A friend was in Oregon surfing,and he stopped at a souvenir shop.

[Swede]

He said it was full of anti bush bumper stickers,pins, cups and other knickknacks. "I was tempted to buy some stuff,but I don't know if they would have let me get back into Canada."

[MadMaddie]

1. Did he get the name of the store....call them and order it....

[Swede]

2. I'll ask him tommorow.

Good idea.

[Cha]

3. Why wouldn't they let

him back into Canada? Oregon is very progressive and from what I hear from my friend in Eugene..there are so many activists!

[Swede]

6. Why take chances?

I think that was his thoughts. He said the wind surfing at the Gorge was fantastic. You know what surfers smoke when there is no wind.

[Cha]

14. Aha! I get it now..

I thought it was because of anti bush stuff but, NO!

[renate]

9. Eugene and "the People's Republic of Portland" are exceptions

In the last few elections, it's been rural Oregon vs. Portland, Eugene, and a few outposts.

I'm in the suburbs of Portland and even here, this close to the city, there are a ton of Bushbots. Or there were, anyway... they're all pretty embarrassed now. I can go weeks without seeing a Bush bumper sticker.

At the library I do see plenty of liberal bumper stickers. Funny how literacy and liberalism go together.

[Cha]

15. Sorry, you're right..I guess I

don't know that much about other parts of Oregon besides Eugene where my friend who just moved out there from New York lives..and Portland where my daughter and her family reside.

I hope to all that's High that they are EmbarrASSed now! They should be!

[Sydnie]

4. He should have bought it and mailed it to himself!

No border guards that way.

[uppityperson]

5. Seems like Canadian border guards would have no problem.

[rodeodance]

7. yeah Oregon!

[niallmac]

8. Waiiiiiit a minute. I second the "Why would there be a problem

taking anti Bush crap into Canada?" question.
Is it illegal to have an opinion now?

[roguevalley]

10. Oregon, Heaven on earth.

[niallmac]

13. Great Trout fishing too! n/t

[Lisa]

11. a Canadian T-shirt shop I know ...

Says that they have had problems with a few US customers who were trying to take anti-Bush T-shirts and coffee mugs back into the States, as souvenirs -- apparently some of the US customs people have made snarky comments (and in a couple of cases, confiscated the merchandise).

As a Canadian, I haven't heard reports from my friends, of being given a hard time for having anti-Bush stuff in their luggage. I've also seen plenty of US vehicles up here, with anti-Bush bumper stickers, so our guards seem to have let them through! (I always give the folks with those stickers a smile and a wave!)

I'm hoping to get some of those "Bush speech fridge magnets" at the pier in Seattle, next time I'm over there.

[proud2BlibKansan]

12. The best anti-Bush stuff I ever found was at a store across the street

from Harvard, his alma mater! Still makes me smile.