Posted on 11/03/2017 12:27:35 PM PDT by Twotone
Here is a news story that will make no sense whatsoever to anyone who is not Australian - and, indeed, shouldn't really make any sense even if you are Australian. From The Sunday Times of Perth:
Senator Parry has released a statement confirming he will step down as President of the Senate and resign his seat if British authorities say that he is a British citizen.
The senator is still awaiting confirmation from the authorities... "As a result of this I have had cause to examine my citizenship status in relation to my late father having being born in the United Kingdom," he said. "My father moved to Australia as a boy in 1951.
"He married my mother in 1960 and I was born that same year in Burnie.
"I have always regarded my late father as Australian, particularly as he undertook his national service and participated as a member of the Australian Army Reserve and voted in every Australian election since adulthood."
But not so. As my old comrade Andrew Bolt put it:
Britain on Wednesday confirmed he was one of theirs. "One of theirs." A deep sleeper. He's probably been working for them for decades, getting his instructions from a dead-drop in a tree-trunk round the back of the High Commission... He almost gave the game away once, saying "Blimey!" instead of "Crikey!", but fortunately he recovered and pretended to like "Neighbours".
(Excerpt) Read more at steynonline.com ...
Children of foreign nationals are NOT natural born citizens.
Barry Soetoro/Barack Hussein Obama was never eligible to be President.
Before reading it, I was going to say something about the spelling in the title...LOL!
I was certain this was about one of the few Nintendo SNES Classic Game consoles available where the winner would bring it home as a prize.
The proper word is “DUEL”, not “DUAL”.
It’s a pun. Dual, as in dual citizenship, not as in duel with weaponry.
Headline fail.
Obama excepted, of course
Der. Made me read it. I mean dur.
Duh.
Love Steyn.
bkm
With Stein, it’s best to start with the assumption that it’s wordplay. He knows how to spell.
And rumor has it that he has a pretty fair command of the Queen's English.
Speaking of spelling...it’s Steyn! ;-)
Awk! Must be wordplay.
“Alternatively, Kim Jong-un could simply pronounce all seven billion people on the planet North Korean Overseas Citizens, and there’d be no one on earth allowed to stand for election in Australia. Go for it, Rocketman!”
“Headline fail.”
On the contrary, it is perfect! One must read the article and have a feeling for an ironic turn of phrase.
Bush’s fault
Australian humor I guess.
If you can trace your family back three generations and ha e someone who is italian, you can claim itialian citizenship and get an Italian passport.
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