That’s it, Uncle Sam: The author renounces his US citizenship

The Spectator (U.K.) ^ | 08/12/06 | Boris Johnson

[LexBaird]

Boris is having a go at the - apparently moronic - American rules for passenger transit. He loves America.

The only apparently moronic thing here is Boris. And the only thing he "loved" about America was the potential escape hatch and bennies that came with a citizenship. The rules are hardly moronic in a time of heightened need to know that people entering the U.S. are who they say they are. If someone is on record as an American citizen named Bob Smith shows up trying to enter the U.S. on a foreign passport with a foreign accent, they deserve closer scrutiny.

[auto power]

good riddance...and DON'T COME BACK.

[SirJohnBarleycorn]

Anybody have a picture of this dung-sack?

Yup, here he is, he's the Brit on the left holding the sword, about to strike little Andy Jackson:

[RobbyS]

Who the heck is Boris Johnson? (Yeah, I know, a hack)

[Uncledave]

Waahhh...the opus of an a$$wipe.

[nmh]

Maybe more liberals would do this.

AH, too good to even think about. I can wish, though ... .

[Ancesthntr]

...and I tender my resignation from the United States, with sadness, but in the knowledge that she is probably big enough to rub along without me. Goodbye and God bless, America.

Don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way out.

[rintense]

Door meet ass.

[The Sons of Liberty]

Good riddance. "Don't let the screen door hit ya, where the GOOD LORD split ya"

[kcvl]

Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (born 19 June 1964 in New York City, USA), better known as Boris Johnson, is a British Conservative politician, journalist and historian. Known for his distinctivly eccentric public persona, he is Member of Parliament for Henley and is also Shadow Minister for Higher Education in David Cameron's shadow cabinet. He is occasionally referred to as 'Bo-Jo' in the UK tabloid press)

Upon graduating from Oxford he lasted a week as a management consultant ("Try as I might, I could not look at an overhead projection of a growth profit matrix, and stay conscious"), before becoming a trainee reporter for The Times. Within a year he was sacked for falsifying a quotation from his godfather, Colin Lucas, later vice-chancellor of Oxford University.

Johnson cultivates an image as an eccentric, self deprecating, straw-haired fop, disorganised and scatty (he once explained the lateness of his work by claiming that, "Dark forces dragged me away from the keyboard, swirling forces of irresistible intensity and power"). He has also succesfully got locked out of his own house in front of reporters (having just told them he would do what he could to save the marriage).


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Johnson

[Dionysius]

Ah, you can't fool me! That's Bloody Ban Tarleton. Crybaby Boris would be fleeing with Andy in hot pursuit.

[dragonblustar]

So long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Adieu.

[agere_contra]

And the only thing he "loved" about America was the potential escape hatch and bennies that came with a citizenship

Boris Johnson MP - in his articles in the Spectator - has been one of the more vociferous supporters of the Iraq War and of Britain's involvement in it. He is also one of the keenest proponents of individual liberty on either side of the Atlantic. And his body of work is chock full of admiration and love of America. His many, many articles for the Daily Telegraph are all searchable through the Internet.

He is not as staunch a Conservative as I would like - he's no Churchill, but he is a great friend to America. So what if he regularises his position as a Briton? He's never lived in - nor voted in - America. Nor has he ever asked America for handouts. He's not betraying America - he is sorting out a bizarre problem caused by jus sanguineris.

[KarlInOhio]

Renunciation of U.S. Citizenship

You can't do it via phone, mail or newspaper article. You have to go to a consulate or an embassy to do it. Here's a list of the ones in the UK.

U.S. Embassy
55/56 Upper Brook Street
LONDON, W1A 2LQ

U.S. Consulate General, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Danesfort House
223 Stranmillis Road
Belfast BT9 5GR

U.S. Consulate General Edinburgh, Scotland
3 Regent Terrace
Edinburgh EH7 5BW

And if you're in a real hurry and want to do it before your vacation is over here is a list of ones in Mexico:

Embassy of the United States of America
Paseo de la Reforma 305
Colonia Cuauhtemoc
06500 Mexico, D.F.

Av. Lopez Mateos 924 Nte.
Ciudad Juarez, Mexico

Progreso 175,
Col. Americana Guadalajara,
Jalisco C.P. 44100

Ave. Constitución 411 Pte. Monterrey,
Nuevo León. México 64000

Consulado Americano
Monterrey #141 entre las calles
Rosales y Galeana
Col. Esqueda, C.P. 83000
Hermosillo, Sonora, México

Calle Primera #2002, Col. Jardin,
Matamoros, Tamps, 87330.

Calle San José s/n
Fracc. Los Alamos
C.P. 84065 Nogales, Sonora

Ave. Tapachula # 96
Colonia Hipodromo
22420 Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico

Paradise Plaza
Paseo de los Cocoteros
Local #14, Int. #17
Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit 63732

[thinkthenpost]

Well as another poster stated, perhaps the 14th Amendment needs to be tweaked as far as citizenship at birth goes, or if the law can be clarified without a change to the Constitution even better.
I really don't understand why if a person can properly travel with a passport issued by another country they are REQUIRED to enter the US using their American passport, particularly if they can be identified as holding other passports as Mr. Boris here was so identified, can anyone offer a well thought out rationale? Please also consider hundreds of thousands cross our Southern, and I assume Northern borders weekly with nothing more than an oral declaration of American.

[wildbill]

As if anyone cares. Some people can get their junk published anywhere and some of us can't. I'm jealous.

[PeteB570]

And he'll sure want that green one back after Eurabia sinks under the muslim horde.

"Mommy, Mommy let me in."

[ClaireSolt]

My condolences to the British.

[ANGGAPO]

Don't let the gate slap you in the butt as you go.

[The Great RJ]

Don't let the door hit you in the butt on the way out and don't forget to pack your Dixie Chicks CDs. Could you also please take some people with you like Michael Moore and about 200 Hollywood lefties who promised to leave but didn't.