Robert M. Gary wrote:
john smith wrote in message ...

From the answers being posted here, the local fifedoms have survived
the bureaucratic restructuring.
Here on the North Coast, the Border Patrol do not really have a border
they can patrol as they do in the West and Southwest, so they have to
find something else for them to do.
Although there was an article in the newspaper earlier this week that
told of Homeland Security money being spent to purchase three speedboats
for Lake Erie patrols. I guess they need to work on their tans...


BTW: It looks like the officals in Canada are pretty busying watching
what's coming across their boarder. Too bad they're spending their
time looking for DVDs and not terrorists.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive...41canada1.html

Must be really frustrating...
"Ottawa-based agents detailed to the Prohibited Importations Unit are
charged with enforcing the country's Customs Act and, as such, spend
their day reviewing books, videos, comics, and other material to
determine which titles should be allowed into the country."