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Yeah, but your not jaded by your hatred for the US.


"you're". And I am certainly jaded, by my hatred of U.S. policy, which has nothing at all to say about my hatred of my country.

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If you were, you would make a point of noticing every time they looked at you funny.


Hey, in fairness, the last time I came back from Sweden I arrived through Newark International. I have had a shorter line for passport control one other place (I was second in line; entering Sweden one of the like 5 or 6 times I have, I *was* the line), and clearing customs took only as long as it did to hand the guy the form and tell him I'd checked "food" because I was carrying a licorice back with me. I actually felt welcome that time, which is, well, rare for my re-entry experiences, even going back to June, 2000 and the previous administration and another political climate.