some lebanese observations...
the evacuation so far has been a boondoggle. i love saying boondoggle.
having said that, it's a miracle the government has actually moved this fast considering how much real world experience it has.
there is something like 40000 canadian expats/tourists in lebanon (crap, that's alot of people) of which only 15000 are tourists. there's been alot of discussion over the net about the status of the rest being canadians of convenience. personally, if we're going there in the debate, we might as well lump in the bazillion snowbirds that inhabit the warmer climes of arizona and florida.
why were all these canadians in war-torn lebanon in the first place? what were they thinking? good questions but not everyone's an amazing kreskin or karnak. 6 years of relative peace followed by a idiotic hezbollah move to abduct a couple of israeli border guards. who would of thunk? i could have been there.
DO NOT rely on canadian consular services while travelling. the canadian passport is meant for foreign governments. other than to finance another tier of canadian bureaucrats, i'm not sure what value you get with an 85 dullah passport.
looks like globetrotting steve has ordered his plane to make a u-turn from france to pick up 120 evacuees in cypress. there better be a really good onboard movie or methinks its going to be a long long measured flight home for steve.
other news...
talking about a boondoggle, they should drop the proposed passport requirement to get into the states. first, it's a cash cow. second, travellers are law-abiding citizens. canadians have been traveling for centuries. it's a right. third, real terrorists don't declare their intentions. so, how's a passport going to stop them from doing their thang?
i saw a bit of the new karaoke reality show, the one, last night. pretty boring. i felt kind of bad for strombolopoulous. what was he thinking?
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
i had a dream...an awesome dream.
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It's the middle east. The middle east is a perpetual war zone. If you asked anyone with a brain 6 years ago if there would be war in the middle east in 6 years time, the answer, of course would be yes. Guess what? In 6 more years, there will be more war.
you'd have to wonder why anyone would want to live there, let alone visit, in the first place, eh. they should just give up and not repair the place this time or the next time and the time after that. that would be the brainless thing to do.
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