[Culturechat] Illegal immigrants in Canada

[Gerald J. Clancy, Jr.]

Subject: Illegal immigrants in Canada
by Joe Blundo, a Dispatch columnist.

Wednesday, November 17, 2004

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 re-election of President Bush is 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 re-education
camps in which liberals will be forced to drink domestic beer, learn how to
shoot a handgun and watch NASCAR.

In the days since the election, 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.  Many others
were caught wearing Birkenstock sandals with young appearing feet in them a
dead giveaway.

"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?"

In an effort to ease tensions between the United States and Canada, Vice
President Dick Cheney met with the Canadian ambassador and pledged that the
administration would take steps to reassure liberals, a source close to
Cheney said.

"We're going to have some Peter, Paul & Mary concerts. And we might  put
some endangered species on postage stamps. The president is determined to
reach out."