British citizen denied entry into the USA

[spookyturtle 9,466]

I thought we kicked the British out back in 1812. When did they come back? 

[Boiler 45,525]

Just now, spookyturtle said:

I thought we kicked the British out back in 1812. When did they come back? 

I thought we burned the White House when you tried to invade Canada?

[spookyturtle 9,466]

Just now, Boiler said:

I thought we burned the White House when you tried to invade Canada?

Maybe, I don't remember. I just know we did the final butt kicking. 

[Boiler 45,525]

1 minute ago, spookyturtle said:

Maybe, I don't remember. I just know we did the final butt kicking. 

It was 1814.

 

[CaliCat 3,957]

2 minutes ago, spookyturtle said:

Maybe, I don't remember. I just know we did the final butt kicking. 

There is more to come with BREXIT...

[OriZ 3,157]

6 hours ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

The MDL refers to the Muddy Ditch Left. MDR refers to the muddy ditch right. I use it as shorthand to identify people or opnions on the far end of political stances. As if to say they are so far from the middle they are in the ditch.

Its kind of my running gag here, meant to be more humorous than anything .

 

Of course you have those dead in the Middle of the road like myself, but we are few and far between  and people like Teddy who usually travel in the wrong lane with the occasional tire in the ditch, but not really always in it. 

 

Since Lost in Blue left there are almost none of us left in the middle of the road .

Lost was middle? Seemed like MDR to me but what do I know, to some here I would be MDR and I can assure you, I'm not even close lol

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

2 minutes ago, OriZ said:

Lost was middle? Seemed like MDR to me but what do I know, to some here I would be MDR and I can assure you, I'm not even close lol

The Lib thing was humor. You are correct. In here normal is the new right wing 

[spookyturtle 9,466]

3 minutes ago, OriZ said:

Lost was middle? Seemed like MDR to me but what do I know, to some here I would be MDR and I can assure you, I'm not even close lol

Lost was far right, white supremist. Hated blacks, Muslims, Hispanics, etc. 

[OriZ 3,157]

3 minutes ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

The Lib thing was humor. You are correct. In here normal is the new right wing 

That it is. 

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

1 minute ago, spookyturtle said:

Lost was far right, white supremist. Hated blacks, Muslims, Hispanics, etc. 

Really. ? Wow you sure are on top of things aren't you 

[OriZ 3,157]

A couple summers ago they repainted the road here and painted right over a skunk. Sometimes it feels like that's what being in the middle of the road will get ya on VJ, too

 

 

 

[Jacque67 7,328]

Ahhh, lost! I was going to take him for lunch at the Algonquin ...sigh.

[bcking 3,157]

14 hours ago, spookyturtle said:

I thought we kicked the British out back in 1812. When did they come back? 

Ya sorry but I would say we lost that war. One of our aims for declaring war was to expand our territories, and the treaty kept borders where they were before the war (so we failed in our aim). Another aim of ours was to stop impressment, which the treaty failed to do.

 

If somebody declares war with a set of goals and they fail to achieve those goals, I would concern them having "lost" that war. I know many modern scholars argue "everyone won" but I think that is just a friendly way to avoid conflict. In the end it was such a minor deal to England because they had far more serious concerns to deal with. For Canada it was a big deal though.

[bcking 3,157]

15 hours ago, CaliCat said:

He had a visa. Some people refer to ESTA as as visa, because it works like one, to a certain extent. 

 

"I asked her on what ground was I denied access. I got my ESTA [US visitor's] visa, I have a British passport, I ticked all the rights boxes. She did not give me an answer," he said.

Well no he didn't have a visa. He had an ESTA. Yes some people refer to it as a visa, but it isn't even though it works like one.

 

He was travelling like any other British citizen. He went online, applied for the ESTA, got approved and then showed up at the airport. Like my wife travels.

 

When you apply for the ESTA I guess we really don't know what they check or what they do. Presumably it would be reasonable to assume that if your name matched someone on a "No Fly List" at the time of electronically applying for the ESTA, it would automatically flag? BUt maybe that is too complicated for US Immigration.

 

EDIT:
 

http://www.no-fly-list.com/ - Anyone know if this is actually a real thing/official list? Did a search for his last name and nothing comes up, but I'm not sure if this list is legit.

Edited February 24, 2017 by bcking

[Boiler 45,525]

ROFL

 

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