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April 05, 2005
Look Busy!
Remember when we were a threatened nation? And we were so terrified that terrorists were pouring into the country (hmmm...notice we haven't gone to Code Orange since Bush was "re"elected)? But then we secured the food supply, tightened security at the nation's ports and shipping lanes, and frisked everyone going into a Celtics game, and now we're totally safe and sound.
But we forgot one thing...
So now, in its latest effort to Look Like We're Doing Something, the government is going to make you get a passport to travel to Canada, or Mexico, or Bermuda, or a few other countries we were on good terms with as of yesterday. Because inconviencing thousands of people (including me) on the pretense of action isn't nearly as important as potentially catching the one moron terrorist who isn't smart enough to get an ID first.
I've never gotten a passport, since travel to Europe or wherever has always been beyond my financial reach. But now that just to see an Expos game Nova Scotia, I've go to pony up $100 (cute, by the way, to announce this plan right after you raise the passport fee), forget it. It's domestic travel for me, baby. I'll import my poutine.
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