Tuesday - May 3
Day 2 of the post Osama world. funny that we are now given all kinds of warnings on potential retribution and attack on major cities....I thought al queda had sworn to kill us all anyway. regardless of osama or not. I guess we Americans can expect a more thorough shakedown at the security lines at airports. one of these days I will write of the shakedown my 2 fishing buddies and I got at the US/Canada border pre-9/11. What's that?? You want to hear of it now????? okay.
In August of 2001, we were crossing back into the US from Ontario. We got a very aggressive US border guard who gave us the third degree about what we bought, didn't buy, did we have fish, etc...finally, with a great deal of disdain, she waves us through. Four weeks later, the 9/11 hijackers cross from Canada to the US - their names on the "do not let in" list....but, since we cannot afford to offend anyone, we let them in the country to get on a plane and fly it into the twin towers. the border security thinks nothing of showing its distrust of 3 middle aged, fat (in my case, anyway), white, obviously American guys, but heaven forbid we question a middle easterner.
oh well - such is the burden of being an American and ensuring a safe haven for the scumbags the rest of the world wants to send to us to live here and disrupt us.
I really need to lighten up.
In August of 2001, we were crossing back into the US from Ontario. We got a very aggressive US border guard who gave us the third degree about what we bought, didn't buy, did we have fish, etc...finally, with a great deal of disdain, she waves us through. Four weeks later, the 9/11 hijackers cross from Canada to the US - their names on the "do not let in" list....but, since we cannot afford to offend anyone, we let them in the country to get on a plane and fly it into the twin towers. the border security thinks nothing of showing its distrust of 3 middle aged, fat (in my case, anyway), white, obviously American guys, but heaven forbid we question a middle easterner.
oh well - such is the burden of being an American and ensuring a safe haven for the scumbags the rest of the world wants to send to us to live here and disrupt us.
I really need to lighten up.
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