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Exercising my right to move to Norway (Boston Globe Columnist Leaves the USA Under Trump)
Boston Globe ^ | 01/22/2018 | Alex Beam

Posted on 01/22/2018 1:57:43 PM PST by SeekAndFind

UNLIKE YOU, I have options.

A number of years ago I married an intelligent, blonde woman who spoke many languages, including one that sounded like the soundtrack from “Thor: Ragnarok.” It was gobbledygook to me, but she turned out to be Norwegian — imagine my luck!

That’s right. Not only do we have the right to resettle in Donald Trump’s favorite white-bread country — Norway makes New Hampshire look like the Model UN — but Norway is also anxious to have us. We have been perusing a website called “New Beginnings in Ringerike,” which bills itself as a “recovery” program for Norwegian-Americans traumatized by the presidential election:

“In light of the results of the US presidential election, the Ringerike Recovery Program has been developed by the regional development company of Ringerike, Norway. We are offering acute aid to descendants of emigrated Norwegians, and other Americans, considering a new start abroad.”

Where the heck is Ringerike, you ask? As indicated, it’s in Norway, a bit north (ugh) of Oslo, and to the left (west.) On Google Maps, it looks like an enchanted land of lapis lakes and forested mountains, which is how I will choose to think of it.

Ringerike has a lot to offer,” the website explains, in near-perfect English. Did I mention that all Norwegians speak perfect English, and Swedish, and German? The fact is, Norwegians in particular and Europeans in general (don’t get me started on the Dutch) can be pretty annoying profiling their peacocky polyglottalia. Which may or may not be a word; my English is a work in progress.

Where was I? “Ringerike has a lot to offer: free health care and schools, reasonable [sic] priced housing, wide cultural scene, high tolerance for religious beliefs and sexual orientation, stunning nature, clean air and fresh water

(Excerpt) Read more at bostonglobe.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: alexbeam; boston; emigration; europeanunion; goodriddance; massachusetts; norway; ringerike
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1 posted on 01/22/2018 1:57:43 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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>> UNLIKE YOU, I’m a delusional, hateful human.


2 posted on 01/22/2018 1:59:29 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Let me be the first!

BYE!!!!

Don’t let the door hit you in the behind on the way out!


3 posted on 01/22/2018 2:00:05 PM PST by NorthernTraveler
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To: SeekAndFind

One less beta whiner .. what’s not to like ?


4 posted on 01/22/2018 2:01:10 PM PST by tomkat (pro aris et focis)
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To: SeekAndFind

See Ya! I hope you choke on a piece of Lefse, you Commie poser.


5 posted on 01/22/2018 2:01:31 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Bye, Felicia.


6 posted on 01/22/2018 2:02:27 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: SeekAndFind

Good riddance.


7 posted on 01/22/2018 2:02:51 PM PST by mulligan (The)
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To: SeekAndFind

So long, Alex.

Write if you find work.


8 posted on 01/22/2018 2:03:34 PM PST by Arm_Bears (Hey, Rocky--Watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Nobody who plays the game is safe. I wonder if he played the game.


9 posted on 01/22/2018 2:04:20 PM PST by MNDude (Q)
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RE: Write if you find work.

I think his point is he does not want to work if he does not feel like it (Yet, he expects to be fed, housed and clothed ).


10 posted on 01/22/2018 2:04:39 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Good riddance! I married a beautiful Norwegian woman who speaks English, loves it here and votes Republican!


11 posted on 01/22/2018 2:05:08 PM PST by KevinB (When you drink the water, remember the men or women who dug the well.)
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To: NorthernTraveler

Hey, Alex...ain’t nobody here stopping ya.
In fact we’ll help you pack and carry you
to the airport!


12 posted on 01/22/2018 2:05:23 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: SeekAndFind

One down.

159 million to go.


13 posted on 01/22/2018 2:05:24 PM PST by Da Coyote
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To: SeekAndFind

“high tolerance for religious beliefs”...uhh, yeah. Norwegians, once the greatest warriors on the planet, have become the biggest Quisling wusses in the world. (I think I can say that with impunity as half my DNA is Norwegian.)


14 posted on 01/22/2018 2:05:47 PM PST by DeFault User
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To: SeekAndFind

“Ha det, Mr. Beam, Ikke la døren slå deg i rumpa!”

(”Good-by, Mr, Beam, Don’t let the door hit you in the ass!”)


15 posted on 01/22/2018 2:06:00 PM PST by ManHunter (You can run, but you'll only die tired... Army snipers: Reach out and touch someone)
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To: NorthernTraveler
I used to read Beam, at least when he was on the Business beat. Then he moved to "life styles" or whatever.

He didn't come across as a moon bat at the time, let alone one willing to move from an improving US to the disintegrating EU with its deteriorating quality of life, such that it is.

16 posted on 01/22/2018 2:06:21 PM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: SeekAndFind
Try bringing some people of color with no job, no education, and no financial support with you. Think Norway will let them in?

Don't think so.

17 posted on 01/22/2018 2:07:58 PM PST by Repealthe17thAmendment
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Have a pleasent trip Alex... Don't forget to file your tax returns ....
18 posted on 01/22/2018 2:08:45 PM PST by ExSES (the "bottom-line")
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To: SeekAndFind
LOL...you get the impression that somehow, this d-bag seems to think that people are going to feel diminished or bad that he is leaving.

I wonder if he even considers there are millions who read this and say to someone:

"Hey! This D-Bag wants to go live in Norway because he is so traumatized living under a President Trump! AHHH HAAA HAAA HAAA! How can we get more of them to leave???"

This is why liberals are such pussies. Conservatives don't lose their minds under adverse conditions they way they do.

19 posted on 01/22/2018 2:09:11 PM PST by rlmorel (Leftists: American Liberty is the egg that requires breaking to make their Utopian omelette.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Hypocrite racist liberal should have moved to Haiti.

Now your just part of the problem.


20 posted on 01/22/2018 2:09:18 PM PST by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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