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Some in U.S. voting with their feet (Barf Alert)
International Herald Tribune ^ | 7 Feb 2005 | Rick Lyman

Posted on 02/06/2005 3:40:20 PM PST by Cornpone

VANCOUVER, British Columbia Christopher Key knows exactly what he would be giving up if he left Bellingham, Washington. . "It's the sort of place Norman Rockwell would paint, where everyone watches out for everyone else and we have block parties every year," said Key, a 56-year-old Vietnam War veteran and former magazine editor who lists Francis Scott Key, who wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner," among his ancestors. . But leave it he intends to do, and as soon as he can. His house is on the market, and he is busily seeking work across the border in Canada. For him, the re-election of George W. Bush was the last straw.

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


TOPICS: Canada; Culture/Society; Editorial; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: america; bubbye; byelosers; canada; goodgetout; kerrydefeat; leaving; screendoorbutt; seeya
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To: Cornpone

bump


61 posted on 02/06/2005 6:10:09 PM PST by foreverfree
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To: Cornpone

*waving* Bye, Bye *waving*


62 posted on 02/06/2005 6:18:10 PM PST by skinkinthegrass (Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you :^)
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To: Cornpone
Sometimes you just can't win. If I hadn't put in the barf alert someone else would have slammed me for not doing so. ;-)

We respect your wisdom.

63 posted on 02/06/2005 6:21:55 PM PST by skinkinthegrass (Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you :^)
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To: Cornpone

na na na na...na na na na...hey hey hey Goodbye!


64 posted on 02/06/2005 6:22:47 PM PST by Dan from Michigan (Republican Party Reptile)
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To: Cornpone

Our condolences to Canada.


65 posted on 02/06/2005 6:27:36 PM PST by F.J. Mitchell (Publicized exit strategies, benefit no one except the enemy and traitors.)
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To: agincourt1415
the Kenneth Branagh version of Henry V

Got it!

Non nobis Domine, Domine,
Non nobis Domine,
Sed Nomine, sed Nomine
Tuo da gloriam!

Not the worst earworm I could catch...

66 posted on 02/06/2005 6:35:59 PM PST by ExGeeEye (I'm dreaming of a Green Springtime...)
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To: moonpie57
My 7th (if I remember correctly) great grandmother was Mary Key and is supposed to be my link to Francis Scott Key. Please don't tell me this guy is a relative. Oh well...I guess every family has got a few.

No sweat, I know in my case, when I shake the family tree, I shake out a fair share of nuts. B-) I know some of my ancestry is Russian, I've heard stories where the few that stayed behind became Bolsheviks so I believe everybody has a few loonies in their family tree.

About these people going to Canada, good riddance, although there are many conservatives up there that would not like them either so I think they should go further like Cuba, France or North Korea.
67 posted on 02/06/2005 6:37:54 PM PST by Nowhere Man (We have enough youth, how about a Fountain of Smart?)
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To: F.J. Mitchell

"But leave it he intends to do"

Ya know, it's been three godda*m months in a still booming housing market! Enough already with this "oh, when I find a job or when I sell my home... blah blah blah" bullsh*t.

Stop doing little news papers interviews, get off your ass, find work up in beautiful north of the border and GET THE FU*K OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stop talking and start walking, please we are begging you!


68 posted on 02/06/2005 6:41:45 PM PST by Hand em their arse
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To: F.J. Mitchell

Not you F. J., sorry if you thought I intended that to you... :)


69 posted on 02/06/2005 6:42:57 PM PST by Hand em their arse
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To: F.J. Mitchell

I'm sorry, but I have NO sympathy for big babies like this.

I survived EIGHT YEARS of Bill Clinton.
I survived the smug gloating of the Democrats when graft was uncovered.
I survived the lies of the Clinton spin machine.
For 8 long years I was disgusted at my gov't. But I survived-AND I stayed.

But these big whiney babies leave after a couple of bad elections. These loosers are perfect proof that the Rats have no moral core, no backbone.

I hope the liberal left loose their core to Canada. Its not like they ever had any love for their native land.
Leaving like this justifies my distrust for liberals.

Go ahead. Leave. But please don't make a production out of it. I so hate drama queens.


70 posted on 02/06/2005 6:43:27 PM PST by Cyclops08
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To: Cornpone

Don't come back.


71 posted on 02/06/2005 6:46:53 PM PST by dr_who_2
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To: Hand em their arse

LOL! I knew who you was aiming that at. I was a little worried there that you might be ordering me to get a job though, just about the time I have been retired longe enough to really enjoy being a lazy bum.


72 posted on 02/06/2005 7:03:51 PM PST by F.J. Mitchell (Publicized exit strategies, benefit no one except the enemy and traitors.)
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To: Cyclops08

A big BUMP of agreement!


73 posted on 02/06/2005 7:08:45 PM PST by F.J. Mitchell (Publicized exit strategies, benefit no one except the enemy and traitors.)
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To: wagglebee
Typical whining liberal maggot.

To be fair, a large number of conservatives I know said they were moving out when Clinton was elected, but I knew it was drama, not serious - and it's the same for the libs who have been snivelling since the election.

Whining, crybaby sissies like this? Let 'em go, get them out of our gene pool, they're polluted, their wiring is bad.

"fed up with a country they see drifting persistently to the right and abandoning the principles of tolerance, compassion and peaceful idealism they felt once defined the nation."

All directly thanks to the liberal maggots like the one in this story. There is NO tolerance in liberals anymore, just mean, spiteful, childish people who slouch around giving people the finger and demanding things. Compassion? Only if it serves their interest.

Peaceful idealism? What an excellent example of liberal gobbeldygook politspeak - it's a new one, the author either coined it, or it's making it's way through the ranks.

Ironic, liberals talking about peace, when they're the ones pissed off all the time about something - and the first ones to take to the street whenever their fragile little fantasy worlds are intruded upon.

74 posted on 02/06/2005 7:23:32 PM PST by ByDesign
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To: beelzepug
"...more are pursuing a move above the 49th parallel, fed up with a country they see drifting persistently to the right and abandoning the principles of tolerance, compassion and peaceful idealism they felt once defined the nation."

I laughed at that line of the article too. That crap ("tolerance, compassion and peaceful idealism") never defined this great nation the way that they would like it to have. Theirs is an orgy of "if it feels good...do it" expression, "can't we all just get along" whimpering, and "turn-the-other-cheek" weakness, that I, for one, want no part of. Hasta la vista baby!
75 posted on 02/06/2005 7:31:52 PM PST by IAMNO1
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To: Cornpone

Bye!! Don't let the door hit you in the butt on your way out!


76 posted on 02/06/2005 7:35:27 PM PST by greccogirl ("Freedom belongs to those who are willing to sacrifice the most for it")
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To: Cornpone

I'll believe it when they go and renounce their US citizenship---not before!

LEAVE ALREADY, YOU LIBERAL LOSERS!


77 posted on 02/06/2005 10:01:22 PM PST by fastattacksailor (Submariners do it deeper!)
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To: Fred Nerks

They may leave, but they always come back.


78 posted on 02/06/2005 10:37:42 PM PST by Happy2BMe ("Islam fears democracy worse than anything If the imams can't control it - they will kill it.)
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To: Cornpone
Note to Christopher Key:
Please take the rest of the Libs with you.
(P.S. And don't come back either.)
79 posted on 02/06/2005 10:42:23 PM PST by Fiddlstix (This Tagline for sale. (Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: Cornpone

Good riddance! I hope he takes plenty more scumbag Democrats with him.


80 posted on 02/06/2005 10:49:51 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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