America and Thailand have a special connection and I don't mean under age yum yum. I would say this post could only happen in America but no, its a tale of intelligent American outsourcing.
The new U.S. Passport which will have a clever wee radio-frequency i.d. computer chip in them so the border guards can wirelessly access the info will be made abroad.
The Government Printing Office (GPO) that handles most of the U.S. government's printing needs sends the passport blanks to a company in the Netherlands that won the contract, they smoke some pot and insert the computer chips and then ship them off to Thailand where the radio-frequency i.d. antennas are added.
Don't all you Yanks feel so much safer? Producing these new passports costs the GPO $7.97, which it marks up to $15 to sell to the State Department. The State Department then marks them up to $100 to sell to you the people. Capitalism in action it does my heart good to see yer system working so well, you must be proud. For $100 I'd be wanting some free marijuana and a Thai gurly boy.
It reminds me of the story I did a while back when the 'Free Tibet' flags were being made in China.
What next America on line having help desks in India? oh wait they do. For all I know the help desk could be in Pakistan and some terrorist is able to access my porn sites.
For those with the new passports big brother is watching you and he doesn't have an American accent.
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