That pissed me off! Am I in the wrong?

[agnelson]

I've found using the "InPrivate" feature of IE8 has helped a little.

[Junoon123]

I have used Chrome and Fire Fox and same issues i'll try IE8.

I am surprised that you didn't took part in this discussion.

[agnelson]

"I am surprised that you didn't took part in this discussion."

This thread was one bereft of any questions or seking of knowledge. I have sufficient other outlets to vent personal opinions....

[Steven]

This thread makes me think about the grilling I sometimes get at Sweetgrass. Yes, I want to leave my well-paying job in Alberta to mine copper or work on a ranch in Montana. That's exactly what I was thinking of doing, congratulations Mr. CBP person, you've caught me. 10% unemployment and lack of social services are soooo appealing to me.

I have to say I always find a remarkable difference at POEs when you go through pre-clearance as compared to some of the land borders or if you enter at an airport in the US. At say, YYC or YVR they always seem far more casual about letting you into the US. I'm sure it's because (a) those CBP officers presumably live in Canada and realize in many ways it's arguably better than the US anyway and (b) a lot of them are dual citizens.

When you go through say, MIA, Canada seems to be treated as some sort of far-off different land inhabited by people who are not as well-off as Americans.

I'm sure many immigrants to Canada have the same misconception as well, i.e. the US is somehow far better than Canada.

No doubt there are some statistics somewhere on the subject that show the average American is better off than the average Canadian, but to suggest you're better off say, in Washington than in BC, or Montana instead of Alberta, or Minnesota instead of Manitoba consistently is completely laughable.

Even the woman who is head of DHS now made comments about Canada which made it sound as though we were all ready to jump the fence. She keeps getting confused between the Peach Arch and the Peace Bridge as well when I see her on TV.

[Junoon123]

Are you talking about Janet Napolitano? She was the governor of Arizona...

its not about immigrants weather Canadians or Mexicans its the overall Govt policy in the US, Their was a report released earlier by DHS it was called threat assessment report. It talked about Gun control, future threats to the US, illegal immigration and the most ridiculous disgruntled military veterans prone to be recruited as extremist, i guess because its Obama administration you do the math.

If their is a group of think tank in the US who can talk about their own veterans prone to be recruited by extremist then they can just say anything for virtually anyone.

Ms Napalitano did apologized but i think their was a law suite not sure if they dropped it or not.