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gingergreen Donating Member (125 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 10:18 AM
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Immigration to Canada
Received this tidbit from my aunt this morning:

The flood of American liberals sneaking across the
border into Canada has intensified in the past week, sparking calls for increased patrols to stop the illegal immigration.

The reelection of President Bush is prompting the exodus among left
leaning citizens who fear they'll soon be required to hunt,
pray and agree with Bill O'Reilly.

Canadian border farmers say it's not uncommon to see
dozens of sociology professors, animal rights activists and Unitarians
crossing their fields at night."I went out to milk the cows the other day, and there was a Hollywood producer huddled in the barn," said Manitoba farmer Red Greenfield, whose acreage borders North Dakota. The producer was cold, exhausted and hungry. "He asked me if I could spare a latte and some free-range chicken. When I said I didn't have any, he left. Didn't even get a chance to show him my screenplay, eh?"

In an effort to stop the illegal aliens, Greenfield
erected higher fences, but the liberals scaled them. So he tried installing speakers that blare Rush Limbaugh across the fields. "Not real effective," he said. "The liberals still got through, and Rush annoyed the cows so much they wouldn't give milk."

Officials are particularly concerned about smugglers who meet liberals near the Canadian border, pack them into Volvo station
wagons, drive them across the border and leave them to fend for themselves. "A lot of these people are not prepared for rugged conditions," an Ontario border patrolman said.
"I found one carload without a drop of drinking water.
They did have a nice little Napa Valley Cabernet, though."

When liberals are caught, they're sent back across the
border, often wailing loudly that they fear retribution from conservatives. Rumors have been circulating about the Bush administration establishing reeducation camps in which liberals will be forced to drink domestic beer and watch NASCAR.

In the days since the election, liberals have turned
to sometimes ingenious ways of crossing the border. Some have taken to posing as senior citizens on bus trips to buy cheap Canadian prescription drugs. After catching a
half-dozen young vegans disguised in powdered wigs,Canadian
immigration authorities began stopping buses and quizzing the
supposed senior-citizen passengers. "If they can't identify the accordion player on The Lawrence Welk Show,we get suspicious about their age," an official said.

Canadian citizens have complained that the illegal immigrants are
creating an organic-broccoli shortage and renting all the good
Susan Sarandon movies. "I feel sorry for American liberals, but the Canadian economy just can't support them," an Ottawa resident said. "How many art-history majors does one country need?"

In an effort to ease tensions between the United States and Canada,
Vice President Dick Cheney met with the Canadian ambassador
and pledged that the administration would take steps to reassure liberals, a source close to Cheney said. "We're going to have some Peter, Paul & Mary concerts. And we might put some endangered species on postage stamps. The president is determined to reach out."

:toast:
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KurtNYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 10:25 AM
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1. What horrible and lame stereotypes!
Edited on Thu Dec-09-04 10:25 AM by KurtNYC
Do people on the right circulate things with ugly stereotypes of RW people in them? I consider a sense of humor an asset in general but I'm still baffled by why people on the left think this particular self-flagellation is funny.
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gingergreen Donating Member (125 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 10:29 AM
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3. Pathetic isn't it?
I wonder what they think of our stereotypes of them
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KurtNYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 10:48 AM
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7. Maybe I should write a similar piece, flipped and see if they
circulate it?

Welcome to DU btw. :hi:

Immigration to Iraq

The flood of conservatives continues to pour into Iraq following Bush's victory in the U.S.

"We just can't wait to live in a theocratic utopia so we thought we'd move here to Iraq where Bush's vision is becoming reality," said Ted Nugent...


whaddya think?



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gingergreen Donating Member (125 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 10:53 AM
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9. awesome, do it
but keep the language simple so they can understand!
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Bridget Burke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 10:29 AM
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2. So--what do you think?
Do you agree with this lovely piece? Any comments at all?

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gingergreen Donating Member (125 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 10:30 AM
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4. oh no
I just thought it was hilarious.

No agreement, more awe at the ridiculousness of it.
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RawMaterials Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 10:57 AM
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10. this was posted from a newspaper after the elections n/m
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nine23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 10:32 AM
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5. Here we go again. A Rush Limbaugh-style attempt at humour.
Edited on Thu Dec-09-04 10:33 AM by nine23
This has been posted here before. It generated a huge response, most of whom saw it for what it is: weak, dull, ineffectual, um...humour, to be enjoyed by your average freep.

"We're going to have some Peter, Paul & Mary concerts."

Oh, please...stop it now...my stomach's bustin' from the laughter.

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gingergreen Donating Member (125 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 10:33 AM
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6. hey I didn't say I agreed with it
sorry it was posted already
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nine23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 10:52 AM
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8. No need to be sorry, bub
I just thought I'd let you know about the response it generated last time it was posted.

My aunt(s), all of them Canadian and all in their 70's, would probably find it funny as well. That's why they don't come out to comedy clubs with me.
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