Freedom 2014

4 Responses to Freedom 2014

1. Martha Bridegam says:

   January 2, 2014 at 1:01 pm

   Thx for this & happy new year anyway. BTW I think yr Freedom of Speech link needs an “http” prefix to work right.
2. Mitchell says:

   January 3, 2014 at 10:46 am

   Thanks. What concerns me is the slow erosion of freedoms over time. It happens on a regular pace but just slow enough that people get side tracked by so many other shiny objects. We still have the best country in the world IMHO. Once talked to a guide from Thailand who told me he wasn’t even allowed to visit the United States without a VISA. Not only did it cost money but he needed a valid reason to travel. Just going for fun and vacation wasn’t enough to be approved to leave his country. That to me .. is scary!
   • Michael Froomkin says:

     January 3, 2014 at 11:35 am

     I was not aware that Thailand had exit visas (and a very quick Google search didn’t find anything about them). Could it be perhaps that this was an ENTRY visa requirement imposed by the US? In which case the approval wasn’t to leave his country, but rather to enter this one.
     • Mitchell says:

       January 13, 2014 at 11:30 am

       I wasn’t aware either but the guide we had that day who also worked for the Thai Navy … he did specifically tell me he needed a Visa to exit the country. I flat out asked him “so you need a Visa to exit, you have to pay for it and saying you just want to see the United States for vacation isn’t a good enough reason?”

       He confirmed that was true. He had to pay for a Visa and he would need a better reason than a vacation request.

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