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From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 17:21:17 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Anthony Watson <Anthony.Watson () dollarsandsense com> Date: May 11, 2005 3:53:47 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Cc: robertslee () verizon net Subject: Re: [IP] Passports for your children <<We beef up the edges and no one at the core gets fired. Who lives at the edges? We do. So we go through the charade of jumping hoops at the edges because the people at the core are dishonest and refuse to admit the real problem.>>Bravo Robert! I have never heard it put more succinctly or clearly the uselessness of the government's tightened security measures, which are putting the airlines out of business and, in effect, repealed the bill of rights on public transport.
I recently got passports for my children and I was told both parents had to actually be in attendance for the original application. I was not given the option to notarize the absent parent's signature. I complied of course, because I had no choice, if I wanted passports for my children.
~aw At 12:16 PM 5/11/2005, you wrote:
Begin forwarded message: From: Robert Lee <robertslee () verizon net> Date: May 11, 2005 11:07:46 AM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: Passports for your children Reply-To: robertslee () verizon net I attempted to renew the passports for my children. I have done this with out problem at least once before. As of today one parent can no longer renew passports for children. You must have a form from the absent parent. The form has no space for a notary to notarize the absent parent's signature. But when you arrive to get the passport the post office will then inform you that you have to have the absent parent's signature notarized. I assume this is in response to the last decade's three or four hugely publicized cases where middle eastern fathers have taken their children from this country and their mothers. The more I thought about this the angrier I got. The most enticing of all this administration's endeavors seems to solve problems they and we do not have. For example, 9-11 was not caused by a security failure at the edges. The field agents had been following for months the suspicious activities of the terrorists and they dutifully submitted reports and made verbal entreaties that these people be looked into. The managers at the core refused. The result? We beef up the edges and no at the core gets fired. Who lives at the edges? We do. So we go through the charade of jumping hoops at the edges because the people at the core are dishonest and refuse to admit the real problem. Robert Lee ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as Anthony.Watson () dollarsandsense com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ipArchives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting- people/
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