Chizzang wrote:CID1990 wrote:
change jobs?
what is it you think i do?
other than suckle unnecessarily at the government teat
Yeah... ^ but besides that what else

I do the unnecessary work of a US Consul
you know- assisting Americans overseas
so I'm the guy who visits you in jail and protests your poor treatment when it is appropriate. Ill even bring you magazines
Ill notify your kin when you die over here and repatriate your remains
assist you in returning to the US when you are ill or destitute
produce and emergency passport for you
adjudicate the US citizenship of your kid who was born abroad
help you receive your Federal benefits overseas
assist you with absentee voting
I'm the guy who also constantly thinks about how to evacuate 50K Americans out of places like Nigeria and El Salvador and Vietnam if and when it goes to shit
so I liaise with the local government and DC and the military and commercial aviation and shipping
I investigate and stop fraud and false claims to citizenship and enforce the few immigration laws that actually do help to secure our borders
most Americans will never need me (because who needs to travel when you have cable TV) but those who have needed me have been pretty appreciative