i'd like to point out to our escapist friends that leaving the country is also logisitically very difficult. especially as there aren't too many places that are willing to give work permits or residence permits to americans without a damned good reason. "i don't like bush" does not qualify as a legally binding reason to emigrate! hell, i got married and i'm having a hard time with immigration! i think it's a bit of arrogance on the part of americans to assume that they could just move anywhere else and get a job... it's just not that simple!

and it's partly not that simple out of backlash against our own immigration policies which make it near impossible for anyone to get a green card and it's ridiculous!

so, to those people saying "well, i'm just going to move to canada." good luck. unless you've got some other really good reason, like a job or school or something, canada probably doesn't want you.

end rant by a disenfranchised pat-on-leave. (not ex-pat. i didn't leave for political reasons.)