Boy, is THIS a sore subject with a lot of people I know!

Now, I’m a patriot, so don’t take me the wrong way. I cry when the kids carry the flag before my children’s horse shows, and I cry when they play “God Bless The USA”. I love this country, and would do anything and everything to defend her from the scum of the earth over there.

But let’s be real here…do you REALLY think that requiring passports to enter the country are going to stop the knuckleheads? They’ve had theirs since the law was just a concept, just in case. Instead, we’re grossly inconveniencing thousands upon uncounted thousands of travelers up and down the northern hemisphere by requiring that they fatten the treasury by $100.00, and for what? For the vague promise of more secure borders? C’mon…as the local talk show host loves to say, “Give me a physical break!”

I’m sure that al queda will be storming our borders via those Canadian Fanciful Holiday Tours motorcoaches (no, it’s not a real company…didn’t want to offend any of my friends with “real names”!), bringing their explosive devices in the luggage compartments below. Instead, we’re going to drastically cut off tourism across three sets of borders, and cause a bunch of motorcoach companies to stop traveling to Canada, Mexico, and back here (or to here from there). And can you imagine the scene at the border when a full coach of 55 passengers, plus escort and driver pull up for those highly paid, skilled technicians to check their passports. 3 hours later (if they’re lucky!), when the coach finally pulls away, even the most fervent travel supporter will be swearing off border crossings for the rest of their natural days!

We should be contacting our Congressmen and Senators NOW to request that the law, currently being considered for postponement for another six months, be permanently postponed! Or at least exempt motorcoach travel from having to present passports. Let’s keep the wheels rolling across our shared borders for good!

“Of course, that’s just my opinion…I could be wrong!” (thank you, Dennis Miller)

-Chris