http://frodomyhero.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] frodomyhero.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] talkpolitics2010-05-17 05:20 pm
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SPILL BABY SPILL DAY 27, Scientists believe it has hit the Loop current. OMG

Today in the news the scientists believe that the oil has hit the LOOP current and it's heading for the Florida coast and ultimately up and around Florida and along the whole eastern seaboard of the US................ is the oil that precious to us now?????????????????????????????????????????
What do you think?

Read here.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/17/oil-spill-florida-keys-sc_n_578318.html

[identity profile] a-new-machine.livejournal.com 2010-05-18 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
Wait, they actually enforce it? I'd thought it'd go unenforced in some areas (like Canusa St in northern NY, where the left side of the street is Canada, and the other the US).

[identity profile] mijan.livejournal.com 2010-05-18 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
Those tiny border towns don't really enforce it, but if you want to travel further along the border, or if you're crossing at any significant port of entry, you need it. I'd often cross at Calais, Maine. Sometimes, I'd take the ferry from Bar Harbor or even Portland. For that, you'd definitely need a passport. But the border towns... small ones? It depends on the precise situation.

[identity profile] gunslnger.livejournal.com 2010-05-18 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
There's a town that's on the border and they're putting up a gate and enforcing it now, so people won't be able to visit their neighbors any more. The library actually straddles the line so that you enter in the U.S. and browse the books in Canada.

[identity profile] mijan.livejournal.com 2010-05-18 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
It figures. That's kinda depressing, really.

[identity profile] a-new-machine.livejournal.com 2010-05-18 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I figured. I just thought that with something like that, actually requiring this to cross the border was futile. I mean it's not like anybody'd notice somebody driving through Canusa St., and it's not like these things are so ill-known that a half-intelligent terrorist couldn't find it. *shrug*

[identity profile] allhatnocattle.livejournal.com 2010-05-18 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
I have friends that have ranch near WildHorse Alberta/Montana. Cattle used to graze both sides of the border until 3years ago. 3 winters ago, in the deep of winter, US border control decided to lay down razor wire. And cattle ain't that smart, eh?