tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29906474.post2355299925365515807..comments2023-12-22T03:20:29.631-07:00Comments on Ilyka Damen: Well Thenilykahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01286988732452435904noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29906474.post-81645574362778695782007-06-07T12:54:00.000-06:002007-06-07T12:54:00.000-06:00er, if my American friends and relatives want to *...er, if my American friends and relatives want to *see* me. I can read! And spell! Really!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29906474.post-67413590133531466032007-06-07T12:53:00.000-06:002007-06-07T12:53:00.000-06:00You know, a number of times over the past, er, fiv...You know, a number of times over the past, er, five and a half years, I've said to myself that if the US government implements *one more* far-reaching-yet-ineffective terrorist screening program for border-crossers, I'm not entering the US again. This one does it; if my American friends and relatives want to stay me, they're welcome to crash at my place. <BR/><BR/>Canadians who look like me have been deported to Syria for torture. And, being cleared of any wrongdoing is apparently insufficient cause for the US government to <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maher_Arar" REL="nofollow">remove them from the terrorist watch list</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29906474.post-42131597592613436352007-06-07T09:55:00.000-06:002007-06-07T09:55:00.000-06:00On the other hand, if they kept a record of whethe...On the other hand, if they kept a record of whether each traveler ever used deadpan writing as a way of expressing a different sentiment, then when the Democrats get the keys to the whole apparatus in 2008, "progressive" bloggers could use it to see whether they should laugh or get angry.<BR/><BR/>This could work.Chris Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02272742732960580374noreply@blogger.com