tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5286641616677658414.post6686397678141738921..comments2023-10-11T11:22:41.728-05:00Comments on The Lake is the Boss: "Who'll keep us safe from them?"DaveOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00552131869044539704noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5286641616677658414.post-88752073330532621892008-08-29T13:48:00.000-05:002008-08-29T13:48:00.000-05:00My experience with US-Canada border crossings has ...My experience with US-Canada border crossings has been the same as yours, Dave. The Canadians are invariably polite and friendly. The US personnel are more likely than not to be jerks, which always makes me wonder about how they go about recruiting and training them.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18359007443116549436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5286641616677658414.post-24928353047826193232008-08-29T07:31:00.000-05:002008-08-29T07:31:00.000-05:00Other than my last trip into Canada, Canadian bord...Other than my last trip into Canada, Canadian border personnel have been unfailingly polite and courteous and their US counterparts have been surly, sarcastic pricks. Even Red Army border guards in the USSR and the PLA guards in Commie China were more amenable than our border folks. And I just don't get why it has to be that way. It will be interesting to get Swatter's take on the thing.DaveOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00552131869044539704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5286641616677658414.post-73941685600033842862008-08-28T21:37:00.000-05:002008-08-28T21:37:00.000-05:00Interesting post, Dave. My buddy Swatter is from ...Interesting post, Dave. My buddy Swatter is from Canada and will be starting a job with border patrol soon on the Canadian side of the line north of Fargo. I'll direct him over to this post - I'm interested to see if he has any inputJoshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09301820069267544212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5286641616677658414.post-46731269733013064212008-08-28T12:53:00.000-05:002008-08-28T12:53:00.000-05:00Wonder which one is considered the plum assignment...Wonder which one is considered the plum assignment in the world of Border Patrol rapid promotion?DaveOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00552131869044539704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5286641616677658414.post-3372521552971251612008-08-28T12:51:00.000-05:002008-08-28T12:51:00.000-05:00Well, down on the US-Mexican border the Border Pat...Well, down on the US-Mexican border the Border Patrol is shooting the locals and deporting U.S. citizens who have the bad luck to look or sound Hispanic, so I guess things aren't quite as bad up north. Yet.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18359007443116549436noreply@blogger.com