This is what the Mexico/US border looks like |
But don't expect Homeland Security to do anything about it. They have bigger fish to fry; as I discovered this week.
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Now, admittedly, I have a bad track record with border security (I've been detained, deported, have goods lost, stolen, broken and confiscated) but of all the flimsy excuses I'd ever heard for stopping a shipment, the chance that it contained wool must rank amongst the most ridiculous.
Is this America's greatest enemy? |
I couldn't tell you - but I can tell you that I'm narked.
I mean, the United States is essentially in a de facto state of war along the Mexican border and Homeland Security is concerning themselves with my coat? Because it's made out of wool?
I mean, I don't claim to be an expert, but I'm pretty sure thousands of sheep in Vermont trot gaily too and fro across thousands of miles of undefended Canadian border each and every day - and none of them get stopped and frisked by men with guns (or maybe they do. Perhaps those are considered Black sheep Ops.)
Anyway. As a result I have to wait an extra week for my beautiful new coat; and hundreds of criminals down south will be able to use my sartorial distraction to continue smuggling drugs and people into America with impunity.
Way to go, American border control! Another victory to your name!
5 comments:
Ha! You are so funny.
But I am sorry you have to wait a week for your new coat! Boo!
HA! This post made me chuckle, Roland. Seriously chuckle. Love the pics.
Brother, I have NO idea what customs is thinking with the wool deal. But, you are spot-on. Government does almost everything ass-backward.
We truly have serious problems, and if we are not able to install some true "small government" people in office (from the White House on down to City Hall), government will continue to screw up everything enjoyable about life.
It seems that regardless of who is in charge, government has steadily consumed more and more throughout my adult life...taken over more...botched more...from education, to public works projects, to unsustainable pensions/benefits, even to fraud & waste in military operations.
It is broken.
And, now we're looking at putting our health care in the hands of this bunch of retarded folk.
Roland, we're screwed. I see little hope outside of a massive restructuring. And, even the most optimistic among us would doubt it will ever happen.
Good luck on the coat. Wear it in good health, and enjoy the gubmit investigation you'll likely undergo because of it.
We're screwed.
Susanne - definitely a "first world problem" I'm experiencing. ;-)
Andy - You're absolutely right. It is kind of indicative of the completely backwards thinking that goes on in a bureaucracy. While the bods in government are spending millions defending America against Canadian sheep, how many Americans get killed, or are the victims of crime, from borders left undefended down south?
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That's quite the coat. I hope that you get it soon and that border SS realises that you are a mere connoisseur of fine woolen coats unlike the agent that selected your coat for further inspection.
I suspect however that the agent in question probably thinks that London Fog is the end all be all in overcoats and just wanted to see what he is missing by being a narrow-minded government lackey.
Let me know how you like your new one. I'm actually in the market and this is perfect. If you could forward along the website that you purchased it from that would great. Enjoy!
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