Welcome to 1984
It took a few more years to arrive but here we are.
au1929 wrote:Ceili
This too shall pass.
You need to pull your head out of the sand pal. You obviously just don't realise how completely detested the US is throughout the world. And you can forget about putting it down to jealousy. I can assure you that Australians have got NOTHING to be jealous of the US for.
I'm no financial expert, but some of the opinion seems to say that the drop in the dollar isn't all gloom for the US. It certainly makes your exports more competitive.
It would certainly make tourism more attractive to foreigners and help to reduce the budget deficit, were the Administration not seeking to drive them to more welcoming shores.
It also makes imports less competitive!
I want to make one point clear.
The measure is not imposed into all incoming foreigners to the US.
It is imposed only to the nationals of those countries who need a visa to enter the USA.
This means Wilso, Ceili, Walter Hinteler, or our old friends Frolic and Ketamine are not scanned. I am.
Security, my arse!
John Webb wrote:au1929, when seriously protecting one's home against burglars, only a fool or worse would leave some doors wide open! 
And only an idiot would make it easy for a terrorist to board an airplane.
Federal
AU wrote
Quote:[IMO anything that can be done to minimize the risk is to me acceptable. .The contention that we do nothing since the terrorist will only find another way is absurd. Based on that why should people lock their doors after all a determined thief will find a way. The key word is minimize.
Webb wrote
Quote:au1929, when seriously protecting one's home against burglars, only a fool or worse would leave some doors wide open!
Federal wrote
Quote: And only an idiot would make it easy for a terrorist to board an airplane.
Makes you wonder doesn't it?
The English tourist has now been released on bail and has not been required to hand in her passport, allowing her to return home.
Also, it would seem that there may have been a language pronunciation problem. What she actually said was that she had three 'bums' in her baggage, misinterpreted by security officers as bombs. I hear that when examined, her rucksack was found to contain photographs of Bush, Rumsfeld and Chaney. :eek:
