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Why would anyone want to visit the United States?
Jan 25 2009, Allan

I don’t know if the border situation will change under President Obama but the way it is right now with their bogus “War on Terror,” it’s a wonder anyone goes through their customs and immigration at all.

Back in the seventies I lived in...

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