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U.S. to Require Passport To Re-Enter Country
The Hobo writes "The CBC is reporting that starting in 2007, most Canadians will require a passport to cross into the United States and by 2008 Americans who crossed freely into Canada will be unable to return to the United States without a passport. The tougher new rules still allow Canadians to cross without being fingerprinted, but every person from any other country will be required to submit to fingerprinting." From the article: "Currently, Canadians and Americans are able to enter the United States with little more identification than a driver's licence or a birth certificate, though a passport has sometimes made it simpler to satisfy immigration officers at the border."
You don't want to go to Disneyland anyway. That place has gone to hell recently. Deaths, closed and broken rides, no Captain Eo. Forget it.
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OK, who gave Condoleeza Rice TrollMod points? Isn't she supposed to be busy kissing some Chinese ass, so they keep buying our increasingly radioactive debt?
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More than ever in US history?
So the invasion of Canada in the War of 1812 and the burning of York didn't alienate the Canadians any? And before anyone goes...but we burned Washington!
No, Canada didn't.
I know that it is popular to think that the burning of the White House and the Capital Building in Washington D.C. was either carried out by Canadian soldiers or by units from Canada, but that isn't true.
Units from the British territories in what now is Canada did capture Detroit and other Forts and settlements on the Western Frontier of the United States in the War of 1812, but the units that took part in the Invasion of Maryland were not Canadian.
The Invasion of Maryland or the Chesapeake occurred after the surrender of Napoleon in 1814. Maj. Gen. Robert Ross was given the duty of leading the expedition to the Chesapeake in May 1814, a duty for which he was personally chosen by fellow Irishman the Duke of Wellington because of Ross' leadership abilities in the Iberian peninsula campaigns.
Ross arrived in the Chesapeake in mid-August with the 4th, 21st, 44th, and 85th Regiments of Foot. Once these troops were added to the Royal Marines provided by commander-in-chief Vice Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane, Ross could call on around 4,000 troops for operations against the Americans.
The Units
Ross arrived in the Chesapeake in mid-August with the 4th, 21st, 44th, and 85th Regiments of Foot.
None of these units came from Canada nor were raised from Canadian regions.
The 4th was a "Kings Own" Regiment from England
The 21st was and is Scottish
The 44th was from East Essex
Looking around, it appears that some Swiss units took part in the War of 1812 against the United States at Plattsburg NY in 1814 and the Siege of Fort Erie
Two Royal Marine units also took part in the attack on Washington
Corps of Colonial Marines, Royal Marines and 3rd Royal Marine Battalion
They burned Washington in the late evening of August 23, 1814, then the next morning a Hurricane or Tropic Storm hit the region and dispersed the British forces and put out the fire, there are reports that a Tornado came down in the center of the burnt out Capital Building.
Yeah, and I for one am glad they were thrown in jail.
Oh wait...
Sometimes it's best to just let stupid people be stupid.
Nine kids?
On what planets are they planning to settle because this one is overcrowed and the reason is irresponsible people who have NINE kids!!!