kinds of draconian measures based on nothing other than the fears they are conjuring up about what could be going on. Well, we live in a world where people are allowed to buy assault rifles and do all kinds of crazy things, and I really don't see evening large drone operation as rising to any significant level of concern.
If a blacked-out RV drives down my street, I don't demand the police make a stop just to satisfy my curiosity that it isn't aliens, or to provide answers to me about their motives. Personally, I'd rather be buzzed by a large drone -- which have been reported as relatively quiet by some -- than have an underpowered Harley Davidson rumble down my street. And so I've launched the first chapter of PFLDO, People For Large Drone Operators, in order to show my support of people who want to fly their large drones around at night and don't feel they need to answer to their neighbors or congress about why they are doing it. Fines for disobeying drone operation laws can rack into the hundreds of thousands of dollars, and if the FAA and local law enforcement make an arrest for any illegal drone operation, then that's fine by me. Large drone operators need to know that the PFLDO will not come to your support if you're breaking the law.
The PFLDO is quite concerned about legal overreach. Consider the massive interest of the UAP phenomena -- the drones are getting lumped into this, and people are essentially demanding congress to "do something" merely because they are curious about aliens, while using national security and public safety as a pretense. Even captain Orange has indicated he's for "disclosure" now. Note that it's the unhinged right-wing congress critters fighting the hardest for disclosure. This subject area is a perfect chance for the religious right to secure more power over institutions at the public's behest, and so the PFLDO recommends folks be careful what they wish for. Do you really want to give Nancy Mace and Donald Trump more power over the military, or explore crossing posse comitatus boundaries to appease what boils down to idle curiosity about aliens?