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Reply #50 - Aug 7th, 2010 at 12:57am
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solotripper wrote on Aug 4th, 2010 at 11:09pm:
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Armed drones?  That's just plain cowardice.  If you're going to get violent then you should have the cojones to put your cojones behind the gun.  When you take the horror out of war, you take away an incentive for peace.


You can't make peace with people who see you as Infidels and little more than lambs to be slaughtered.

Drones, Border agents, Military snipers, whatever it takes to secure the borders is okay by me.

As for cowardice? That's a government that refuses to do what needs too be done and when American bodies pile-up, will look to lay the blame on someone other than themselves for their lack of cajones.

So I'll end my rant, the way I started it. When the next 9/11 happens, we'll take a poll and see how/if opinions have changed?

Sometimes people need too be bitch slapped more than once to get the message Sad

I'll say no more, you either get it or you don't.


In an ideal world, Minnesota could leave the sinking ship behind and join Canada.  We have more in common with our neighbors to the north (politically, and ethnically) than with much of the rest of the USA.
  
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Reply #51 - Aug 12th, 2010 at 8:52pm
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jjcanoeguide wrote on Jul 18th, 2010 at 2:31am:
While it doesn't sound that much fun, I'm guessing that appearances are everything.  In '99 I had a couple of U.S. buddies going to Canada to guide for the summer.  With hair down below the shoulder and beards over 8 inches in length, they looked the hippie/druggie type.  Saw the Canadian border patrol pull all their door panels off, open up the headliner, and take all the tires off.  Fun times.  I guess it pays to vac out your car seats before crossing the border, as they found out later that the border police found a small seed, that appeared to be a marijuana varietal.  Good times!


I recall hearing anecdotes and rumors regarding this episode.  Yeah, the individuals involved set themselves up for this sort of treatment more or less, I think.  It has been used as an example to other staffs at a certain Canoe Base.
  
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Reply #52 - Oct 6th, 2010 at 11:37pm
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On my recent Quetico trip, I followed my typical procedure of checking in with US Customs in Ely ... only they were closed.  The posted notice said that the office was closed on September 15 (I came by on the 25th).

Since this was my first fall trip, is this normal or a consequence of service cut-backs?

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Reply #53 - Oct 7th, 2010 at 12:13pm
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seasonal employee - I think you are supposed to phone in your return info - wasn't there any notice telling you to do that?
  
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Reply #54 - Oct 7th, 2010 at 3:43pm
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Mad_Mat wrote on Oct 7th, 2010 at 12:13pm:
seasonal employee - I think you are supposed to phone in your return info - wasn't there any notice telling you to do that?

I didn't see anything like that.  What was posted were check-in locations that WERE operational ... including International Falls and Grand Marais.

SURE, I'm going to take 4+ hours (there and back) to travel to those spots to "check-in"!

Why didn't they just stay with the previous procedure ... self-service document to complete and place in a drop box?

So, if it has any relevance to border security ... this ain't happenin'.

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Reply #55 - Oct 7th, 2010 at 4:07pm
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With some dread, we too checked in with Customs in Ely on our way out on the 25th ... and we too found it closed.

Sign somewhere said to call one of several other places. Guy in our party did that and we were finished within a couple of minutes. I think  they requested just names and birth dates.

-- kypaddler

(and I'm very positive that any terrorist who decided to infiltrate the United States by flying or boating into Canada, renting or building a canoe and paddling through Quetico and out into Ely ALSO checked in.)
  
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