[Snowybear]

I agree with his sentiments but I’ll be damned if I’m going to move to a third world shiite hole where the chances are quite large that I could be kidnapped, my head chopped off or just robbed and killed. Much much greater than here in my nice little rural location.

[Iron Munro]

I agree with his sentiments but I’ll be damned if I’m going to move to a third world shiite hole where the chances are quite large that I could be kidnapped, my head chopped off or just robbed and killed. Much much greater than here in my nice little rural location.

To me the importance of this essay is in Fred's analysis of what happened to America, not how Fred dealt with it.

He is right on target when he says America as we knew it is gone - it left us.

Or more precisely, it was stolen away.

[cherry]

my big question for these wordy expats is this.....did you leave children behind?...grandchildren?...nieces?...nephews?...maybe even your parents?...

maybe not all but I assume that most of these expats have left their families......

that tells me all I need to know about them....they left their families....