LAND OF THE FREE

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What are you talking about???

A "great" country doesn't make its own citizens wait NEARLY A YEAR to see their own spouses! No one in this country is "making you wait a year" to see your spouse. Jump on a plane and go visit-this country has passports-planes ( that go both ways)-right of re-entry and airports...How cool is that? Plus we at least DO have an immigration process by which you can be with your foreign spouse eventually.

A "great" country doesn't expedite the processing of foreign worker visas (within a week!), contributing to lost jobs for U.S. citizens, while the spouses of U.S. citizens are made to wait nearly a year for a spouse visa!Different kind of visa process altogether. Apples and oranges as far as visas go; plus I don't know anyone who has "lost their job to an immigrant....."

A "great" country doesn't waste $3 trillion on useless foreign wars while underfunding the most basic government office functions (USCIS), such as the processing of paperwork for U.S. visas for U.S. citizens! the 2 have nothing to do with eachother, well only in your tantrum because you have to wait for a visa and not get it immediatly.

And as for being "free" in this country... HA! Try living in China, North Korea...etc.

Try this: Come on up to Washington state and place a $1 bet on a Seattle Seahawks game online.

For that "crime" you will be subject to prosecution for a Class C Felony (a classification equivalent to rape or child molestation). And when you get out of prison, you would probably not be able to find good employment anywhere in this country ever again due to your felony conviction. (Helps explain why so many felons re-commit crimes; they have little employment prospects. Also helps explain why U.S.A. has the largest prison population in the world.) Why would you go to WA just to break their gambling laws?

I could go on and on...

This country is certainly neither "great" nor "free" at this point in history.Go live somewhere else more to your liking, then

It is clearly obvious that someone is venting. Sometimes people say things in the heat of the moment, which they have every right in this free country, because of the process that has caused much pain among families. I don't think it is appropriate for you to be so antagonistic with your comments. As for your comments to go live somewhere else, I think people would if they have the means to do so. Unfortunately we are tied to where we live either by family, friends, or economic means. When people make a statement like yours, you are asking them to give up things that are not possible, otherwise they would. It's an easy statement to say, but not practical.

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What are you talking about???

A "great" country doesn't make its own citizens wait NEARLY A YEAR to see their own spouses! No one in this country is "making you wait a year" to see your spouse. Jump on a plane and go visit-this country has passports-planes ( that go both ways)-right of re-entry and airports...How cool is that? Plus we at least DO have an immigration process by which you can be with your foreign spouse eventually.

A "great" country doesn't expedite the processing of foreign worker visas (within a week!), contributing to lost jobs for U.S. citizens, while the spouses of U.S. citizens are made to wait nearly a year for a spouse visa!Different kind of visa process altogether. Apples and oranges as far as visas go; plus I don't know anyone who has "lost their job to an immigrant....."

A "great" country doesn't waste $3 trillion on useless foreign wars while underfunding the most basic government office functions (USCIS), such as the processing of paperwork for U.S. visas for U.S. citizens! the 2 have nothing to do with eachother, well only in your tantrum because you have to wait for a visa and not get it immediatly.

And as for being "free" in this country... HA! Try living in China, North Korea...etc.

Try this: Come on up to Washington state and place a $1 bet on a Seattle Seahawks game online.

For that "crime" you will be subject to prosecution for a Class C Felony (a classification equivalent to rape or child molestation). And when you get out of prison, you would probably not be able to find good employment anywhere in this country ever again due to your felony conviction. (Helps explain why so many felons re-commit crimes; they have little employment prospects. Also helps explain why U.S.A. has the largest prison population in the world.) Why would you go to WA just to break their gambling laws?

I could go on and on...

This country is certainly neither "great" nor "free" at this point in history.Go live somewhere else more to your liking, then

It is clearly obvious that someone is venting. Sometimes people say things in the heat of the moment, which they have every right in this free country, because of the process that has caused much pain among families. I don't think it is appropriate for you to be so antagonistic with your comments. As for your comments to go live somewhere else, I think people would if they have the means to do so. Unfortunately we are tied to where we live either by family, friends, or economic means. When people make a statement like yours, you are asking them to give up things that are not possible, otherwise they would. It's an easy statement to say, but not practical.

Well, now we all know what you think is and isn't appropriate- let me share what I think is inappropriate.

A post full of petulant child, foot stamping, rattle throwing bullcrap about your country that you [ the OP] are requesting the FAVOUR of allowing a person chosen by YOU [meaning the OP] to enter and live AND deciding to post it on a thread celebrating Independence Day then finishing it off with a complaint about how this country is neither great nor free.

The OP used his free speech right-so am I , but thanks for your input.