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Mon Sep-15-08 07:17 PM
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SO, who is ready to move to Europe? |
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I am damn close to picking everything up and moving over there.
I am unsure I want to be here when the economy crashes for good. Watching it now is like watching a building collapse in slow motion while the crooks in office try to prop it up until they leave office.
if John McCain somehow wins the election, I am a goner.
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Mon Sep-15-08 07:18 PM
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I want to move to Italy or somewhere along the French coast along the Mediterranean.
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Mon Sep-15-08 07:21 PM
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5. Those places would be nice |
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Unless Canada wants to Annex Minnesota.
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Mon Sep-15-08 07:22 PM
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if you or I ever run for a major political office, we could say we have foreign policy experience because we live next to Canada. :rofl:
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Mon Sep-15-08 07:22 PM
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Mon Sep-15-08 07:23 PM
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I have BEEN to Canada...
:rofl: I am MORE experienced than Palin!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Tue Sep-16-08 04:10 AM
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69. I can see Canada from my window at work |
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I AM more experienced than Palin.
I've even been known to sample a Canadian beer or two. International culture, ain't it great!
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Mon Sep-15-08 11:47 PM
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61. Me too. I think about that all the time. |
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It's hard, though, when elderly parents are in the picture. *sigh*
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Mon Sep-15-08 07:18 PM
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I've already been checking things out with friends there in Germany and the UK.
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Mon Sep-15-08 07:20 PM
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I have family in Italy and Switzerland as well as friends in Germany. I think my entire family here is ready to go if we need to.
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Mon Sep-15-08 07:23 PM
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I'm 1/2 German, 1/2 Polish; Poland is too heavily entrenched in Bushco tactics, so Germany will be the roots I return to.
I got friends in the UK, friends and relatives in Germany, and friends in Canada - Toronto, Vancouver, and Alberta.
For now, keeping all options on the table until I have to make a decision.
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Mon Sep-15-08 07:28 PM
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18. Oddly..no one in this thread has yet to mention a country |
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I do have relatives in.....Israel.....I wonder why.....:D
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Mon Sep-15-08 07:31 PM
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20. because I dont know anyone in Isreal |
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however, I DO know people in Palestine...
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Mon Sep-15-08 07:32 PM
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There ya go, Jason....you and me talking it up with the disgruntled Palestinians on the Gaza Strip.
Maybe we can finally achieve world peace! :)
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Mon Sep-15-08 07:33 PM
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23. I am sure that if you and me |
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and a bucket of water get together with some Palestinians, we can find *something* to agree on...
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Tue Sep-16-08 06:28 AM
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75. The capital of which would be? |
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Mon Sep-15-08 07:21 PM
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I want to go to Oz....
I have it on good authority there are lots of handsome men down there...
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Mon Sep-15-08 07:22 PM
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6. well, I think you need to go tornado hunting |
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Mon Sep-15-08 07:22 PM
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I am a survivor...I don't just run away when times get tough. I stay and fight.
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Mon Sep-15-08 07:26 PM
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15. well, I wish you the best |
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you might want to read a history of the great depression though.
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Mon Sep-15-08 07:36 PM
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25. How about we do all we can |
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to elect Barack Obama instead of posting doomsday threads?!, ok?
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Tue Sep-16-08 11:01 AM
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92. thats what I am doing |
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but I have to be prepared, just incase.
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Tue Sep-16-08 04:08 AM
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68. It'll hit Europe and Asia too though |
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Just like the last one did - one of the primary causes of the Weimar hyperinflation and subsequent rise of the Nazis was our financial meltdown and crop failures (as we were a huge food exporter at the time)
That said, living in Europe is nice. My parents lived in Brussels for most of my college years, so I spent my summers there.
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Mon Sep-15-08 07:23 PM
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11. Nah, I love living in MA... |
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Mon Sep-15-08 07:24 PM
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I love MN, LOVE LOVE LOVE it, but do you want to be in the US during the crash?
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Mon Sep-15-08 07:26 PM
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16. I have to finish my BA this year, and then do my PhD |
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So, I'm kinda stuck here for the time being. Plus, I have two gravely ill parents and a little brother to think about. Otherwise, I'd move to France. I speak French and all that. But no, I'll suffer through it. No choice, really. I'm ok. I can knit and grow a garden and milk cows, so if worse comes to worse, I'll move back to the country and eke out a life. :)
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Mon Sep-15-08 07:29 PM
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I would be willing to drop out and do something else with myself, or go to school in Europe, to keep my family (me and my Fiancee) from suffering.
if I was alone, hell I would move to the cabin, fish, hunt, and garden, etc... and be fine.
interestingly enough, my grandpa used to say that during the great depression nothing had changed for him and he lived his life as normal because they were so poor anyway, and lived on a farm that nothing changed EXCEPT they fed a lot more strangers.
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Mon Sep-15-08 07:35 PM
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24. Well, my Mother has ALS, and my Dad has been in the hospital for 9 months |
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So, you can't really relate, eh? I'm willing to "suffer" for them.
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Mon Sep-15-08 07:38 PM
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26. I dont know where this hostility is coming from |
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I have nothing against you, and know what is going on with you, at least as much as you post about it. I can only talk about my reasons.
I am very sorry for your parents, and wish there was something I could do to make it better, but I cant.
:hug:
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Mon Sep-15-08 07:41 PM
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29. I'm not sure where you're getting that |
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But, yes, the economic situation sucks and will suck more. But, it's not 1929. The economy is wholly different, structurally, and I think you're overreacting to what's currently happening. These institutions were bound to fail, and lessons will be learned. I'm not fond of chicken-little syndrome when it comes to the economy. You cant compare 1929 and 2008, imho.
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Mon Sep-15-08 07:25 PM
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14. I think I'll move next door to Heidi and CMW |
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Lucy loves Swissie kitteh foods, and she and The Wiley and Excellent Boy Cat Named Ginger would have such fun in their battles for supremacy. :evilgrin:
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70. We would love to have you for a neighbor. |
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And if The Enchanting Lucy were here, Ginger would regret even more his neutering. :P
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Mon Sep-15-08 07:38 PM
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27. I would go just for the health care. |
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I should. I don't know what is keeping me here.
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Mon Sep-15-08 07:40 PM
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that because of the Bush admin and the potential exodus of Americans to different countries, especially in Europe, they are restricting immigrations.
I have also heard Canada is doing the same.
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Mon Sep-15-08 07:43 PM
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30. Isn't that what everyone was saying 4 years ago as well? |
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Mon Sep-15-08 07:46 PM
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32. But, will you take your smoking hot husband with you? |
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That's what really counts.
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39. Scotland makes you quarantine animals and Real Dolls for six months. |
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Mon Sep-15-08 08:06 PM
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41. Good thing I'm moving to Great Britain then |
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I'll avoid their fascist laws.
Oh, and their annoying accents.
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Mon Sep-15-08 07:49 PM
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33. Europe doesn't exactly invite people to drop on in. |
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You can get over-there clandestinely in a safe way if you cross the Rio Grande by night. :)
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Mon Sep-15-08 07:51 PM
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34. I want to live in the English Country Side. |
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I really wish I could move there and raise Dachshunds. :evilgrin: Duckie
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76. So do the English. Cost of housing, though, is astronomical. |
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Mon Sep-15-08 07:52 PM
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35. What will be the penalty from the people that are funding your education. |
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Did you make a commitment or not?
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Mon Sep-15-08 07:52 PM
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I would need to pay them some money.
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Always: at all times
Faithful: firm in adherence to promises or in observance of duty
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Mon Sep-15-08 11:35 PM
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56. yes, you have a very good point as always Ptah |
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but at what point is my duty to myself and my Family to be greater than my duty to a failed country, a country that reneged in its honorable and noble beginnings? Where the constitution guaranteeing freedom for all has been torn up and replaced with a corporate dictatorship, and we are just the pawns?
I swore an oath TWICE to protect and defend the constitution, once with a gun and once with a scalpel. Now, I don't think either of those times I was protecting a country as much as someones corporate interests.
I wanted to believe that it was for good and honorable intentions, but if McCain wins, that dream, that idealism is gone. At that point the Facade is gone and the truth will be bare for everyone to see.
Welcome to the Corporatocracy/Dictatorship. Turn in your rights over at the table on the left. Please remain quietly in line and wait until you are called, speak up, and no one will ever hear from you again.
At that point there are two choices, pick up a rifle, or leave. Which of those two choices is my duty at that point? Some could say the rifle, to put my actions where my words are, to get out there and protect and defend the constitution with more than words and rhetoric, or maybe to stay here and sew back together those that do. My Fiancee thinks it is to her, and her safety. If I was alone, I would not hesitate to stay here and fight for what I believe in. Honestly, I dont think there are any external threats to our democracy that even come close to the threat form our own government.
But, I can not only think about myself anymore.
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Mon Sep-15-08 11:46 PM
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60. First, if you jump ship now,we don't want you back. |
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You swore an oath twice, and are eager to buy your way out. You seem to be saying you oath is ephemeral, subject to the winds of the day.
You say: "Welcome to the Corporatocracy/Dictatorship."
what's new?
you also say: "At that point there are two choices, pick up a rifle, or leave."
Who you gonna shoot?
I'm starting to think it would be better if you do leave.
:bye bye:
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Mon Sep-15-08 11:52 PM
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62. SO, is this how you feel about those that refuse to go fight in Iraq too? |
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what has changed is my understanding.
Who am I going to shoot, if McCain wins there will be only one way to get democracy back, and it wont be by voting.
also, the first time I swore into the Marine Corps, I did absolutely nothing to get out of that and served honorably until I had my wreck, which if I had not had, I would no doubt be in Iraq right now.
tell me what would still be worth fighting for if McCain wins? What in this country, within its borders would be worth fighting for?
also eager is the wrong word. I WANT to do this, I want to do it because I believe in the IDEALS this country is supposed to stand for. That piece of paper that to some in the current admin is so quaint means something to me, THAT is worth fighting for. tell me, how much of that will be left in a McCain administration?
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I thought you wanted to be a doctor.
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I can also become a doctor in Europe.
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Tue Sep-16-08 09:27 AM
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82. once with a gun and once with a scalpel |
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I didn't know you were also a Ninja. Cool!
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91. this is probably the stupidest thing |
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95. I found it hilariously unstupid. |
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94. Hold up. You think your choices are to hole up in a belltower or go to Prague? |
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Dude, it ain't that bad yet.
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If McCain wins this election, it means our elections are rigged and we will never get our country back by voting or by peaceful means. We will have to TAKE it back.
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Mon Sep-15-08 08:00 PM
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38. Why would I do that ? |
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Oh,yeah,I forgot that we have Harper the Chimp-Wannabe over here.And he's leading in the polls. :(
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96. flash in the pan - even if he wins this election |
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As soon as the libs get a strong leader he's out.
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But my wife is not. So here I stay...
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Mon Sep-15-08 08:25 PM
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43. Nope. I am not that easily defeated. |
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I will stay and fight for my country.
:patriot:
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Mon Sep-15-08 09:45 PM
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52. I'm staying and fighting too. |
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44. i don't have the choice |
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because of my age it can't happen but younger family members have already done so and i think they are smart
you're on your own means you're on your own, you don't own these dirtbags anything
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I actually tried it back in '04 after the election, but I was too old then for Canada to accept me, and I'm four years older now. If McCain wins, I will definitely encourage my son to head north. This country can't survive another four years of Republican rule, and if McCain croaks - not unexpected at his age and with his medical history - Palin will make Ivan the Terrible and Caligula look like Gandhi. At least Ivan and Little Boots started out as enlightened rulers, before the power went to their heads. Palin doesn't even have that going for her.
In the meantime, I'm going to do my damnedest to help Obama get elected.
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don't take it for granted that you will always be free to exit the united states.
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Mon Sep-15-08 09:06 PM
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46. i`d like to go to sweden |
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so i could meet my relatives and drive old saabs and volvos.
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Mon Sep-15-08 09:28 PM
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47. My dentist wants to move to Switzerland. He says if McCain wins, he's gone. |
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48. Hubby and I have chosen Panama--where we already have permanent resident visas. |
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49. I won't let these neocon bastards run me out of my own country |
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not now, not EVER - I will always stay and fight
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54. If McCain wins, I'm outta here. |
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58. No place is going to be safe if we go to war with Russia AND Iran |
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I seriously think they WANT WW3
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Mon Sep-15-08 11:38 PM
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59. sadly, you may be right |
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What I really want to do is just sail off around the world and come back when we get it figured out again...
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Tue Sep-16-08 12:19 AM
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63. Who wants a European Union passport? |
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There are two ways I could legitimatally get you one.
1) If you're under 16, I can adopt you. That's probably the easiest, and if you're near my son's age he'd love having a brother or sister.
2) Marriage (doesn't matter which sex, both will work in UK). But it's more complicated - I have to have means of supporting you in UK (I don't right now) and not live in social housing (aka a council house). That'll get you residency; 2 years later you can naturalise.
In reality, only option 1 is open, since I'm married, and I love my wife to bits, and I REALLY take that "til death do us part" seriously (she can leave me if she wants but I'll never remarry - period, sorry part of my religious/personal beliefs/values).
Sometimes I wish I could do a passport swap: your US one for my UK one, especially for people who have healthcare situations and can't pay for them.
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We should plan a DU meetup sometime. :-)
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A DU meetup sounds like fun - but after the craziness of the electioneering... really hoping that it's time to celebrate... but if not... well let's hoping not.
Mark.
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Tue Sep-16-08 02:33 PM
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102. Ever thought of setting up a matchmaking service? |
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I don't mean fake marriages, I mean introducing disgruntled single Americans to Europeans of their preferred age and gender? No marriages would take place unless the two parties actually loved each other for the usual reasons.
:evilgrin:
Anyway, in past lives, I had opportunities to emigrate to Japan, Norway, and Australia, and I could kick myself across two oceans now for not taking those opportunities when I had the chance. Mostly I refused these opportunities because I thought, "What a hassle." Boy, was I stupid! Now at my age, I'm no longer considered a desirable immigrant. I could get into some European countries if I had a huge pile of money and could support myself, but that doesn't seem likely to happen.
As for you, Jason, you're still young, so you could do a little research and find out which countries have some sort of a "skilled immigrants'" program for medical personnel.
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65. If you can handle the expensive Euro, then sure. |
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but I don't know if they want me. Some of the imigration requirements are steep...
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Tue Sep-16-08 02:29 AM
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67. The economy is about to hit the wall there as well... |
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Tue Sep-16-08 04:50 AM
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71. I'm staying, I have no other choice. |
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I don't have the money or the resources to move anywhere, much less to another country.
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Tue Sep-16-08 05:43 AM
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72. I would love to move to the UK or France |
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Perhaps Germany too.
Spain seems really nice, too.
Oh heck, if McC&P get elected, I'd be ready to be anywhere but here.
Note to our Canada: I love you, but you're too cold! :x
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Tue Sep-16-08 06:26 AM
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74. My husband would go today. Alsace. |
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Tue Sep-16-08 07:01 AM
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77. Moved here in 2006! And Love it! |
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I miss Minnesota though! *sniff* (I lived there for 25 years!)
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Tue Sep-16-08 07:38 AM
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79. If McCain wins there is certainly no point in staying. |
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I am currently looking for a better job so it might as well be in some other country. Fuck this one if its people are stupid enough to elect McCain. They deserve what they get.
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Tue Sep-16-08 09:16 AM
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80. B'ah! I'm moving to New Zealand next month. |
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I left the US five years ago. Best decision I ever made. I'm still registered to vote though... if my absentee ballot ever comes through.
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Tue Sep-16-08 09:25 AM
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81. New Zealand is on my short list. |
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How much time have you spent there? What's your personal description of it?
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Tue Sep-16-08 09:47 AM
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83. I spent a month last year and a month this year |
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Last year I drove from Auckland to Wellington and then Christchurch to Queenstown and Dunedin. This year I spent two weeks in Auckland and two weeks in Wellington. I'm probably going to move to Auckland since that's where most of my job interviews are at the moment. It's not my favorite city in NZ, but it will certainly do.
I think New Zealand is the greatest country on earth. Everywhere you go you're either right on the beach or in the mountains. Most kiwis consider easy public beach access to be a birthright. Almost everyone has a national park in their backyard. It's never too hot or cold... always between the 50s and 70s and the weather is a lot like Englands... sudden rain showers but then sunny for the rest of the day. It's fine for me since I grew up in Seattle. People are extremely eco-conscious but also go way out of their way to make accomodations for the elderly and disabled.
They have a very liberal political system. The prime minister is a woman and is on her third or fourth term, I think. They are a 100% non-nuclear country refusing to develop nuclear power as well as nuclear weapons. Almost all of their energy is geothermal and hydroelectric and I think most of their food qualifies as organic in the rest of the world. They have free universal health care and mandatory four weeks of vacation a year (they define full-time work as 30 hours a week).
They're in a bit of a recession at the moment but it shouldn't affect what I do. Salaries aren't very high. I'm taking a pay cut for a job with comparable responsibilities and the cost of living is much higher than what I'm used to because so much of the food is either imported or raised with strict standards. But... I don't really care about the money. Hiking is free. I love the slow pace of life. Everything is friendly and informal. And you really get the sense that everybody is looking out for everybody else.
In a nutshell, imagine a small island country where fat, sheep obsessed sci-fi geeks have used touchy feely politics to create a truly egalitarian society where everyone stops and eats first-rate baked goods with tea every two hours.
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Tue Sep-16-08 12:53 PM
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101. We went to look at NZ in 1994--but got there a few days after |
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a South African (white) took the job hubby wanted in Christchurch. We didn't like Auckland, so cut the trip short and gave up on the NZ idea. Now we're too old (they don't want retirees).
Good luck to you!
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Wed Sep-17-08 07:53 AM
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109. You move to NZ, and I'll move to Sydney... |
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We will be neighbors down under!:D
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Tue Sep-16-08 09:51 AM
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84. Maybe when I'm older I'll move to the Ukraine. |
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Tue Sep-16-08 10:28 AM
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88. don't lose your fiance. nt. |
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Tue Sep-16-08 10:57 AM
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89. I was ready 30 years ago. |
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After my first trip to Europe when the airfares dropped in the hundred dollar range. The values meshed with mine (I'm a social democrat). Unfortunately, it's easier said than done. I certainly tried. Marriage offers were from women I was wise to avoid. That's the easiest way in. I spent 4 years working in Israel. But in the end I realized that not being Jewish (nor xtian, nor Muslim)I'd always be an outsider. So I guess I'm stuck for the big finale.
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Tue Sep-16-08 11:20 AM
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93. need money to do that |
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and a job once i get over there...
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Tue Sep-16-08 12:47 PM
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99. trapped here due to children obligation |
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Edited on Tue Sep-16-08 12:52 PM by Neo
wife's kids from 1st marriage, otherwie i'd leave in a heartbeat if I had the means.
For those stuck behind enemy lines all I have to say is get some guns while you still can. The forced theocracy is just the beginning.
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Tue Sep-16-08 12:51 PM
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100. I want out of this corporate military industrial shithole... |
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.. so bad I can taste it. But I'm to old for New Zealand. How about Belize or Costa Rica
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Tue Sep-16-08 02:47 PM
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103. Regardless of who wins... |
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Regardless of who wins, if had I the money for it, I'd be there anyways. A little tavern/bookstore owner somewhere in Wales, living in the garret and quashing any jones I'd have for America by a quick trip to the local McDonald's a few times a year...
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Tue Sep-16-08 03:17 PM
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104. It's a lot harder to get in most of those countries than you think |
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First rule of socialism - no open borders or it doesn't work.
We lived and worked in Europe for a year, but my hubby was contracting with a European country with highly specialized experience. I would have begged, borrowed, or stolen papers if I thought we could get residence, but we couldn't. sigh When the assignment was up, we had to come back to the U.S.
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Tue Sep-16-08 06:34 PM
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but good luck to you if you can
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Tue Sep-16-08 07:18 PM
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106. No, but have thought about Canada more lately |
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Knowing another language besides english would give more options.
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Wed Sep-17-08 02:51 AM
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107. Does this involve changing citizenship? |
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I can't seem to come down on one side or the other. I can see pros and cons of moving but remaining an American, and moving to become a full citizen of a country TBD.
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Wed Sep-17-08 07:48 AM
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108. I'm sure you'll be a big hit in Europe! Enjoy! |
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Wed Sep-17-08 08:03 AM
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110. I'm planning on Canadia, myself. |
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Wanna be one of those Canadians.
A McCain "victory" will just add urgency.
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Wed Sep-17-08 10:10 AM
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111. If this economy crashes, Europe will not be very nice either. |
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Sounds like you've got a pretty good deal here though. Would the navy pay for your education in Europe? Don't you have to stay here?
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Thu Sep-18-08 05:49 AM
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115. That's where we're headed. |
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reprehensor is from Alberta. We've already checked with our brother and sister-in-law to see if we can pull up a basement for awhile. I have MS. We HAVE to keep medical coverage. If I lose another job, we're screwed.
We've been talking about it for 7 years but were doing OK financially, and didn't know if we could afford it there since it's booming so much now with the oil sands development. And at first we were worried about selling our house. We DID manage to sell in December for a small profit (believe it or not. Thanks HGTV!)
Our lease expires next April. We're going to be watching in November very carefully. After that if McCain steals, we'll be selling LOTS of our stuff and heading north. When even our politically unaware sister-in-law in Alberta knows that McCain is the next coming of the anti-Christ, that's saying a LOT.
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Wed Sep-17-08 10:22 AM
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113. I'm with you. My greatest fear is a McCain win |
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because it would prove that as a nation we really are those people.
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My father came from there nearly 85 years ago. It sucks over there, too, but in different ways.
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