On 09/23/2005 8:50 AM Dave Smith while holding "court", exclaimed:
>fisherofsouls@hotmail.com wrote:
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>>Just read "Hidden Prey" by John Sandford. Pretty good book on the
>>whole, but one passage made by sit up and say "What the...?". It was:
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>>"Canada is notorious for the criminal gangs along the border, preying
>>on Americans," Lucas said. "They work over here, go back there, and
>>take advantage of the lack of coordination by the cops."
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>>In the context of the story, the guy means this seriously.
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>>Does this have even a tenuous link with reality ? It's so far from my
>>concept of Canada as induce a wobble in my worldview !!!
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>Notorious? That would mean that it happens so often that everyone hears
>about it. It was as big a surprise to me as it is to you, and I spent the
>last 16 years of my career working very close to 3 of our border crossings
>in a law enforcement capacity. It's a crock.
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Oh there are Canadian Border Gangs alright. They're Canadian Geese!
They'll foul your clothes, foul your car, hiss and bite at you. They
cross borders with impunity and without documentation! They travel in
gangs all over the US, fouling up our lakes and rivers. If ever there
was a group that should be profiled and deported it's Canadian Geese! :-(
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