“Are We At War? At Code Orange? Anyone?”
I was recently informed that people are actually reading this site. File that under “Things I did not expect”. Anyways, W’s written me an email to inform me that War starts soon..it says right here in TV guide (War – location TBA) Friends, That 70s Show, Reruns Of “Gulf War […]
Posted on March 17th, 2003
DUH!
Some people are so deep in their own worlds they are oblivious to the world around them. My previ ous rant may not really convey the problem in it’s full colors, it might even be pointed to as evidence that I am too high-strung for this job. Perhaps this will […]
Posted on March 6th, 2003
LA MIGRA IS DEAD! LONG LIVE LA MIGRA!
The Department of Homeland Security is finally in effect. Well, kinda. I mean, nobody actually knows what’s changed so we’re doing everything we were doing yesterday. Except we’re instead of answering the phone “INS, Inspector So-an-so” we’re supposed to say “Bureau of Customs and Border Protection within the Department of […]
Posted on March 1st, 2003
Terrorist Deported, Irish Catholics Outraged
Nobody likes la migra. Nobody understands la migra. The INS gets blasted when it unknowingly lets anonymous terrorists into the country. The INS gets blasted when it keeps known terrorists out of the country. The first example is the WTC nutjobs, the second is Devlin McAliskey. If, like RuminateThis you […]
Posted on March 1st, 2003
“1 out of 2 ain’t bad…â€
Mr. & Mrs. Passports. Visas. Computer: ho-hum. Yaddie yaddie? Yaddie yaddie yaddie. Yaddie? Yaddie Yaddie. Bang Bang Bang Bang. It’s another day at the office, this time behind the glass at San Francisco International Airport. Flights come in, flight go out. In comes a Mexicana Airlines flight filled with US […]
Posted on February 25th, 2003
La Milagro Con La Migra
“The Miracle With Immigration” So Homeboy is a green card holder with a criminal record and he gets fingered by the computer coming back to San Jose International from his grandmother’s funeral in Mexico. He gets asked all the usual questions, fingerprinted and photographed. But when the officers peel back […]
Posted on February 20th, 2003
Bert the Turtle is Back!
Don’t even think of asking “Who is Bert the Turtle?” He’s a cultural icon. […you philistine!] Bert the Trutle Redux, because the DHS has some killer designers on staff.
Posted on February 18th, 2003
The First Terrorist I Met
Another terrorist was caught at our port yesterday. He was a tall white guy in an expensive suit looking very much unlike the Afghanistan-hardened terrorists you see on FOX NEWS these days… Because he was from the IRA. post script 02/27/2003: The next day the Irishman […]
Posted on February 15th, 2003
I understand. It’s your job.
Homeboy walks off a Mexicana Airlines flight at San Jose International Airport, waits in line and hands me his passport, I-94 and Customs Declaration. He’s a little too happy to be here. I look at his passport – it’s Costa Rican – and think “what the hell is he doing […]
Posted on February 15th, 2003
The Stamps Tell the Story
Homeboy walks off the plane from Taiwan at San Francisco International Airport, waits in line and hands me his passport, I-94 and Customs Declaration. He looks like a middle-aged middle manager. I look at his passport – it’s from Taiwan – and think “another business traveler for nine days”. I […]
Posted on February 15th, 2003
No Dual-Citizenship Here, Lady
It’s just another day at the office, this time on the U.S. citizen/Permanent Resident side of The Line. I look at each person standing behind the yellow line of carpet, and I know why they’re here. “How was the trip?” I ask, just being pleasant. “Long,” they reply with a […]
Posted on January 31st, 2003
From the Senate to HQ to You & I
A little ammendment in a appropriations bill passed by the US Senate has cut funding to the INS’s ne w special alien registration program. National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS) has come under considerable scrutiny after a few of snafus and complaints by targeted communities. The program has had HREF=”http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/01 […]
Posted on January 26th, 2003
What Happened?
The site redesign is almost done (this time around). I just wanted it posted for a sense of accomplishment. Design comments can be sent here. Recent postings are here next to the assorted links I’ve picked up recently.
Posted on January 23rd, 2003
Enter the Jackrabbit (1998)
The campaign trail journal Enter the Jackrabbit has been dragged back out of the closet. It was written in notebooks, on scraps of paper and on the backs of napkins during one weekend of the 1998 congressional campaigns. The notes were later condensed into a set of emails that I […]
Posted on January 23rd, 2003
Guard of the Panopticon
One of the most insightful comments I’ve had about my current employer when along the lines of this: You’re the most paranoid person I know. Now you’re a professional paranoid for The Man. It’s perfect! There’s a twisted logic there that makes sense. Today I played Big Brother. I was […]
Posted on January 20th, 2003
Adrenaline at the Office
Do not fuck around in a national security area. Do not stand close to a man with a gun. Never, ever walk quickly up to an armed officer and try to walk behind him on his gun side. Is this self-evident ? Do these seem like stupid things to do? […]
Posted on January 18th, 2003