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Yes, I think fire ants came in through Mobile or Biloxi. 
We have Africanized bees too.

The border patrol here just asks if you are a U.S. 
citizen, you reply yes and you are on your way. Not being 
Hispanic, I have no idea if they ask Latinos to present ID 
to determine if they are citizens or not. Maybe it's more 
of an invasion for these folks, I don't know. The last 
time I went through the drug dog was very interested in my 
car, sniffing the tire that some local dog always pees on. 
The agent asked me if I lived on a farm, and I said yes, 
and he let me through.

I have never felt the fact they wear a gun (knowing that 
they are frequently shot and sometimes killed here) was to 
my detriment or harrassment. If I knew the chances of 
getting killed in my job were high I'd probably want a gun 
on me too. When I've traveled to Mexico I must carry and 
show a visa or passport. I have been detained much longer 
there.

The agent in the video was rattled because someone refused 
to give that yes or no. While the guy was making a point, 
in her head she may have been preparing to get shot and 
have to defend herself.

My botanical friend is only armed with a microscope and 
he's at a port of entry, not a checkpoint.

--Sage



On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:44:49 -0700 (PDT)
 bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com> wrote:
> Could we really have stopped those (fire ants), with 
> everything we do, Sage.  I heard on the news, recently, 
> that 1/3 of 1 % of all shipping containers are presented 
> for any kind of search.  I thionk fire ants came in port 
> on a boat.
>
>  Africanized bees came to (arizona anyway) from South 
> America.  some of lyndas's ancestors might say that my 
> ancestors were a pestilence that arrived by boat . But 
> they could not stop it anyway.
>
> I don't mind your friend stopping me at the border of 
> texas and asking me if I have fruits are vegetables (or 
> fire ants).  I 'do' mind if that same friend is wearing a 
> gun, asking my id ,and recording my info. 
>
> I like local, non-centralized.  I trust texas, over 
> D.C., and tex. is far from perfect.  By the way, didn't 
> fire ants come in at biloxi or asomewhere? .....bobf
>
>
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>
> --- On Wed, 10/29/08, eureka AT hctc.net <eureka AT hctc.net> 
> wrote:
>
> > From: eureka AT hctc.net <eureka AT hctc.net>
> > Subject: Re: [Homestead] NAIS, APHIS Over 50% Preemises 
> > registerd in 13 states & Customss / APHIS
> > To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2008, 1:36 PM
> > God knows I wish someone had turned away that shipment 
> > of 
> > fire ants. :-/
> >
> > I've been involved in a bit of my own homeland security
> >
> > this morning, namely cleaning the stove and its 
> > netherlands.
> >
> > --S
> >
> > On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:52:50 -0400
> >   EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote:
> >
> > > Top of the 'noon to ya, Sage.
> > > I'm sure there are 'legitimate' 'for
> > your safety' 
> > >reasons. We have to 
> > > make sure no fungal infections come into the country, 
> > >and god forbid 
> > > that non-GMO corn/wheat/rice come in. :P
> > > 
> > > B
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