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Tuesday, 23 January 2007

Passport whining

I don't get all the whining and complaining going on about the change to the travel regulations for Americans going to and from Mexico and Canada.

It always seemed to me like it was a nice exception that you didn't need a passport for this travel, not like it was some inherent right just because it's a land border. It makes perfect sense to me that if you have to have a passport to go to France you should have a passport to travel to Canada. Why not?

I don't understand the big disruption or all the complaining. I really don't.

It's like if you were getting free cable your whole life, then the cable company finally noticed and started charging you, but it was just the same as they'd charge anyone else, they didn't charge you any penalties or anything. I mean, what do you expect?

I guess people just love to complain, even for no reason.

Posted: Jan 23, 2007 16:22

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Posted: Jan 23, 2007 12:24

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Spit sacks

This whole story line about China cracks me up. Apparently everybody runs around spitting constantly in public and that's pretty gross.

This is my favorite part of the article:

Organizers of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, worried about the reaction of visitors, have repeatedly said the capital needs to teach its people to stand in line, stop spitting and littering and generally be better mannered.

I guess it's going to be a rude rude world when our Chinese overlords take over.

Which reminds me of a really funny moment in a recent Simpsons episode. Bart somehow joined the army or promised to join the army when he turned 18 or something to that effect. And Marge is fretting about it and Homer says something like, "Don't worry, by the time he's 18 we'll rule the world... We're China, right?"

Posted: Jan 23, 2007 10:18

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