tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3113320021394571753.post4423028354576668486..comments2023-12-12T15:24:23.409+01:00Comments on BeyondThePale: Unconstitutional and ImpossibleDvorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16677105625085234763noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3113320021394571753.post-67072316990850704982012-09-22T18:53:52.357+02:002012-09-22T18:53:52.357+02:00Hi Jan and thanks for your comments. There are bu...Hi Jan and thanks for your comments. There are bureaucratic glitches everywhere, but even worse, there are people who don't bother to look around and then think for themselves. Our new information age doesn't seem to make much of a difference. I think everyone is tied up watching reality tv. ??Dvorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16677105625085234763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3113320021394571753.post-76222978773791608882012-09-22T18:17:30.362+02:002012-09-22T18:17:30.362+02:00So sorry to hear of your frustrating situation abo...So sorry to hear of your frustrating situation about your fingerprints. Just curious -- have you checked the prints on your toes? I'll bet they are the same. At least you can tell yourself that you are undeniably a rare individual! (I think you were that before the fingerprint thing, if I may say so.)<br /><br />We are Canadian, and we know exactly what you mean about Americans fearing Medicare. We hear a lot about it. Here, every woman can receive pre-natal care so that her baby gets the best start, and if a person has to do battle with cancer it doesn't mean losing the house. It baffles us how that is a bad thing.<br /><br />Every country seems to have some bureaucratic glitch designed to drive its citizens crazy! (Ours included.)Jannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3113320021394571753.post-9350254217210702942012-09-22T14:47:32.579+02:002012-09-22T14:47:32.579+02:00Reasoning with Americans can be similar. It seems...Reasoning with Americans can be similar. It seems that most of them think nationalized health care is a form of socialilism and socialism is something linked with the devil, and that's that.Dvorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16677105625085234763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3113320021394571753.post-10933816760723834162012-09-22T01:41:43.425+02:002012-09-22T01:41:43.425+02:00Many times I think that Spanish politics must be s...Many times I think that Spanish politics must be seen ridicolous or non-sense for an outsider observer, mostly because it is for an observer inside...It is impossible reasoning with most Spanish people about some questions (In fact, I have friends in Madrid that say they are hoping our independence to ask for refugee status, it is a joke of course but they are fed up)<br /><br />About your personal question, I hope you will be lucky and find a reasonable civil servant who can understand that regulations and their must be so flexible to be adapted to real life, not the contrary.Jaumehttp://ortimartinez.cat/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3113320021394571753.post-82047076408221649582012-09-21T22:24:29.649+02:002012-09-21T22:24:29.649+02:00I can't afford to go to the States, so if ther...I can't afford to go to the States, so if there is a solution, I will need to find it here. At the moment it's Spanish citizenship I will apply for. But who knows what next year will bring.Dvorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16677105625085234763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3113320021394571753.post-69077944006969055602012-09-21T22:00:12.306+02:002012-09-21T22:00:12.306+02:00How unfortunate for you; I do, however, understand...How unfortunate for you; I do, however, understand the dilemma for the government: how easy it would be for someone to mash their fingertips to avoid identification of a past personality that could be anything from saint-like to Satan-like. <br /><br />Surely, there will be a solution to the problem. I wonder if a visit to the states and an attempt to get the FBI, themselves, to take the prints, might be in your future! Too bad retinal ID's aren't yet in common use. . .<br /><br />Will you maintain dual citizenship or are you intending to become Catalunyan? Is there a reason to keep your U.S. citizenship?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13924651363499734738noreply@blogger.com