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Weirdestchild

Posted: Nov 6 2004, 10:27 AM

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http://www.reuters.co.uk/printerFriendlyPo...&storyID=616225

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OTTAWA (Reuters) - The number of U.S. citizens visiting Canada's main immigration Web site has shot up six-fold as Americans flirt with the idea of abandoning their homeland after President George W. Bush's election win this week.

"When we looked at the first day after the election, November 3, our Web site hit a new high, almost double the previous record high," immigration ministry spokeswoman Maria Iadinardi said on Friday.

On an average day some 20,000 people in the United States log onto the Web site, www.cic.gc.ca -- a figure which rocketed to 115,016 on Wednesday. The number of U.S. visits settled down to 65,803 on Thursday, still well above the norm.

Bush's victory sparked speculation that disconsolate Democrats and others might decide to start a new life in Canada, a land that tilts more to the left than the United States.

It appears I was not the only one with the idea of immigrating to Canada.

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Posted: Nov 6 2004, 10:31 AM

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QUOTE (Captain Durpoff @ Nov 6 2004, 10:27 AM)

http://www.reuters.co.uk/printerFriendlyPo...&storyID=616225

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It appears I was not the only one with the idea of immigrating to Canada.

Yeah, so was I... until I read on CNN that there's now a year-long waiting list...

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Supernesfreak(old)	Posted: Nov 6 2004, 11:04 AM
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Eno the Red Guy	Posted: Nov 6 2004, 11:05 AM
god i'm bored Group: Members Posts: 12157 Member No.: 51 Joined: 13-October 03 Status: (0d)	Yikes, I didn't expect this sorta thing to happen... --------------------

Trasher

Posted: Nov 6 2004, 11:14 AM

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QUOTE (Eno the Red Guy @ Nov 6 2004, 04:05 PM)

Yikes, I didn't expect this sorta thing to happen...

Judging by your blatant love of jokes that lost their sheen about five seconds they were conceived, I am not surprised.

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MegaMan	Posted: Nov 6 2004, 11:17 AM
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Eno the Red Guy

Posted: Nov 6 2004, 11:17 AM

god i'm bored
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QUOTE (Trasher @ Nov 6 2004, 04:14 PM)

QUOTE (Eno the Red Guy @ Nov 6 2004, 04:05 PM)

Yikes, I didn't expect this sorta thing to happen...

Judging by your blatant love of jokes that lost their sheen about five seconds they were conceived, I am not surprised.

...Excuse me?

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Trasher

Posted: Nov 6 2004, 11:20 AM

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QUOTE (Eno the Red Guy @ Nov 6 2004, 04:17 PM)

QUOTE (Trasher @ Nov 6 2004, 04:14 PM)

QUOTE (Eno the Red Guy @ Nov 6 2004, 04:05 PM)

Yikes, I didn't expect this sorta thing to happen...

Judging by your blatant love of jokes that lost their sheen about five seconds they were conceived, I am not surprised.

...Excuse me?

Psst, word to the wise: I'm saying that not forseeing this is incredibly shortsighted.

Kritter	Posted: Nov 6 2004, 11:20 AM
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Posted: Nov 6 2004, 11:21 AM

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QUOTE (KritTheRed @ Nov 6 2004, 11:20 AM)

Gee, I wonder if this topic is going to turn into another Bush = good / Bush = bad discussion? Oh well, my input is this:

bush = good?

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Trasher

Posted: Nov 6 2004, 11:22 AM

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QUOTE (KritTheRed @ Nov 6 2004, 04:20 PM)

Gee, I wonder if this topic is going to turn into another Bush = good / Bush = bad discussion?

My services are free and mandatory.

And guess how long you'll be facing this?

Kritter

Posted: Nov 6 2004, 11:22 AM

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QUOTE (Trasher @ Nov 6 2004, 11:22 AM)

QUOTE (KritTheRed @ Nov 6 2004, 04:20 PM)

Gee, I wonder if this topic is going to turn into another Bush = good / Bush = bad discussion?

My services are free and mandatory.

And guess how long you'll be facing this?

How ever long it takes. Carry on.

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Eno the Red Guy

Posted: Nov 6 2004, 11:22 AM

god i'm bored
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QUOTE (Trasher @ Nov 6 2004, 04:20 PM)

QUOTE (Eno the Red Guy @ Nov 6 2004, 04:17 PM)

QUOTE (Trasher @ Nov 6 2004, 04:14 PM)

QUOTE (Eno the Red Guy @ Nov 6 2004, 04:05 PM)

Yikes, I didn't expect this sorta thing to happen...

Judging by your blatant love of jokes that lost their sheen about five seconds they were conceived, I am not surprised.

...Excuse me?

Psst, word to the wise: I'm saying that not forseeing this is incredibly shortsighted.

I figured that out, it's your part about my "blatant love of jokes that lost their sheen about five seconds they were conceived." If you're talking about Waruligie, there are people who still like him.

And I more account me not expecting this for giving Americans more credit than they deserve...

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LuigiFan

Posted: Nov 6 2004, 11:24 AM

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QUOTE (Eno the Red Guy @ Nov 6 2004, 11:22 AM)

QUOTE (Trasher @ Nov 6 2004, 04:20 PM)

QUOTE (Eno the Red Guy @ Nov 6 2004, 04:17 PM)

QUOTE (Trasher @ Nov 6 2004, 04:14 PM)

QUOTE (Eno the Red Guy @ Nov 6 2004, 04:05 PM)

Yikes, I didn't expect this sorta thing to happen...

Judging by your blatant love of jokes that lost their sheen about five seconds they were conceived, I am not surprised.

...Excuse me?

Psst, word to the wise: I'm saying that not forseeing this is incredibly shortsighted.

YES

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SonicProject	Posted: Nov 6 2004, 11:26 AM
Finkrats that I spit on know not of the cool I have. Group: Members Posts: 54900 Member No.: 56 Joined: 14-October 03 Status: (0d)	Hey Trasher, stop acting like an ass. Thank you. Anyway, if these people are going to leave the country all because they didn't get the results they wanted in the election, then good riddance. Chances are that most of those people didn't vote in the election anyway. -------------------- Apologies for the nostalgia.

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