Socialist exodus?

Canadian officials are reporting a record number of Americans have flooded the Canadian immigration website, apparently to inquire about becoming a citizen there, in the wake of the outcome of the 2004 presidential election.

Escaping another four years of the hideous Bush administration won't be possible for most, however. Alas, the wheels of bureaucracy turn slowly, regardless of the country. On average, it takes about a year to become a citizen of Canada.

The United States isn't progressing quickly enough toward the cesspool of communism for these socialist utopian visionaries. Despite the fact that the U.S. has implemented all ten planks of the Communist Manifesto, and Bush has rarely met a government program that he didn't want to spend money on, still society is moving too slowly toward crushing free enterprise and liberty.

Therefore, unable to change society overnight, these disenfranchised progressives are flirting with the idea of escaping to higher (or more northern) ground.

They seek the promised land, where the lion and lamb lie down together in peace; where cultural diversity flourishes, unhindered by the "narrow-minded prejudices" of the past. They seek the "haven" where government milk and honey flows, where people of all races, genders, and the gender-confused can suck freely from the largess of the public bosom.

Theirs is a land where all are valued equally, everyone owns everything, but no one has anything to call their own. It is a utopian dream locale, where housing is subsidized, drugs are subsidized, healthcare is subsidized — if you can get it.

Given the ambition of the Marxist romanticists, far be it from me to try to deprive these stargazers of their socialist cravings. Rather, I would encourage them in their resolve to relocate. In fact, I insist: Please move to Canada! Please move anywhere you feel you can achieve your desired conception. Perhaps, you might find Russia or China even more to your liking.

The only stipulation should be that when they need a surgery, or anything else they cannot get, they aren't allowed to come back. They should be forced to live under the system of their choice, for better or worse. You might call it "tough love".

It's easy to espouse socialist ideas and principles with a full belly. When one is healthy, it is simple to argue for free healthcare.

The convenience of being shielded from the cruel realities of one's own rhetoric, too often affords many the opportunity to be absorbed by it. It is only when a person is forced to exit the shelter of the womb, and live in the world he advocates, that he will learn to examine the nature of his own ideas.

Canadians likely thought free health care was a great idea. But one has to wonder how that philosophy is holding now that Canadians are coming to the U.S. for their treatments.

In other words, experience is the best teacher; and be careful what you ask for, lest you get it.

Socialism promises to empower the people, while delivering equality and prosperity for all. What it actually accomplishes, is to empower government at the expense of the people, leaving them all equally bankrupt.

Advocates of the socialist ideology have been promising, for years, prosperity upon adoption of their ideas. All of the rhetoric in the world will never change the reality that they have failed to deliver upon that promise every single time.

If we could get all of the ignorant Communist supporters to leave the country, then those of us who are left would be that much closer to getting back the country that we love.