I’m travelling to Mexico soon (I will have some posts up about that next week) and my three children need passports. I have been on the phone all week with the State Department trying to track them down. They finally arrived in Delaware today. I would like to thank Jillian from Joe Biden’s office for making that happen. I have 2 of 3 passports and the 3rd should arrive tomorrow (hopefully) but with the Senator calling about a passport things have a way of working themselves out.
This post isn’t about that though, the State Dept finally realized they fucked up and were screwing over travellers left and right by not being properly prepaired for something they knew was coming (sounds like a theme don’t it?)
so here is an article that talks about the problem…and the state departments relaxing of the law till September
Now read this juicy comment from Maura Harty, the assistant secretary for consular affairs:
What we did not anticipate adequately enough was the American citizens’ willingness and desire to comply with the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative in the timeframe that they did,” Harty said.
I call BULLSHIT…..Hello! what am I supposed to do when I fly to fucking Mexico bitch? Tell them to fuck off and run past customs? or better yet tell them that I don’t want to comply with the Western Hemispher Travel Initiative? I abstain! I decline, now let me in!
I can see it now “Oh, Ok sir, Si’, NO PROBLEM, WELCOME TO MEXICO, Beinvenedo (or some shit like that)”
People have no choice to comply or they don’t go to Mexico for vacation dumb ass.