“While the rest of us are lining up for visas, being groped by security guards, having our fingerprints taken and our eyeballs photographed (not to mention having our phone numbers, credit card numbers and meal preferences sent ahead to Homeland Security if we're crossing the Atlantic), US citizens are still swanning around the world without even a passport,” writes Trinidad blogger Jeremy Taylor. “Can anyone explain to me why getting a passport to travel with is such a big deal for Americans?”