Unhappy with U.S., some think Canada offers better future

Houston Chronicle ^ | July 26, 2003 | AP

[Mygirlsmom]

the 2001 figures were 5,894 Americans moving north, 30,203 Canadians moving south.

Sounds like a lot more Canadians with the "been there-done that" attitude.

Actually, my brother in law moved to Canada and gave up his U.S. citizenship over 20 years ago. I love him dearly, but I have to laugh at his socialist mindset. He's a professor of ethics who right now is working on some sort of health care pronouncement and was trying to explain to us that people who are in the lower socioeconomic levels automatically have poorer health due to the stress of their situations, and that once people whose lives are better understand how unfair this is and how lucky they are to be healthier, that they really shouldn't mind paying extra to help these people become better off. OOOOOKayeeeeeee..... I'm also amused by his declarations of what's wrong with the U.S., as he usually starts out with "well, I read in your newspaper that XXXX is a problem." As "educated" as he is, there's no way we can explain to him that that's precisely what the paper wants a person to think - them that doesn't know any better anyway.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Now see, you're just one of those mean-spirited, conservative, knuckle-dragging, gun toting, bible preaching, right-wing extremists she's running away from.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

If the article title reflect the content,......

They so seldom do.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Well..... I see your point!

[nopardons]

:-)

[L.N. Smithee]

"For me, it's a no-brainer," said Mollie Ingebrand, a puppeteer from Minneapolis who plans to go to Vancouver with her lawyer husband and 2-year-old son.

Couldn't have said it better myself. Take off, eh!

[noutopia]

If they called me,I would have helped them pack.

[L.N. Smithee]

New York executive Daniel Hanley, 31, was arranging a move for himself and his partner, Tony, long before the Canadian announcement about same-sex marriage. But the timing delights him; he and Tony now hope to marry in front of their families after they emigrate to British Columbia. "Canada has an opportunity to define itself as a leader," Hanley said. "In some ways, it's now closer to American ideals than America is."

Except for that freedom-of-speech stuff that Americans always talk about. As much as you hear endless blather about "censorship" in the USA, they actually have government censorship in Canada.

Mr. Hanley and his wife-with-a-penis are probably OK with this because the Canada censors think that race and "orientation" are equal, and punish anyone who says otherwise on Canadian TV or radio. That's why Dr. Laura was essentially banned in Canada for saying that homosexual practices are "deviant," and why Howard Stern was censured for making jokes about French men.

[Always Right]

ROTFL

[Cincinatus' Wife]

...why Howard Stern was censured for making jokes about French men.

John Kerry looks French.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

I'd have given them gas money.

[Cdnexpat]

"the 2001 figures were 5,894 Americans moving north, 30,203 Canadians moving south.

If the article title reflect the content, it should have said:

Neo conservative America is attracting five times as many people from Canada then Americans to the super liberal Canada."

It is actually worse than that, or better from your prospective, we are recieving puppeteers and lawyers and you are getting Doctors, Nurses and people with Phds in things like Chemistry and Computer Science.

[fightinJAG]

I can't wait to see what these folks think of the Canadian utopia after being there a few years.

Anyway . . . BUH-BYE! Don't let the door hit you on the butt on your way out.

[MayDay72]

"For me, it's a no-brainer," said Mollie Ingebrand, a puppeteer from Minneapolis who plans to go to Vancouver with her lawyer husband and 2-year-old son.

...Yah...Funny...You guys are all laughing now...Maybe we don't need the puppeteers and lawyers today...But tomorrow it could be insurance brokers and mimes...What would you do without them...Not so funny now...Huh...

[jocon307]

Hey, this story is from last week, with the puppeteer (like that's a REAL job) and everything. IS this just another summer re-run : )

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Maybe some of our Progressive congresscritters will migrate north.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Maybe the Chronicle had to do a little digging to come up with a U.S. bashing story.

[MayDay72]

"Maybe some of our Progressive congresscritters will migrate north." -Cincinatus' Wife

...Hmmm...Unlikely... :-( ...But we can always hope... ;-) ...

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Maybe those who keep fleeing or threatening to flee the people's house in Austin, TX can find more agreeable politics north of the border.

[I_dmc]

hmm, an idea. Grassroots organization to provide funds for liberals to leave the US?