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To: Ben Ficklin
This story about freight not being inspected until it reaches KC is bs that has been shot down over and over and over.

Yea, as I stated in my first post I was highly skeptical of the article's credibility.

It reads like a lot of the typical dishonestly portrayed anti-globalization crap that is intended to fire people up but has little basis in fact.

Since such people obviously treat their readers like they are too stupid to make intelligent decisions if the are simply provided with the facts, it makes me wonder what kind of people eat this crap up.

47 posted on 03/05/2007 4:59:33 PM PST by untrained skeptic
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To: untrained skeptic
If you have an interest, you can find more info on FAST, Free and Secure Trade. This is the program by which freight recieves a secure status at its origin which enables it to cross the border more quickly via FAST Lanes.

There are numerous FAST lanes for northbound traffic, but none for southbound. Placing a Mexican customs agent in KC, or any other place, would allow southbound freight to be pre-inspected there and enable it to cross the border quicker.

49 posted on 03/05/2007 5:31:13 PM PST by Ben Ficklin
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