[IP] Pork (wet type) Another one from Bob's list
From: Gene Spafford <spaf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Fuss Budget and Visas
It's nice to know that the $180,000,000 indoor rain forest will be built
in Coralville, Iowa. $50,000,000 was authorized for the project last week.
That's exactly what I was wanting my tax dollars to go for. Senator
Grassley of Iowa happens to be the chairman of the Senate Finance
Committee, but this is just a coincidence.
http://www.press-citizen.com/news/012304bill.htm
In the meantime, the Statue of Liberty is closed because the government
can't come up with $5 million, one tenth the amount allocated (so far) to
the Iowa Indoor Rain Forest. The Department of Homeland Security closed the
Statue of Liberty until $5 million worth of renovations could be done to
make it safe from terrorists.
http://www.sltrib.com/2004/Feb/02032004/nation_w/135250.asp
There's an ironic message there. Since the Statue of Liberty was closed,
the U.S. has canceled, delayed, and refused visas to thousands of people
wanting to come to the U.S. for education, medical treatment, and vacation,
in addition to many who want to move here.
Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore,
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me.
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!
Something seems to have changed.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54653-2004Jan27.html
It's common now for international students, even students who have been
in the U.S. since childhood, to leave the country on a visit and not be
allowed to return.
http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2003/09/15/opinion/8482.shtml
Some universities recommend that international students not leave the
country during summer or Christmas vacation because they may not be able to
return in time for classes.
http://daily.stanford.edu/tempo?page=content&id=8846&repository=0001_article
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