Date: Nov. 4th, 2004 05:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] infinitepresent.livejournal.com
haha, i want! i want so bad!

Date: Nov. 4th, 2004 05:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fflo.livejournal.com
Me too! Hey, you'll probably appreciate this (posted by [livejournal.com profile] crankyasanoldma), from The Borowitz Report (http://www.borowitzreport.com):

CANADA REPORTS HUGE JUMP IN IMMIGRATION
Over 55,000,000 Requests for Citizenship Since Tuesday Night

Canadian immigration officials have reported a huge increase in the number of requests for Canadian citizenship in the past twenty-four hours, with over fifty-five million such inquiries pouring in since late Tuesday night.

Of those fifty-five million requests, well over 99.99% of them came from U.S. citizens, the lion's share residing in such states as New York, California, Massachusetts, Oregon, Washington, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Vermont, Maine, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Maryland, and the District of Columbia.

Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Pierre Pettigrew said that he was "flabberghasted" by the fifty-five-million-plus requests for Canadian citizenship, adding that it was difficult to pinpoint the precise reasons for the staggering increase.

"My only theory is that after many years of exposure in the U.S., hockey is finally starting to catch on," Mr. Pettigrew said.

He cautioned, however, that it is impossible to know exactly what is sparking the sudden interest in America's frozen neighbor to the north. "People answering our immigration hotline say that it is hard to understand many of the American callers because they are sobbing uncontrollably."

In other news, President Bush used his acceptance speech Wednesday to reach out to supporters of Sen. John Kerry, telling them, "You can run, but you can't hide." . . .

Date: Nov. 4th, 2004 06:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] infinitepresent.livejournal.com
HAHAHAHAHA

that's fantastic. In all seriousness though, I'm sure they have gotten a few more requests since Tuesday.

Date: Nov. 4th, 2004 05:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] peteralway.livejournal.com
I am pleased to be living on the north side of that border.

Date: Nov. 4th, 2004 05:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fflo.livejournal.com
Yeah, me too. It was a little touch-and-go whether we'd be "down there" or not.

Date: Nov. 4th, 2004 06:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] crankyasanoldma.livejournal.com
I was just printing that first one... standing by the printer in fact. My coworker called me over to see "This thing that someone just emailed me." Same map.

Date: Nov. 4th, 2004 07:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] queerbychoice.livejournal.com
In all seriousness, most countries do have separatist movements within various portions of them - Quebec in Canada, Ireland in the U.K., the Basque region in Spain, etc. - and in the U.S., we have only the South. But the South bosses the rest of around these days so much that it's not the South that needs to secede anymore. It's the north. So why is there no serious secession movement in the North?

Date: Nov. 4th, 2004 08:33 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] groovesinorbit
I'd seen the top one. Both are cool. One nice element of Tuesday was the blueness of the Northeast from Maryland on up to Maine. New Hampshire going blue was a small and yet greatly appreciated victory for me.

Date: Nov. 5th, 2004 11:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vjsmom.livejournal.com
I do like the maps. However, as person who would seriously like to start a "Religious Left" movement, I must say that I think Jesus would come to Canada with us. It irritates me to no end that the so-called "religious" right acts and votes in a way that is so opposed to the Christianity I belive in. But then I'm an evil Methodist, in the words of Pat Robertson, so what do I know?

Date: Nov. 5th, 2004 03:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fflo.livejournal.com
I heard a guy on the radio yesterday or the day before saying that it's the other side of Christianity that needs to organize. Something about the many Christians who have moral values like peace over war, respect for the planet, actual compassion (translates into all kinds of public policy things---universal health care, greater economic justice, etc.) have the potential to get it together and become the majority of churchy-types. Actually holier-than-thou next to the fundies, vs. taking a hateful stance of holier-than-thou-ness(-itude).

Date: Nov. 5th, 2004 04:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tajoren.livejournal.com
But Oregon DID ban gay marriage.

Date: Nov. 5th, 2004 05:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fflo.livejournal.com
So did Michigan. The other 9 with an amendment up for consideration were in the red area.
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