Passports for your children

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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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




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