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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 07:54 PM Original message |
Can President Obama PLEASE revoke the "no travel to/from Canada without a passport" policy? |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. I know! Like a terrorist is going to forget his passport! |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yeah, but Napolitano already came out and said she... |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 08:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. No amount of "security" can justify things like THIS happening |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 08:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. She also said its because the 9/11 terrorists came in from Canada |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 08:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. And they had passports, IIRC. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 08:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. And just to clarify, they DID NOT come in from Canada |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
3. When corporations complain enough about it cutting into their profits, |
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invictus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
5. How hard is it to get a passport? Canada is a foreign country. It is common sense policy. nt |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 08:28 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. We had passport-free travel between the U.S, and Canada for 140 years |
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invictus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:49 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Q: Was there ever ANY real reason to change that? A: Yes, illegal immigration. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:54 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. If you're an anti-immigration crazy, you're on the RIGHT. |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Canadians & Americans could cross without passports. Others couldn't. So much illegal immigration fr |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 01:44 AM Response to Reply #14 |
26. I know, right |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 08:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. That will stop fake passports from being made by government spies and terrorists? |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. GAO says fake passports easy to get. |
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demmiblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
11. I agree... it was just a fear mongering measure. |
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invictus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Yeah, getting a passport is such a terrifying prospect. Oh the humanity! |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:59 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Canada isn't an enemy country, for God's sake. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 01:30 AM Response to Reply #19 |
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prairierose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
12. I was thinking about passports last week.... |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
15. And have they closed up the border areas, esp. in New England, where your neighbor's house 200 feet |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
20. I've travelled to Calgary/Edmonton several times recenting... |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:27 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. They've always been assholes. |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 01:48 AM Response to Reply #20 |
27. The drama level is up to you |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
21. Imagine needing a passport to go from your house to your driveway. - or living room to bedroom. |
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cemaphonic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:20 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. There's also Point Roberts, WA |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
24. This will be a deathblow to Windsor. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 02:03 AM Response to Original message |
28. We wanted to take a short trip to Canada this summer-but no passports |
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