And Bring a Change of Clothing

Fareed Zakaria made a very illuminating point the other night. He said that, if we eased up a little on letting people into this country (after 9/11, it was made exceedingly difficult) to visit/vacation, the tourism industry would absolutely start to skyrocket. Right now he says that France (roughly 1/6th the size of the U.S.) is the number one tourist destination in the world (a position that Mr. Zakaria sees as rightfully ours - this because of our history, scenic beauty, diversity, etc.)..................................................................................................Yes, folks, 9/11 was a terrible event. And, yes, we absolutely should do everything possible to prevent it from happening again. But we shouldn't, because of that, tell the rest of the world that, just because one in every ten or twenty million of you is a terrorist, we're going to be inhospitable to the whole frigging lot of you. In the words of the first President George Bush (or at least the Dana Carvey imitation of him), "It wouldn't be prudent."