i love my US-ian friends, but
the shit your Homeland Securities bullies pull* on people who are Not Of Your Soil really increases my disinclination to cross the river to come see you, more and more.
so i hope your plans to get your passports in order all come to fruition in the new year, 'cuz i can pretty much guarantee you'll be less afraid crossing into my country that i will be crossing into yours (or trying to cross *out* of it, for that matter...).
i just wish i had money to send Mr Watts' legal defence fund for support :(
* - yes it's true, we don't know what Peter said or how he said it, but
dsrtao, who has met the man, identified him as being a gentle sort, and i'm inclined to trust dan's judgment here.