What You Need is a Little Perspective

A reader of George Ure's "Urban Survival" web site plans to go on an extended "vacation" in Mexico with his family, and he's writing to the president for a little help with his travels.

"Dear President Bush:

I'm about to plan a little trip with my family and extended family, and I would like to ask you to assist me. I'm going to walk across the border from the U.S. into Mexico, and I need to make a few arrangements. I know you can help with this.

I plan to skip all the legal stuff like visas, passports, immigration quotas and laws. I'm sure they handle those things the same way you do here.

So, would you mind telling your buddy, President Vicente Fox, that I'm on my way over? Please let him know that I will be expecting the following: ..."

We'd print the whole thing - all 13 items on his list - but then you wouldn't go visit Mr. Ure, and then he'd be unhappy with the Oklahomilist, and he lives too close these days (Northeast Texas) for us to take the chance he might be wanting some target practice.