http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100710/ap_on_re_us/us_border_wrong_person
NY woman questioned again and again over ID mix-up
By MICHAEL HILL, Associated Press Writer Michael Hill, Associated Press Writer
Sat Jul 10, 3:49 pm ET
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“They never apologize,” Nelson said. “They basically tell you that they’re doing their job for the better good of the world.” Nelson has struggled to get information from Homeland Security officials. They will not tell her who she is being confused with or why the problem persists. She doesn’t know why her passport triggers alarms some days but not others.
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Please, citizen, the costumed elite apologize to a “mundane” serf such as yourself. Have you lost your mind? They were “protecting” you. And, you are paying for this treatment. Brings a new meaning to S&M!
As a fat old white guy injineer, I have to laugh at the idiots who thought that using “name” as an identifier and the other idiots who programmed a technology solution that is in essence a random number generator. When someone pulls up to the border crossing, the costumed rent a cop would be better off draw a card form a deck of cards and checking a list of winners for the day. “Queen of Spades, you’re free to go.” “Three of Diamonds, you win an anal cavity body search. … sotto voce … unless you’re fat and ugly. Or, I can overlook this, if you give me a small gift. Or,we most definitely can’t, if you give me a hard time. Argh! And, we mock third world countries for their graft and corruption?
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