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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: vansmack on January 18, 2006, 02:29:00 pm
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I can't for the life of me recall which thread we discussed this in, but here is an update to what I professed earlier:
U.S. plans 'travel cards' for trips to Mexico, Canada
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Washington -- The Bush administration, bowing to grumbling from U.S. border communities, announced plans Tuesday to enable U.S. citizens to cross U.S. borders with Canada and Mexico with a new $50 "travel card" similar to a driver's license rather than requiring a $97 passport.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff described the proposed wallet-size card for land crossings at a news conference with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Canada and Mexico, as well as U.S. border states and communities, have all complained about Bush administration plans to require U.S. citizens and foreigners crossing U.S. borders to carry passports or similarly secure documents by Dec. 31, 2007.
Currently, U.S. citizens present proof of citizenship, such as a birth certificate, and a photo ID, such as a driver's license, to return home from quick visits to Canada or Mexico.
Chertoff said the Bush administration will begin issuing U.S. citizens the border-crossing cards by the end of the year.
Twenty-three percent of U.S. citizens, or 62 million people, currently hold U.S. passports. The initial proposal to require U.S. citizens returning from Canada and Mexico to hold passports was expected to increase demand for passports to about 17 million a year by 2008.
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URL: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/01/18/MNG6UGORH61.DTL (http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/01/18/MNG6UGORH61.DTL)
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Thanks for the info.
But were you aware that non-club related threads are to be posted in the properly designated area. Thanks in advance...
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Dupek, as tired as I get of your incessant (sp?) thread starting, broken image link posting and constant non sequiturs, you do, from time to time, crack me up.
There. I admited it.
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:)
Truce...okay?
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i gotta admit this has been a very good example of the letterman principle in work. at first sorta funny. soon, not funny at all, and really annoying. but then, slowly but surely, getting funnier and funnier until i actually let out an audible chuckle.
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Originally posted by BookerT:
i gotta admit this has been a very good example of the letterman principle in work. at first sorta funny. soon, not funny at all, and really annoying. but then, slowly but surely, getting funnier and funnier until i actually let out an audible chuckle.
Ah, BookerT, you have just graduated to the next level.
I am sure that this will make The Master quite happy.
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But the real question (back to the travel cards), will these new proposed travel cards be accepted as proof of age at the door of the 9:30 Club?
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i love letterman