Booker Prize nominee, and Indian-born Canadian citizen Rohinton Mistry cancelled the rest of his US book tour in disgust. His latest book was touted on Oprah, and he's supposed to be a well-known personality, but Mistry says he and his wife have been humiliated at every airport they've been in in the U.S. and are just fed up with the police state the place has turned into.
Related news: we must be doing something right -- Pat Buchanan, who's always been one cannonball short of a secure station, calls us "Canucklestan" even though it's the US that's the haven for terrorists. We take great pride in having drawn his fire. Like the class idiot criticizing your geometry theorem. <<http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/front/RTGAM/20021102/wxmist1102/Front/homeBN/breakingnews>> -- Marc A. Schindler Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada -- Gateway to the Boreal Parkland �The first duty of a university is to teach wisdom, not a trade; character, not technicalities. We want a lot of engineers in the modern world, but we don�t want a world of engineers.� � Sir Winston Churchill (1950) Note: This communication represents the informal personal views of the author solely; its contents do not necessarily reflect those of the author�s employer, nor those of any organization with which the author may be associated. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ${list_promo}
