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Shane Powers:
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And The Spy who Shocked
Me
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The Players |
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Secret Agents::
Hooliator (missed it by that much)
Shane Powers ( he doesn't behave)
Government Officers:
Immigration Officer (Canada, nice
guy)
Rascist Bastard (USA, fat buzz top
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Canada:
Cost of Admission: Free
Difficulty of escape: Difficult
USA:
Cost of Admission: 50 cents
Difficulty of escape: Easy |
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Entry to Canada (approx
2:30 PM)
Immigration Officer: Hi, Why are
you coming to Canada?
Hooliator: Tourist.
Immigration Officer: Where will
you be going in Canada?
Hooliator: Starbucks.
Immigration Officer: (laughs) You've
got a long way to go.
Hooliator: I've got five Canadian
dollars, and I'm going to spend'em!
Immigration Officer: Good luck.
Have a good day. (waves me through)
Hooliator: What? No stamp?
Immigration Officer: Well, I guess
I could give you a stamp... (stamps passport)
Hooliator: Thanks Dude! |
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Immigration Officer: Hi, why
are you coming to Canada?
Shane: He's going to
buy me a coffee at Starbucks. (points
at me)
Immigration Officer: Do
you want a stamp too?
Shane: I want to get
one from every country I visit.
Immigration Officer: (stamps
passport)
Shane: Thanks a lot
Mate!
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Entry to USA (approx 5:45 PM)
We approach the turnstyles.
Hooliator: Hey do you have any quarters?
Shane: There's some machines over
there. Oh wait, yeah I've got enough for both of
us. Do you think
they'll notice if we just hop over?
Hooliator: They're sure to have cameras. They'll
probably throw us over the bridge if we don't pay.
Shane: Yeah, you're probably right. (hands me two
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We cross the bridge
to the USA and stop to take pictures.
As we approach the American immigration building
two asian girls hauling suitcases exit the building
heading
back to Canada looking dejected. We wonder if they
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building we get in line to wait. We note a sign posted
which welcomes us to the
USA and says we will be treated with dignity and respect.
Behind the desk was a tall dark haired white cop. And near the front of the
line was a round buzz-cut white cop we came to call
Rascist Bastard.
There's a young olive skinned
man at the desk wearing a Staff ID tag (Italian?)
He's trying to explain to
the officers that he's a tourist returning to the USA
after visiting the falls. He has trouble with English
and can't quite remember the name of his hotel. They
treat him
like
dirt and
tell
him to go sit down and wait for someone to "talk" to
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Next in line is a couple of
chinese looking guys. They are approached by
Rascist
Bastard.
Chinese guy #1 shows his American passport. Chinese
guys have heavy accents, but they know English.
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Rascist Bastard: (hostile tone) Where
are you from?
Chinese Guy #1: (looks a bit afraid) Rochester.
Rascist Bastard: (hostile tone) Where did you go
in Canada?
Chinese Guy #1: Oh, just to the falls.
Rascist Bastard: (derisive tone) Did you go to the
Casino?
Chinese Guy #1: Yes, I did.
Rascist Bastard: (yelling) That's
what I was asking you! Go sit down and wait till
you're called!
Chinese Guy #1: (heads to waiting area looking humiliated)
Rascist Bastard: (addresses Chinese Guy #2 in derisive
tone) Are you with him?
Chinese Guy #2: Yes.
Rascist Bastard: (yelling) Go sit with your friend!
(shoves Chinese Guy #2 by shoulder)
Chinese Guy #2: (scurries over to his friend looking
frightened)
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| While all this is going
on Shane and I are wondering if we are going to get through.
We think
we will because we are wearing the proper WASP uniforms.
But we are still not sure. We approach the firing line.
I hand the fat white buzz top cop my passport... |
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Rascist Bastard: (repectful) Where
did you go in Canada?
Hooliator: We just went to see the
falls and get lunch.
Rascist Bastard: (respectful) Okay, have a nice day.
(hands me back my passport)
I move forward and turn
to make sure Shane gets through. Shane comes
through with no problems.
The Indian people behind us step up to the firing
line...
We git while the gittin's good.
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Of course there are
good reasons why Shane and I got through without
difficulty. I am
after all an American citizen, and Australia is our
ally in the War on Terror, unlike Italy and
Rochester.
We wouldn't want any religous
zealouts coming into our country
and undermining or attacking the democratic foundations
and values our country was founded on such as the
notion that "All men were created equal." now would
we?
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| One thing I want
to add to all of this, is that as an American I
was horribly embarrassed by
the behavior and hypocrisy of our border agents. There
was no excuse for the behavior we witnessed that day
(June 20, 2006). There are ways to question people without
humiliating them and making them fear and loathe us.
French people in Paris treat foreigners better than that gras
rascist pièce de merde treated
Chinese guys # 1 & 2, both of whom were American
citizens!
If you happen to be Italian Guy, or Chinese Guy #1
or 2, or probably even the Indian people who were in
line behind us, or the Asian girls with the suitcases,
or any of the (probably) hundreds
of others who have met up with that rascist bastard:
on behalf of my country
I apologize to you. Most Americans are NOT rascist
and would have been apalled at what we saw you go through
that day! That jerk ought to lose his job along with
his supervisor and a good number of his co-workers.
I hope they get sued!
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