[Rhodes22-list] Humor, political, Canadian style

[Robert Skinner]

Steven Alm wrote:
> Relax, Pete,
> You've got nothing to worry about if you have nothing to hide!
> Slim

Don't think you will get anywhere with that argument, Slim.

Privacy isn't equivalent to having something to hide.  It's
a constitutional guarantee, and (contrary to the Shrub's
opinion) the constitution is not "just a piece of paper."
It's that inconvenient thing he is sworn to uphold, but 
seems to hold in utter contempt...

/Robert

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> On Dec 5, 2007 2:31 PM, petelargo <petelauritzen at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> >
> > Pretty funny. It's even funnier pretending that we are the ones living in
> > a
> > free country with actual civil rights.
> >
> > WARNING: Due to presidential executive orders and signing statements, and
> > provisions passed by the previous Republican-controlled Congress, the
> > National Security Agency may have read this posting, as well as and any
> > other private correspondence of mine, and may listen to my private phone
> > conversations without warrant, warning, or notice, and certainly without
> > probable cause. They may also arrest me without telling me of any charges
> > against me, even transport me outside the United States, and hold me
> > secretly and indefinitely in an undisclosed location without notifying my
> > wife or relatives, and deny me access to an attorney. They may take my
> > property under the executive order of July 17, 2007, never to be returned.
> > They may torture me without fear of penalty or repercussions to them for
> > their actions. They may do all these things to me, or to you, with little
> > or
> > no judicial or legislative oversight. This danger became ever more
> > apparent,
> > and ominous, on Sept. 19, 2007, when the U.S. Senate failed to reinstate
> > habeas corpus as an inalienable right of American citizens. I/We have no
> > recourse nor protection save to call for the impeachment of the current
> > president and vice-president, and voting to remove all rubber-stamp
> > Republicans and neocons from office, as well as other elected officials
> > acting only in their own interests instead of those of the People and the
> > Constitution, be they occupying local, state, or national positions of
> > authority.
> >
> >
> >
> > Tootle wrote:
> > >
> > > Big Al, you may delete this post immediately as it has nothing to do
> > with
> > > sailing.
> > >
> > > We have not heard from Stan lately, maybe he is among this group?
> > >
> > >
> > __________________________________________________________________________
> > > From the Manitoba Herald
> > >
> > >   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 actions of President Bush are 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 Races.
> > >      In recent days, 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 on Perry Como and Rosemary Clooney hits to prove they were
> > > alive in the '50s.    "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?"
> > >
> > >
> >
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Robert Skinner  "Squirrel Haven" 
Gorham, Maine         04038-1331
s/v "Little Dipper" & "Edith P."