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> I am sure that our guards are getting testy too. I think that it must be a
> hiring criterion. They were not even armed until recently.
>
> We went to a family funeral in DC in September. We stayed with a friend in
> Pittsburgh just before the G20 and then we were searched on the way into
> Arlington cemetery. We got the full treatment, mirrors under the car, hood
> up, poking through our things. We saw lots of security. We had been in
> previous years without even being checked.
> I am not sure where all of this security is headed, but it can't be fun.
>
> New York is one of my favourite destinations. My daughter (20) fell in love
> with it and wants to live there. She loves fashion and food, both of which
> you have plenty of. I just love the culture. We went to all of the boroughs
> except the Bronx and Brooklyn. Next time.
>
> I would miss my trips to the States. We have friends and family there.
> Crossing the border is our biggest problem. Not because we are doing
> anything wrong. It just takes so much time and effort. I pity the folks who
> do it daily because they work or go to school on the other side of the
> border.
>
> Much of the problem comes because the US cannot discriminate and must treat
> both borders the same. But the northern one does not have the same problem
> with people trying to get in illegally. At least not to the same extent and
> for the same reason.
>
> The effect of all of this is people stay home more. Passports cost money and
> this adds to the cost of a family vacation. We used to cross just to shop.
> That was good for us and for businesses in Niagara Falls. Many of the plates
> in the parking lot were Ontario. Now you hardly see one. That's gotta hurt.
>
> Yeah, I read that a Pakistani IOC member was held for thirty minutes. He
> described it as a humiliation and ordeal. I am sure that it did not impress
> them. That's got to suck even more, to lose to a violent overcrowded city
> with poverty and now power failures. ;) Perhaps they will regret that
> decision.
>
> Roy
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Roy, I think that such security at the Canadian/U.S. border is to prevent U.S. citizens from cruising over for cheaper medicine, better beer and Cuban cigars.
Mark
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