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almostwittySo the UK stands shoulder-to-shoulder with the US against pretty much everyone else in launching a doomed war against Iraq, which sends Tony Blair out of office, potentially Gordon Brown with him and ushering in the Tories at the next general election ... and what does the UK get in return?
All European visitors to be forced to register with the Department of Homeland Security 72 hours before entering the United States on a visa-waiver system.
Erm... surely, the whole POINT of a visa-waiver system is so that you don't have to do bureaucratic things like registration, retinal scans, fingerprint IDs and all that?
It's the equivalent of asking your neighbour to help you burgular-proof your place, then thanking him and demanding that your neighbour registers with you three days before the next time he wants to visit.
I'd like to think Obama would change this when he gets into office. But he won't.
Ever wonder why we get the feeling that Bush/NASA's plans for a Mars colony aren't about exploration, but about setting up Planet America? ;)
All European visitors to be forced to register with the Department of Homeland Security 72 hours before entering the United States on a visa-waiver system.
Erm... surely, the whole POINT of a visa-waiver system is so that you don't have to do bureaucratic things like registration, retinal scans, fingerprint IDs and all that?
It's the equivalent of asking your neighbour to help you burgular-proof your place, then thanking him and demanding that your neighbour registers with you three days before the next time he wants to visit.
I'd like to think Obama would change this when he gets into office. But he won't.
Ever wonder why we get the feeling that Bush/NASA's plans for a Mars colony aren't about exploration, but about setting up Planet America? ;)
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where would we be without fear mongering?
Date: 2008-06-16 01:50 pm (UTC)Its all about keeping people afraid - and if Obama stopped the visa thing SO many people would say he was soft on security - they want things in place no matter how much time/money it wastes - because they don't think it through. We are a society of instant gratification because we want to move from one thing to the next so we don't have to see how our world is crumbling. Its about what is fast and what is easy, not about what is right (see American's skyrocketing debt).
Its a sad state of affairs, and I haven't a clue how to change it.