US and them

It's been a US-centred week, really, with the debate, then the post-debate commentary (basically people saying what a dick Bush is), and now it's been announced that all Kiwis have to get biometric passports, that is, a passport with a microchip in it, if they want to travel to the US. Yes, because you know what a terror threat us NZers can be. It's all that number 8 fencing wire and sheep wool, that we combine to create a MacGyver-like nuclear weapon. And clearly the photographing and finger-printing isn't enough. Well, fuck that, I wasn't going to the US anyway.
Am heading to France for a long weekend tomorrow. An opportunity to revive my long-dormant School French. A bientot.