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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 02:32 PM Original message |
Disillusioned American Liberal Looking for a New Country. Suggestions? |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. Stay and fight |
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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 02:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. How? When the Democratic and Republican Parties are essentially the same... |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 02:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. You don't 'turn to' the Ruling Class for a 'viable movement.' You create one |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 02:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. And we poor and homeless people can just suck it up, eh? |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 03:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. You don't play by the Man's rules. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. These days I am thinking the same thing |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
6. Ohthedramaland. n/t |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
7. Wait, you could take Bush but not Obama? nt |
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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 02:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I knew what I was getting with Bush. Obama broke my heart. n/t |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 05:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
40. Sickening. |
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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 11:18 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. I'm actually going to do something to change my situation...what about you? |
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PoliticAverse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 11:14 PM Response to Reply #9 |
45. First make a list... |
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Iolanthe15 (32 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
8. Australia |
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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 02:40 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Isn't Australia government pretty rightwing? Know anything about New Zealand? n/t |
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Fool Count (878 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 07:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
41. Australia (and most of her states) is governed by the Labour Party. |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
11. The People's Republic of the United States of America |
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Kaleko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
12. It does feel like the noose is tightening rapidly. |
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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 02:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Thanks. I figure if my ancestors could do it, then my family can too. |
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Kaleko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 03:04 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. It sounds trite, but I have learned to follow my intuition |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
13. Sweden. nt |
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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
15. Is Canada welcoming to Americans? I love that country. |
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Kaleko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 03:14 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. Immigration to Canada info... |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 03:53 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. Canada's present PM is a Bush wannabe |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
16. I guess it depends on how much money you have |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
17. Scarborough Country? |
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cowcommander (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
18. Moving to another country is no joke |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 04:16 PM Response to Reply #18 |
33. self delete-wrong spot |
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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 07:36 PM Response to Reply #18 |
42. Thanks. These are very good suggestions. Exactly what I was looking for. n/t |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
21. Giveupistan. n/t |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
22. Faintingcouchistan. nt |
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WizardLeft62 (90 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
23. France or Canada or China |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 03:54 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. China? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 04:08 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. I talked with a couple who had retired to France. They were required to have |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
27. Unemployment rate in Japan is about 5%. S Korea is about 3% |
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cowcommander (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 04:50 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. I hope you're joking |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
28. Candyland. |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 12:45 AM Response to Reply #28 |
52. Ha! He can be the reigning monarch! |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
29. there is not an utopia. you can pick apart every country. nt |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
30. Cuba, Venuzuela, or Bolivia |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
32. Just do us a favor after you leave, please. |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
34. You're too idealistic... |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
35. Emigration is not something to take lightly. |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
36. Glenn Greenwald moved to Brazil, where very liberal gay-partnering laws apply. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
38. How about a compromise? |
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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 07:39 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. Thought about that. We're in a very liberal part of NC, so it's not a State/locale thing. |
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Luciferous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
39. New Zealand. I would be there in a second if my husband would go for it. |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 12:38 AM Response to Reply #39 |
51. Show him these pics :) |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
44. stay and fight |
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reformist2 (998 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
47. Brazil. |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
48. Costa Rica, Austrailia, New Zealand, Belize |
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2Design (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 12:11 AM Response to Original message |
49. Interesting comments - funny how a serious question invites such answers |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
50. Venezuela, of course. |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 01:09 AM Response to Original message |
53. any third world country - the vast majority of the world - it will give you some perspective on what |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
54. you will go where you're offered a job/work visa to go |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 01:15 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Now THAT'S an answer. nt |
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Safetykitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 01:16 AM Response to Original message |
56. The window on leaving is closing, and should shut hard in spring of 2013. |
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BrendaBrick (859 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
57. Hey Noodley! |
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