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Loathe it or leave it

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Loathe it or leave it

: San Franciscans are getting ready to jump ship after the Bush victory, says Reuters:

…[T]hey are waving “United States of Canada” maps, redrawn to show Canada extending down to include California, New England and the other so-called “blue states” that voted decisively for Massachusetts Democratic Senator John Kerry in the U.S. presidential race.

Some are cancelling plans to travel to neighbouring “red states,” where Bush drew most of his support. They are asking serious questions about the future of American democracy….

As much as I’d enjoy making fun of my former fellow ‘Friscans, the Reuters story is more laughable, for it has nothing to back up what it says is this trend. No, it will still be impossible to park in San Francisco.

17 responses to “Loathe it or leave it”

  1. Hope Avatar
    Hope

    Just another plot by California to swallow up Oregon.
    Hope
    http://humorhangout.blogspot.com/

  2. Michael Avatar
    Michael

    Wah! Wah! Wah!
    Lets take up a collection to help them cover their costs of moving to Canada. However, they have to sign an agreement to never come back!

  3. Mike G Avatar
    Mike G

    I’d love to see someone take the names of a dozen of these whiners and check back in six months to see how many actually did it. It’ll be easy to check, since none of them actually will, I’m sure.

  4. grolwer Avatar
    grolwer

    Um…that “United States of Canada” graphic has been making the rounds. It labels the rest of the country “Jesusland.” Reuters can blow me.

  5. carsonfire Avatar
    carsonfire

    Sounds like the reporter’s been hanging out at DemocraticUnderground.

  6. Frank Martin Avatar
    Frank Martin

    Democracy is not about getting your way, its about being asked. I didnt get my way in 1996, but I didnt wet my pants and cry about it, I went on with my life. If Kerry had won I would not be looking to “jump ship”, I would have accepted it and went on. Thats Democracy folks, you win some you lose some.
    If the folks of San Francisco are so willing to leave because they didnt get their way then they should go, but they shouldn’t expect me to work with them as equal citizens if they do.
    Yes, in case you are wondering, I am questioning their patriotism.

  7. HH Avatar
    HH

    Of course Mikey Moore and sadly, once-great blogger Ken Layne have embraced this hate-filled nonsense.

  8. Kat Avatar
    Kat

    I hope some of the scum in this article are packing their checkered dishrags.
    http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=15855

  9. steve Avatar
    steve

    Boy, Jeff. What about the 55 million others who are also disguisted that commander codpiece managed to use hatred of gays, character assasination and vote suppression to steal another election.
    I realize we can’t expect all candidates to debate without the aid of a radio transmitter strapped to their back, or to get it right when we go to war, or to get it right after we’ve gone to war, but to pick on people because they live in San Francisco. Hmmm. I guess all that gay baiting really resonates with some

  10. Brother Nikko Avatar
    Brother Nikko

    “I realize we can’t expect all candidates to debate without the aid of a radio transmitter strapped to their back….”
    When you preface an argument with this sort of unmitigated moon-battiness, you don’t really expect anyone to take you seriously, do you? Seriously?
    And, you had me at “commander codpiece,” too.
    BN

  11. steve Avatar
    steve

    Oh Brother Nikko, why not hold yer breathern to the same standard you seek to impose on me.
    A NASA scientist has staked his reputation on his analysis that it was a radio transmitter. If you don’t take him seriously, how can anyone take you seriously?
    It’s your president who can’t be taken seriously. He is an incompetent failure and a disgrace to this country.

  12. steve Avatar
    steve

    Oh Brother Nikko, why not hold yer breathern to the same standard you seek to impose on me.
    A NASA scientist has staked his reputation on his analysis that it was a radio transmitter. If you don’t take him seriously, how can anyone take you seriously?
    It’s your president who can’t be taken seriously. He is an incompetent failure and a disgrace to this country.

  13. steve Avatar
    steve

    p.s. He did wear a codpiece when he was flown onto the aircraft carrier to declare Mission Accomplished 16 months ago.
    They call him commander codpiece because he is the first president to wear one in an effort to secure re-election. And the sad truth is that he declared mission accomplished before the real war even began in earnest…the one he never planned for.
    I realize these facts are just too much for some to handle, and they resort to calling critics names and denying the truth. And so it will go until this republic comes crashing to the ground.

  14. Brother Nikko Avatar
    Brother Nikko

    This only seems to get better.
    “A NASA scientist has staked his reputation on his analysis that it was a radio transmitter.” A real, live, honest to goodness “NASA scientist” claims there was a radio transmitter under the Presidents jacket. I’m dying to know how he was able to determine from a photograph (however enhanced) that the bulge was a radio transmitter. I’d read several specific reports that it was most likely a bullet-proof vest of some sort. It’s also long-standing Secret Service policy not to discuss any aspect of Presidential security, thus the so-called “mystery.”
    But, what the Hell, I’m game — link(s) please. I can’t wait. No, really … I’m quite interested. Seriously.
    BN

  15. Steve Rhodes Avatar
    Steve Rhodes

    I keep telling people not to move away to San Francisco or to come here instead of leaving the US.
    In 2000, we had a progressive sweep of the Board of Supervisors and progressives did well last Tuesday.
    I agree that most people threatening to leave won’t.

  16. steve Avatar
    steve

    The article is in Salon recently.
    And the WH initially denied it was a bullet proof vest, although they now like that story apparently.

  17. Dexter Westbrook Avatar
    Dexter Westbrook

    The champions of tolerance become very, um, intolerant when they don’t get their way in elections. Eighty percent for Kerry? Must be like living under Stalin.
    I don’t visit San Francisco any more either, but that isn’t because it’s liberal or gay. The place is a sewer. You can’t walk around downtown without being accosted by panhandlers, or having to step around the human waste on the sidewalks. Really charming.
    We can always wait for the next big earthquake.