Tonight I had to drive to Lambert Airport in St. Louis to pick up Kendall’s dad who was flying back from a Sonic convention in Las Vegas. When Kendall and I arrived at the airport we were a little confused as to what we were supposed to do. Looking for her dad, with very little success, we pulled up next to a police officer and asked where we might find American Airlines arrival flight pick-up. He said we were in the right place, but we needed to keep circling until our party arrived. Keep circling? That is right, we had to keep circling the entire airport until our party arrived on the scene, no stopping.
When we finally came around again we saw her dad coming up to the car and so I just stopped, not realizing that I was stopped in a “no stopping or loading zone.” Ooops. All is good though, no one behind me or around me. Unfortuantly the police officer didn’t think it was no big deal. He came walking over to the car and as I rolled down my window he said “sir you need to pay attention to the sign” to which I looked up and saw for the first time a tiny little sign that said no stopping zone. I remained speechless and said nothing to the officer. He then said, “you need to pay attention to these signs or next time I’m going to write you.” Again I remained silent. Kendall’s dad got in the car and I drove off leaving the police officer there to stare in amazment. Moral of the story: Watch the signs when you come driving into the airport, and if you want to avoid a ticket just ignore the cop… it works, trust me. 
I am sorry that most of you have forgotten why there is no parking in front of an airport. It has nothing to do with the number of people present. It has everything to do with the fact that there are a million people worldwide that would like to kill you and your family because you do not beleive what they do and because you enjoy your western culture. The same culture that allows you to express your view on this matter is the reason that you are a target.
The liberal left would have you believe that your rights have been violated because you have to listen to and abide by an authority. They are right… you have been violated, but not by a society and a government that is trying to protect you from those that wish you harm. You have been violated because you are not an islamic fundamentalist.
Read the sign and do what it says. Don’t question or interpret it. You had penty of warning because there was more than one sign. When a cop tells you to move, just move. Above all remember this, rather than circling around, pay for parking… that keeps you out of trouble and the cops off your back.
If they were that concerned about security then they would put up a sign that people could actually read. This was a tiny little sign that was black and white and barely noticable. Circling the airport is much more fun that just paying money to park let me tell ya!
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