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Remember this? http://www.marryanamerican.ca/

Most countries don't have our kind of immigration policies. Instead of posting your resume, why not a picture and traits that make you attractive to a Canadian? You may have better luck marrying into another country than working your way in.

Then again, it is wartime. You can always simply renounce your citizenship and let luck carry you where it will.

Reminds me of this page:

Now that George W. Bush has been officially elected, single, sexy, American liberals - already a threatened species - will be desperate to escape.

These lonely, afraid (did we mention really hot?) progressives will need a safe haven.

You can help. Open your heart, and your home. Marry an American. Legions of Canadians have already pledged to sacrifice their singlehood to save our southern neighbours from four more years of cowboy conservatism.

I love the "Aboot" link at the bottom of the page ;)

http://www.marryanamerican.ca/

"The iTunes Music Store in Canada works with the Canadian dollar, and purchase and download of songs requires a valid credit card with a billing address in Canada.

Any Canadian out there who wants to be my best friend? "

Now there's yet another reason to marry a Canadian

Well, we fended you off in 1812. I suppose we could muster up the strength to help you out this time. Or maybe we will just take a less risky approach and marry you all into Canada. What do most American's prefer?

That the government agrees or doesn't isn't actually part of the treaty.

The treaty states that the entity requesting assistance may also make a request that the matter be kept confidential.

Nothing in the treaty language itself obliges the US to do anything. They don't have to grant the assistance if asked - it is still their choice.

If they grant assistance, then they can "if appropriate", also decide to keep it confidential. Times when it wouldn't be appropriate would include, for example, a valid FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) request, and a judge finding the FOIA request being valid.

The government is arguing with the cart before the horse. They may have said, OK, we'll do the seizure, and we'll keep it confidential. However, nothing in the treaty empowers the government to keep it confidential forever. Quite the contrary. It can only be kept confidential as long as keeping it confidential is appropriate.

If the FOIA requestor can show it is not appropriate to continue to keep it confidential, that's it. No treaty violation - in fact, it's then 100% in compliance with the treaty to reveal the details.

So, the government, through its lawyers, not making a valid argument. they sound a lot like SCO at this juncture.

Especially since the information was on publicly accessible servers, so it's not like it was confidential in the first place. Google probably has multiple copies. So do a few other web-bots.

Mind you, it's getting to the point that arguing against the government and in favour of proper checks and balances could be seen as giving aid and comfort to terrorists (though I would make the counter-claim that the "war on terror" has actually had that effect, sort of like how the "war on drugs" has actually increased drug use by bringing the whole drug interdiction process into disrepute).

PS: Your use of affected was correct :-)

i would definitely pay to see that.

also....

http://marryanamerican.ca/

-Leigh

And if your a liberal you can even get yourself a spouse.

As a Canadian I can see that our two cultures are too intertwined for this not to happen, we usually pride ourselves on not being American, but we are always only a few years behind.

Always? Come on.

(First, this is subjective. I assume we agree the liberal / self-choice is progressive and that the religion of one may not be the basis of opression upon another.)

Its not always true regarding civil rights-related freedoms. Canada is on legalizing marijuana (already done?), Canada legalized gay marriage. I'm not sure on euthanasia. (My source for marijuana and gay marriage was Marryanamerican.ca.) Point is: don't even try to legalize any of these in the USA right now! The USA is behind on these aspects. However, (some countries in) Europe and Canada are a tie on these aspects.

I suppose its truly time to move to Europe...

I'm from NL and sure we have euthanasia, abortion, gay marriage, marijuana all legal some of these for decenia but i'm not sure if theres any changes on this subject. Better research that first!

To put it more broad: if you're seriously considering to move to Europe / EU i suggest you research the political climate first, research whats gonna happen in the EU as a whole and do overal research. Europe may have negative sideffects you don't wish for.

American high school dropouts are still ahead of anyone else

"The frightening truth is that even though our nation spends $185 billion annually on public education, we're turning out a bumper crop of functional illiterates," says John L. Clendenin, chairman of BellSouth Corp. and a leader in the business drive to improve American education. Some other findings of various analyses of the U.S. school system:

* Three out of four U.S. students leaving school are not ready for the basic problem-solving demands of work or college, according to the National Academy of Sciences.

* The dropout rate in public high schools averages 25 percent across the country and ranges to 50 percent in some inner-city areas.

* In a recent test of the mathematics and science proficiency of 13-year-olds in this country, the United Kingdom, Ireland, South Korea, Spain, and four Canadian provinces, American students finished last in math and near the bottom in science. South Korea was first in math and second to British Columbia--by a razor-thin margin--in science.

The American students did rank highest in one category: the amount of time spent watching television.

And the "last in math" helps explain your country's inability to do something as simple as count votes ... again! No wonder there's so much action at http://www.marryanamerican.ca/.

Or you could marry one.

http://marryanamerican.ca/

here's to hoping that the shrub leaves canada alone.

-Leigh