Drawing A Line In The Sand, Up In Vermont

http://annem040359.wordpress.com/ ^ | May 17, 2010 | annem040359

[Biggirl]

Up in northern Vermont, Franklin, Vermont, there is a red brick house which is located in a rural back road area, in which, heavy traffic would be considered having three cars an hour passing on by.

That rural bucolic setting of farm houses, silos, and sugar maples has become the focus of a very bitter dispute between Homeland Security who do believe that it needs to secure that border to protect the nation against terrorists who could bring in lethal weapons and an American farm family that need the land to feed their dairy cows hay.

[Biggirl]

UNEVEN border enforcement here.

[Nip]

Of course!

The more interesting take - Since Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California are too far away to effectively police, how about we effectively police a border crossing that is closer?

With all the focus on Arizona you would think that some minor level functionary in Homeland Security would recognize the political capital that could be made by working on the southern border.

Since they haven't, there must be another, more important, reason. Too far to travel? Don't like deserts? Too much political heat? Too .. you get the picture.

[mrsixpack36]

Its true. Crossing the northern border is a miserable experience even when you have your passport. It is easy to go into Canada but the US side will treat you like a criminal. I remember last year coming back into Vermont (with proper passport). Interrogation took about an hour. I have crossed the Mexican border and back and seen it, it is a free for all there. The priorities are messed up.

[HiJinx]

Ping!