I'm burning my voter registration card and leaving the country

[prolesunited]

Who's with me?

[MercutioATC]

1. I'll be joining you in 10 years and three months (exactly)

That's when I'm retiring to Costa Rica. Until then, I'm stuck here.

[Skittles]

2. not me

sorry, I will not let these neocon bastards run me out of my own country; not not, not EVER

[FreedomAngel82]

3. Right

Sometimes parts of me wants to but than the other half of me gets pissed off and doesn't want to leave. No way!

[Erika]

5. I agree with you!

Neither Canada nor Mexico would let me in as an immigrant.

[arcane1]

4. there is ONE problem I have with that very tempting plan

mainly that our cruise missiles are all (presumably) pointed away from the continent :scared:

but it's true that, if we're ever going to get our country back from these bastards, we'll need friends both inside and out!

and hello, too!!! :hi:

[shireen]

6. don't go

it's starting to get exciting..... :evilgrin:

[stevedeshazer]

7. No

That's what they want. Don't give it to them.

[DELUSIONAL]

8. I'm out of country right now

among sane people who HATE bushie, except for the few Americans who only watch Faux.

But I intend to leave for good next year.

I realize that some American young folk are politically aware but so many are so damned stupid -- they are unaware of the history about the rights they enjoy today are the results of a very long battle. How can a country that has so much (material goods, etc.) be so damned stupid to vote against their own interest?

How long will the world remain tolerant of Americans? bushie is a nut case -- but who comes after him??????????????????

[hopeisaplace]

9. Here's a line for you from the movie "French Kiss"

Meg Ryan:

"I'm currently without Country"

[DemBones DemBones]

10. Where will you go? I'm not sure there is any good place

to be today, in terms of political and environmental threats. On the other hand, when I turn my attention away from the threats, I find myself in a good place with much to be happy about. I've realized that I can't do anything much about the current political climate so I'm trying to stop letting it get to me. I've survived Nixon and Reagan and Bush I -- and the warmongering of our own LBJ (and don't forget the ways in which Clinton betrayed Democratic ideals) -- so it would seem that I'll probably survive this, too, and see the pendulum swing back.

I'm not arguing that you shouldn't leave, just saying that most of us can't leave, or won't choose to, and that we will probably survive, assuming the Pakistanis, North Koreans, or Iranians don't nuke us. If anyone deploys nukes, the whole world could be toast. I'm too old to believe in "duck and cover" as an effective shield against radioactive fallout and our government is in no way ready to protect us. (Seen a bomb shelter lately?)

[Susang]

11. Where we going?

Makes a big difference, dontcha think? :evilgrin:

[prolesunited]

15. I'm thinking a tropical place

with cute cabana boys and rum-laden drinks. Interested?

[SoCalDem]

29. Panama is gorgeous (even with part of the rainforest gone)

:cry:

real estate is still pretty cheap. ..

[Susang]

33. Very.

I love cabana boys! Can the rum be coconut? :evilgrin:

[Freddie Stubbs]

41. Cuba?

[RoyGBiv]

12. Bye n/t

[Fox Mulder]

13. I'm staying.

I'm not giving up. I'm going to fight until the very end...or when my application for citizenship to Canada is approved...whatever comes first.

[prolesunited]

16. Do you speak French?

I hear that improves your score tremendously. But, didn't they just elect a conservative, too?

[hopeisaplace]

17. Minority conservative government only (so far)

:toast:

[skipos]

14. Yes, give up! That will make things much better.

:eyes:

[Straight Shooter]

18. I'm going to move to a red state, register Repub, and infiltrate the ranks

Sometimes you can do the most damage from the inside. :evilgrin:

[hopeisaplace]

19. rotflmao

:smoke: that would be fun to witness

[prolesunited]

23. Wow

Your plan is even better. :evilgrin:

[Greyhound]

24. Well I'm in one of the nicer red states and would like to live in WA

so maybe we can work out an exchange... :shrug:

[Swamp Rat]

25. .

;)

[question everything]

20. This is what they want. They want sincere, educated people

to at least withdraw from public life so that they only have to deal with "dittoheads" who do not ask questions.

This is our country, too and we are not going to give up.

We have elections in 10 months and we have to take back Congress. No, not everyone is thinking the same. Not everyone supported a filibuster - I did not - but every Democrat including, yes, Joe Lieberman, is better than the American Talibans now trying to run the country.

[still_one]

21. haven't quite reached that stage

I may change my party from democrat to undeclared, because I am not sure the democrats actually represent democratic principles

[incapsulated]

22. Bye. n/t

[MakeItSo]

26. Hell no, quitters never win

Winners never quit.

[incapsulated]

27. I'm not going anywhere

:)

Well, ok, if someone gave me a villa in Tuscany, I would probably go, heh.

[MakeItSo]

28. now you're talking

If he does Iran, all bets are off, of course.

[gardenista]

30. See ya. My husband will be taking your place as a citizen.

We'll be sure to carry on where you left off.

[mwooldri]

31. Not me. I'll trade you my UK passport for your US one.

I chose to come here; I could have stayed in the UK but I didn't. This country may be broke (in more ways than one) but it doesn't mean that's it's not fixable. Alan Jackson had a song about it... The Talking Song Repair Blues. Unfortunately I can't repair a country for eight hundred bucks but it's a start.

I'm staying for life as far as I am concerned. Though I am blessed with the 'get out of jail free' card if I need it (the jail being the USA rather than actual jail. I don't have a real get out of jail free card, except the one in the monopoly game and that won't do me much good if I get thrown into Gitmo).

Mark.

[Skittles]

32. hey Mark

what village did Ringo adopt as his hometown?

[mwooldri]

34. My old one: Cranleigh.

You can even see it on the Ordnance Survey maps:



Though it is a small dot... on the north side of Nanhurst on the east side of the A281 Horsham Road.

Here's more information about Cranleigh from a real estate agents point of view and Ringo does get a mention. http://www.findaproperty.com/area.aspx?areaid=0124&opt=story&storyid=0730

Mark.

[truebrit71]

44. That's EXACTLY why I keep my British passport...

...juuuuuuuuuuuuuust in case I need to bail....

[Yollam]

35. I'm leaving the country in April, but why burn your voter card?

I'm going to continue to vote absentee - IN TEXAS. Ha ha.

Seriously, I have other reasons for leaving, but I would not disengage more than necessary. Voting may not always help, but it can't hurt.

[Ciggies and coffee]

36. Be sure to put it to good use while you are at it

Light up another smoke

[WildEyedLiberal]

37. OK, bye

Thanks for the notice... or not...

[Aaaargh]

38. Old McSkinner had a farm, E-I-E-I-O!

And on this farm he had some trolls, E-I-E-I-O!

with a troll troll here and a troll troll there,

here a troll, there a troll, everywhere a troll troll,

bot bot here and a bot bot there,

here a bot, there a bot, everywhere a bot bot,

freeper freeper here and a freeper freeper there,

here a freeper, there a freeper,

everywhere a freeper freeper...

I'm sorry, I don't know WHAT came over me.

[marions ghost]

39. best laugh all day

:rofl: :toast:

[Swamp Rat]

40. So, you are insinuating this long time DUer is one of these?:

edit: :D

[catmandu57]

42. Well, good luck

I haven't any choice but to remain here, being poor and crippled, doesn't leave many options, so I'll stay here and take as many of the bastards out with me as I can when they kick in the door.

[JeffR]

43. I'm burning my supper

And leaving it in the composter.