Canadians urge disaffected Left to elect a move north

[Torog]

Canadians urge disaffected left to elect a move north
Boston Globe ^| 11/15/04 | Gene Johnson, AP

SEATTLE -- Got the blue-state blues? Rudi Kischer feels your pain.

The immigration lawyer in Vancouver, British Columbia, plans seminars in three US cities -- Seattle, San Francisco, and Los Angeles -- to tell Americans frustrated with President Bush's reelection that the grass is greener north of the border. And that is not an allusion to Canada's more-lenient marijuana laws.

"We started last year getting a lot of calls from Americans dissatisfied with the way the country is going," Kischer said. "Then after the election, it's been crazy up here. The Canadian immigration website had 115,000 hits the day after the election, from the US alone. We usually only get 20,000 hits."

[snip] Canada suddenly has utopian appeal for many left-leaning Americans. Its universal health care, gay rights, abortion rights, gun-control laws, drug laws, opposition to the Iraq war, ban on capital punishment, and ethnic diversity mirror many values of the American left. Immigrants, including an estimated 1 million Americans, make up nearly 20 percent of Canada's population. The United Nations named Toronto the world's most multicultural city.

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Torog Reviewed by Torog on 11-15-2004. Canadians urge disaffected Left to elect a move north Canadians urge disaffected left to elect a move north Boston Globe ^ | 11/15/04 | Gene Johnson, AP SEATTLE -- Got the blue-state blues? Rudi Kischer feels your pain. The immigration lawyer in Vancouver, British Columbia, plans seminars in three US cities -- Seattle, San Francisco, and Los Angeles -- to tell Americans frustrated with President Bush's reelection that the grass is greener north of the border. And that is not an allusion to Canada's more-lenient marijuana laws. "We Rating: 5

[rufusthestuntbum]

People from texas are not welcome, so dont come. Cowboy hats are only worn by the gay community in vancouver or toronto

[F L E S H]

I don't know... You see quite a few cowboys in Alberta and Saskatchewan too...

[Torog]

People from texas are not welcome, so dont come. Cowboy hats are only worn by the gay community in vancouver or toronto

I don't even own a cowboy hat..it's too cold in Canada,and I would never leave my beloved Texas-to live around a bunch of daggum socialists-anyhow.

With my long hair and bushy beard,the RCMP would think I was a grower-until the first time I spoke with my Texas drawl..you can keep Canada.

[F L E S H]

With my long hair and bushy beard,the RCMP would think I was a grower-until the first time I spoke with my Texas drawl..you can keep Canada.

You see, in Canada, we don't judge people by how they look, buddy. Believe me, I've seen a lot of long hair and bushy beards in Montreal, and nobody harasses them. IF you move to a Canadian city, especially Montreal/Toronto/Vancouver, you will learn the true meaning of cultural diversity, and you will be flabergasted at how no one pays any mind anymore to the ethnicity of other people.

I, for example, am Italian, I have a Chinese girlfriend, her bestfriends are cambodian and Laotian, and their boyfriends are Lebanese and Filipino, my best friend is Vietnamese (oh right, americans don't like vietnamese cause they're ALL communists...) and his girlfriend is French-Canadian..... It goes on and on, and nobody really cares, cause we look at the person's personality.

Besides, Santa Claus has long hair and a bushy beard, and the RCMP doesn't go after him...

[ineedskillz]

Ya Torog you got it all wrong about Canada..

I would like your opinion on why the U.S is such a great place to live..
When the rest of the world can't stand Americans..
And when I travel abroad I have to let people know Im a Canadian..
Cuz it's funny how shitty you get treated when people think your American.

[rufusthestuntbum]

I don't even own a cowboy hat..it's too cold in Canada,and I would never leave my beloved Texas-to live around a bunch of daggum socialists-anyhow.

With my long hair and bushy beard,the RCMP would think I was a grower-until the first time I spoke with my Texas drawl..you can keep Canada.

Daggum- not a word. Speak english hick. I hate texans, you are the most ignorant and stupid people on earth. And you are proud to be stupid, its like a badge of honour, being stupid.
Dont try to use this fake ass daggum shit on me you white trash fuck. And stop talking shit about muslims or i will turn your Jewish american princess GF into a lampshade or a bar of soap.
No go watch high school football

[Libertarian Toker]

Dang, that rufusthestuntbum feller sure does seem to hate a lot. I gotta think someone like that would be no fun to party with at all. I reckon I'd rather party with a long haired country boy from Texas over that dude any day.

Toker

[00Ampersand]

My offer is still good if anyone wants to stay in my apartment here in New Brunswick until Bush steps-down....IF he steps-down :S
~007~

[00Ampersand]

Thanks Torog, I'm glad you think Canadians are socialistic. I take that as a compliment
(why do people think that socialists=communists? Just because communists show socialistic stances rather than capitalistic ones, that doesn't mean all socialists are communists hehe)
~007~