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No Parking Anytime: Expatriates look fondly on U.S. but aren't coming back
Seattle PI ^ | November 10, 2008 | KERY MURAKAMI

Posted on 11/10/2008 11:11:16 PM PST by steel_resolve

Of all the people who said during the past eight years that they'd had it with the United States, that they were leaving the country, these are the ones who really did move to Canada.

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"In Seattle, I was pretty far to the left," Kertes recalled. In Vancouver "a lot of times I'm the most conservative person in the room. I'll say something in a group and I'll be prepared for someone to say, 'You're so radical,' but (in Vancouver), it's not considered unusual. I sort of miss feeling special in that way."

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TOPICS: Canada; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: canada; expats; good; riddance
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If you're too far left for Seattle - whoah. That said, good riddance commie scum.
1 posted on 11/10/2008 11:11:16 PM PST by steel_resolve
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To: steel_resolve

Amen to that!


2 posted on 11/10/2008 11:15:48 PM PST by SoldiersSister (SoldiersSister)
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To: steel_resolve

I left Vancouver BC BECAUSE it’s was so far left of even the most retarded San Fran liberal. Vancouver right now: cold, depressing, will never see the sun for another 8 months, raining 24/7, a bum on every street corner, everyone unionized ergo prices so high no one but rich union leaders can live there..oh I forgot: a health dose of anti-Americanism. BDS full blown to proportions. No thanks: I have a more socialist overlord in B Hussein O to follow for the next 4 years.


3 posted on 11/10/2008 11:16:12 PM PST by max americana
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To: steel_resolve

If that isn’t the most telling statement of a person that believes it’s all about him. When are we as a country going to get of this mind numbing which has been crammed down our throats junk? If these people are that shallow, which we will see more of because people are giddy right now; they should move to another country.


4 posted on 11/10/2008 11:20:34 PM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote.)
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To: steel_resolve
It's easy to be a leftist nation when the country directly below yours would defend your shores with the lives of its soldiers and billions in military hardware.

Canada is like a nation of college protestors--very vocal about their leftism because their parents protect them from harsh realities.

5 posted on 11/10/2008 11:20:51 PM PST by Darkwolf377 (1-22-13)
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To: max americana

Everywhere Liberalism is, is failure.

Why Barack Hussein Obama?

Why?????

This guy is already stopping drilling, moving cash for stem cell research and closing GitMo to save terrorists’ lives.


6 posted on 11/10/2008 11:21:07 PM PST by wac3rd (Conservatives are not always Republicans...and vice-versa.)
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To: freekitty

It’s sad when people can’t think for themselves and they can’t see past their own noses.

Let’s buy them all a mirror they can permanently attach to themselves and wish them well somewhere else.


7 posted on 11/10/2008 11:22:24 PM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote.)
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To: Darkwolf377

Yep, living in Uncle Sam’s attic, as it were.


8 posted on 11/10/2008 11:25:17 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (Barack Obama: In Error and arrogant -- he's errogant!)
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To: steel_resolve
I'll say something in a group and I'll be prepared for someone to say, 'You're so radical,'

"Maybe we shouldn't have sex for the sole purpose of having abortions" -'You're so radical'
"Like, I know the globe is warming and all, but it's really kind of cold up here" -'You're so radical'
"If we raise taxes to 100% and then give some back, we're actually wasting resources on postage stamps, so we should probably just let people keep a small percentage of their pay." -'You're so radical'

9 posted on 11/10/2008 11:27:29 PM PST by douginthearmy (In the face of total electoral defeat, show some semblance of sanity.)
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To: steel_resolve
I'm an ex-pat who has been one the last few years because something sort of came up that fit my background. More of a conservative effort if one had to classify it.

Now I'm considering doing ex-pat stuff for another four years because I don't wish to be "ruled." I don't want to be ruled by anyone, but especially not someone who has about half my IQ and more ego than you can fit in a standard sized Texas county.

Then again, if things go down at home, I'd want to be there to help out.

We shall see...

10 posted on 11/10/2008 11:31:22 PM PST by Allegra
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To: Darkwolf377

Please don’t paint all Canadians with the same broad brush.


11 posted on 11/10/2008 11:33:29 PM PST by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: skr

What a canadian response—no country’s people are ALL the same when talking in obvious generalizations. ANyone reading my post knows I wasn’t talking about 100% of the Canadian population, so don’t go looking for offense.


12 posted on 11/10/2008 11:43:27 PM PST by Darkwolf377 (1-22-13)
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To: steel_resolve

and the weed is pretty good...


13 posted on 11/10/2008 11:56:18 PM PST by smokingfrog (<|- The .44 magnum = 1,500 fps |=|=| The 44 Obama = 186k $ps -|>)
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To: steel_resolve
"In Vancouver "a lot of times I'm the most conservative person in the room. I'll say something in a group and I'll be prepared for someone to say, 'You're so radical,' but (in Vancouver), it's not considered unusual. I sort of miss feeling special in that way."

That's because Vancouver is full of draft dodgers and other American Leftwing moonbats just like you, dummy. The result? Vancouver has a "carbon tax", The only province in Canada that does, and it's budget is always in deficit to pay for stupid socialist programs like free needles and shoot up places for addicts, free day care, and other idiocy, just like California. It's overloaded with enviro-kooks, who lobby to have multitudes of restrictions placed on all types of economic activity, resulting in a stagnant economy, Just like California.

Why bother to move? Oh I know, to gorge her/him/itself on something that this brain dead Moon bat never paid for, Canada's "free" crappy health care.

I'll be He/her/it lives on welfare as well. Like most leftwing moonbats, they think everyone else should pay to support them ecause the world/country somehow owes them something.

14 posted on 11/11/2008 12:05:16 AM PST by Nathan Zachary
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To: max americana

Vancouver is pretty much the carbon copy of SF, except for one thing, tons of Sikhs and Asians. The Anti-American attitude you speak of come largely from the ex- pats living there. The reason why they are like that is because they have to constantly convince themselves America is evil, because subconsciously they realize what a good thing they foolishly gave up.


15 posted on 11/11/2008 12:11:58 AM PST by Nathan Zachary
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To: steel_resolve

We should maybe remove our security umbrella from Canada and tell Russia and China they can have it. See if they still can afford to sit on their hands.


16 posted on 11/11/2008 12:14:14 AM PST by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (Give Them Liberty Or Give Them Death! - IT'S ISLAM, STUPID! - Islam Delenda Est! - Rumble thee forth)
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To: Darkwolf377

Alberta, Sask. and Manitoba are conservative. Alberta doesn’t even have a sales tax, no “state” tax at all. They even get a divided check just for living there, similar to Alaska. The Leftist/liberal places are Vancover and Ontario, the same demographic we see in the usa in large urban centers like NYC and SF/LA


17 posted on 11/11/2008 12:19:53 AM PST by Nathan Zachary
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To: steel_resolve

My family and I are seriously considering moving to Ireland. Low taxes, my ancestors came from there, and did I mention low taxes?

I’ve checked on Irish citizenship and if I invest the five years necessary, I can be an Irish citizen and a former American citizen. It’s a weighty decision and we are weighing all the options.

If it gets as bad under Hussein as I think it’s going to be, that may be the final weight towards Ireland.


18 posted on 11/11/2008 12:20:28 AM PST by MissouriConservative (Tact is for people too ignorant to use sarcasm.)
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To: Darkwolf377

dividend check


19 posted on 11/11/2008 12:20:43 AM PST by Nathan Zachary
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To: skr
Please don’t paint all Canadians with the same broad brush.

Canada was at war with Hitler two years before the US was!

20 posted on 11/11/2008 12:25:56 AM PST by Does so (Schumer, with IndyMac, precipitated bank failures BEFORE the 2008 election.)
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