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2004-01-06 Home Front

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Posted by RW2004 2004-01-06 3:32:14 AM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Japan, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and Brunei

Brunei ? WTF ?

And, why is Papua New Zealand exempt ? They've been quiet recently, too quiet, I don't trust 'em...

Posted by Carl in NH 2004-1-6 5:49:23 AM|| 2004-1-6 5:49:23 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Yeah - if the subsequent steps include adding in the currently exempt 29 countries, then fine. 29? you ask? Yeah - Americans who travel need to be clean, too. I'd be very happy to spend the time to prove I'm clean - and I mean multiple bio-metrics, which is what we should be doing now. It's our call, not theirs.

Heh - Lula, the Looney Leftist Brazillian Prez who has recently been seen visiting Kadaffy and the Muslim League and putting a liplock on the privates of anyone he perceives has spare change, WOULD be the designated cry-baby. Stay home if you don't like it, Brazil.

With the UK's coddling of jihadis and Phrawnce's fast-growing tumor, they should definitely be on the list, not exempted. And Carl's right: Papua has been waay too quiet... Same for the beautiful and far-flung Isles of Langerhans... entirely too cooperative.

Canada and Mexico should be handled in a 2-stage operation:

1. Build the northern Freedom Fence and the southern Amigo Fence.

2. Repeal NAFTA.

About the only country I'd feel comfortable exempting would be Japan - and only then if we could profile the hell out of everyone... If they didn't look Japanese enough and say "Ohiogozymas" way better than me, it'd be rubber glove deep probe time. Call in Nurse Diesel!

Posted by .com 2004-1-6 6:12:35 AM|| 2004-1-6 6:12:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Isles of Langerhans Way too obscure reference, and BTW, if recall my physiology classes it is the Islets of Langerhans.

Posted by phil_b 2004-1-6 9:27:18 AM|| 2004-1-6 9:27:18 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Far be it for me to think that I can tell Americans what is the right thing for them to do. (If Canada and Mexico cannot control their own citizens and landed immigrants then they should go on the fingerprint list as well.)

But long term, the US may have a more comprehensive data base on foreign visitors than most countries have on their own citizens. Picture Canadian law enforcement running a US-VISIT fingerprint search for a domestic crime?

Posted by john 2004-1-6 9:42:07 AM|| 2004-1-6 9:42:07 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 It seems that the "comprehensive" US data base on foriegn nationals will consist of digital fingerprints and photos - real threat to privacy. Right. That other countries will "retaliate" by demanding our photos and fingerprints bothers me not at all. Any country has the right to control who enters it - not just the US -- and the gods know that we have our own kooks. The only problem I have with this is that the nations that are currently exempt are generally wide-open entry ports for the rest of the world, including that part of the world that provides most of the terrorists.

Posted by rabidfox 2004-1-6 10:57:42 AM|| 2004-1-6 10:57:42 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 The only problem I have with this is that the nations that are currently exempt are generally wide-open entry ports for the rest of the world, including that part of the world that provides most of the terrorists.

Not to worry - we'll start fingerprinting visitors from the rest of the world - after a few thousand Americans are killed in another terror attack. The politically-correct get their pound of flesh and we get to bury our dead.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2004-1-6 11:29:17 AM|| 2004-1-6 11:29:17 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 And hard drives are cheap nowadays.

Only those stupid ATA drives. The U-160 SCSIs are still expensive. ;)

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-1-6 4:41:50 PM|| 2004-1-6 4:41:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 phil_b - This comes from the Firesign Theatre's class, where I first came across this ~~physiological~~ geographical reference... hence, the far-flung modifier / clue. ;-)

Posted by .com (Pres for Life, Isles of Langerhans) 2004-1-6 5:25:35 PM|| 2004-1-6 5:25:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Brunei is full of nothing but Moslems.

Posted by Mike Sylwester 2004-1-6 10:27:32 PM|| 2004-1-6 10:27:32 PM|| Front Page Top

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