America is a big place. Every so often, the Government goes a tad silly and makes the most stupid rules. However, here is a story which is truely spectacular in its stupidity, even for the American Government!
[link]If you are American and resent being made to look like you live in a class A lunatic assylum, email your local congress-person about this one. I know you guys are trained to expect bugger all from your public services but in every other country in the world, the Government understands the "service" part of that phrase.
Mind you, if you are an Ozzie or Kiwi and wondering why our soldiers are dying to support the very morons who treat us like second class citizens, perhaps you should email the Commonwealth Department of Foreign Affairs to voice your protest:
[link] God Bless America - for their Government has an amazing ability to make sure nobody else will.
Love Duckie.
I also don't think we know anywhere near enough about the situation in that blog (that you linked to) to determine how stupid the law is or how "Obama" is "treating his friends". (Realistically Obama probably had nothing to do with it). I have friends whose parents are Christians who were living in Qatar for 14 years. About three weeks ago they were given 4 days notice to get out of the country permanently and were given no reason for it - although it was pretty obvious as many other Christians were being kicked out of the country at the same time.
Maybe it's some silly little random technicality that has resulted in the US kicking this bloke out, or maybe it's something that's happened that he didn't realise, or whatever. I am all for paying out the US when they deserve it but I just don't think there's enough info here.
I do wish them luck BUT they are dealing with one of the biggest bureaucracies in the world.