I miss Reagan Posted January 20, 2005 Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 One Bush supporter said Bush-haters' threats are comparable to a childish temper tantrum."It is almost childish, an overreaction," said Mary Ann Jackson, 57, a small-business owner from Florida, who noted that after the 2000 election, when hanging chads took center stage in the fight for the White House, the mood in Florida was one of open hostility. "It was crazy. I was glued to the screen, up all night waiting to see what would happen. It was a bitter mood in Florida," she said. "Hopefully, after the inauguration things will settle down and people will remember what they have here and remember why they live in America in the first place," Jackson added. Others say disgruntled Democrats should stop talking and start walking. "Don't let the door hit you on the way out," said syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin. Malkin said nobody is forced to live in America. Rather than complain and talk about leaving, "go for it," she said. "It goes back to the old saying, 'Love it or leave it.' Clearly, they don't love it." American Influx?I was amazed at what a big story this was up here. The press latched on to a few sour grapes democrats and hollywood loonies threatening to leave the land of the free for greener Canadian pastures. Peter Mansbridge almost seemed to glow as he proudly reported this story numerous times. I think Canadians loved this because somehow it massaged our delicate Canadian egos kinda like we love to brag when they film a US movie up here or we love to talk about the newest TV star who is "Canadian you know". Or maybe we just loved to think that this was finally the approval we so desperately need from the Americans that Canada is better. But in the end I guess Canada didn't look so good after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Dog Posted January 20, 2005 Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 What happened to the influx of Sore Losers? But due to the lengthy application process, Canadian embassy officials said they won't know until April if a substantial number of Americans put their passports where their mouths were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I miss Reagan Posted January 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 Based on the sampling of hollywood liberals who promised to leave in both 2000 and 2004 but still remain, I think the odds are pretty good that there won't be a big line up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trial-and-Error Posted January 21, 2005 Report Share Posted January 21, 2005 And that's a good thing. I mean I didn't return to Canada to face a whole influx of Americans. May the border between the two countries ever remain. It's not that I don't love Americans but I love them even more when they remain stateside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shakeyhands Posted January 21, 2005 Report Share Posted January 21, 2005 when are you moving down there IMR? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I miss Reagan Posted January 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2005 I'd like to see the radical left move up here. Then they'd be sequestered. Stuck in a country that no one pays attention to. No big US stage to rant upon. Just disappear into obscurity and make the US a stronger conservative fortress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Dog Posted January 21, 2005 Report Share Posted January 21, 2005 I'd like to see the radical left move up here. Then they'd be sequestered. Stuck in a country that no one pays attention to. No big US stage to rant upon. Just disappear into obscurity and make the US a stronger conservative fortress Conservative fortress, fascist state. Tom-ay-to, Tom-ah-to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losiguy Posted January 26, 2005 Report Share Posted January 26, 2005 beans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WageSlave Posted January 29, 2005 Report Share Posted January 29, 2005 I wish Kerry had one, not because his policies we're much better. I hoped for his win, because when they invaded Iran it would really open the eyes of liberal Americans, that voting for a democrat does not make it democracy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I miss Reagan Posted February 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2005 Perhaps I will be proven wrong. "The number of U.S. citizens who are actually submitting Canadian immigration papers and making concrete plans is about three or four times higher than normal," said Linda Mark, an immigration lawyer in Vancouver. articleStill those who are so sour that they feel they have to leave will find little escape from Dubya in Canada, since so much of our news is about the US. Those who do take the plunge could be turned off by the high taxes. But a more likely scenerio would be that they'll enjoy the entitlements. Like a good buddy said to me "you probably shouldn't talk with your travelling friends about your political ideology. Travelers usually don't work, and people who don't work are usually liberal." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
August1991 Posted February 7, 2005 Report Share Posted February 7, 2005 "We're still not talking about a huge movement of people," said David Cohen, an immigration lawyer in Montreal. "In 2003, the last year where full statistics are available, there were something like 6,000 U.S. citizens who received permanent resident status in Canada. So even if we do go up threefold this year, we're only talking about 18,000 people."From the article above.Three times nothing is nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montgomery Burns Posted February 13, 2005 Report Share Posted February 13, 2005 Oh great. Just what Canada needs - an influx of loony leftists. More NDPers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I miss Reagan Posted February 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2005 Funny article regarding what fleeing American liberals may find different in Canuckistan: Except for murder, a rate of violent crime as disgraceful as that of the United States.Many U.S. newspapers salute Canada for its low crime rate. But according to the International Crime Victimization Survey, the rate of certain “contact” crimes (robbery, sexual assault, and assault with force) is over 1.5 times higher in Canada than in the United States. A national infatuation with censorship. Canadians tend to be a benign people who value niceness. So they have a strong tendency to suppress speech that they see as lacking in niceness. Un-nice books and videos are seized at the border or banned from libraries. Any material cited for “undue exploitation of sex” or for being “degrading or dehumanizing” can be banned. What Will Alec Baldwin Find in Canada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montgomery Burns Posted February 21, 2005 Report Share Posted February 21, 2005 Re: A national infatuation with censorship. What about that guy in Quebec that got fined $1000 for whispering to another guy that a third guy was a "fifi" (french slang for homosexual)? It was called 'hate speech' and even though the guy WHISPERED it, so the gay guy wouldn't hear it (the guy he whispered it to told the gay guy what was said). Frightening suppression of Freedom of Speech. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest eureka Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 Do you really want to get into comparative Freedoms, particularly of speech? Do you know that that particular "Freedom" in the US became partially effective against the government of the individual states only in 1927. That was the first case that, through the SCC, made the states subject ti the amendment: "Gitlow v. New York. It was not for many years after that that the Freedom became entrenched and today, there are many hundreds of cases at the state level awaiting trial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ft.niagara Posted February 28, 2005 Report Share Posted February 28, 2005 Re: A national infatuation with censorship.What about that guy in Quebec that got fined $1000 for whispering to another guy that a third guy was a "fifi" (french slang for homosexual)? It was called 'hate speech' and even though the guy WHISPERED it, so the gay guy wouldn't hear it (the guy he whispered it to told the gay guy what was said). Frightening suppression of Freedom of Speech. I have two toy french poodles, one is Harry and the other Daisey. Both have been neutered. Now I know what to call Harry when he is bad: 'fifi'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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