04 November 2004 Thursday

Fleeing the country

found through the textdrive forum and through amenroma.com

Electing to Leave: A reader's guide to expatriating on November 3

“Should one candidate win, those who opposed the Iraq war might hope to find refuge in France, where a very select few are allowed to ‘assimilate’ each year. Assimilation is reserved for persons of non-French descent who are able to prove that they are more French than American, having mastered the language as well as the philosophy of the French way of life. Each case is determined on its own merit, and decisions are made by the Minist?re de l'Emploi, du Travail, et de la Coh?sion Social. When your name is published in the Journal Officiel de la R?publique Fran?ais, you are officially a citizen, and may thereafter heckle the United States with authentic Gallic zeal.”

Wonkette Answers: Where to Now?

“We sort of hate to pack so we’ll be headed somewhere closer to home: The state of denial.”