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| US officials deny visas for British pop stars |
| 2007-09-17 |
| There's a whooole lot of I visited Texas last year and I remember that those of us arriving from EEC member countries had to form a long queue, and most had some problems ironing out incorrectly filled out forms. I hadn't filled mine out at all, because I didn't know the address of where I was staying. I called over an official, who was perhaps initially a little hostile, but when I informed him that I was there to bury a Texan pal whom I had been working with in Iraq, and only had his mum's mobile number, he scribbled the address of the Marriot Hotel on my form and smiled, "Welcome to Texas son, God bless you." I was quietly ushered to the front of the queue with my still valid DoD card in my hand. Contrast that with Britain. Upon my return I was stood passport in hand behind swathes of foreigners in the same queue. It's my bloody country I thought, yet now everyone in Europe has the same right of access to it as me! Good luck to the yanks. They look after their own and long may they continue to do so! So what if it is hard for most people to get into the U.S.? It is not as if we own the place anymore! Maybe they perceive that they have enough anti-establishment drug-smoking musicians already. Posted by Ex-Marine on September 17, 2007 11:54 AM |
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