I have been regularly crossing the US/Canada border for business for 30+ years, on average 2-3 times a month. While there was always the potential for hassle from some jerk Custom Officer on either side of the Medicine Line, 99% of the time the questions and procedures made sense. However since 9/11 and particularly in the last 2 years it seems to me that border protection in the USA has become a "growth industry" which gets increasingly ridiculous and maybe more to protect the 10's of thousands of jobs and positions it created than the Republic from terrorists.

An example that hit home with me this week is a very nice young fellow who works for me was denied entry into the USA to go to a sales meeting (something which could threaten his career) because US customs computers found he had been found in possession of less than 1 gram of Pot, 15 years ago when he was 18 years and 27 days old. He plead guilty,was fined $115 dollars Canadian which he paid and has not had so much as a traffic ticket since.

This same week Charlie Sheen has done two shows in Toronto and somehow crossing the border both ways with no problems. Something smells rotten to me!