Anyone work at Immigration or Homeland Security?

Ya, sorry for getting crotchety. I'm getting old and I have demons that crawl up my backside every once in a while and can't see the forest for the trees. I do these same things but can't recognize when they are being done to me.

It's funny. I would dearly love to go to Sweden and live in the snow and chop wood in the mountains and eat fish and potatoes and chocolate and listen to Abba all day but I can't for the life of me understand why any swedes would want to leave all that and come here.

I've also noticed that the swedes are easily the strongest men in the world. All the big heavy hitters are named like Bijorn Svendson and the like and they can benchpress 3 volkswagons in reps of 20.

 

Agree with you there. My grandfather was a Swede. I saw a pic of him holding a young bull straight up over his head. Impressed the hell out of me.

 

Sorry if I seemed defensive about the tax thing. I did not mean too. I just wanted to state the facts

I cleared up everything with my school and homeland security. I actually got homeland security to call me last night, which is known to be an impossible feat according to my school. This morning I met with one of the managers in financial aid and they were able to clear up my file!

 

Congratulations!

 

yeah gotta chip in RE alligators, Austrailia doesn't have any of those wussy little reptiles, the saltwater or estuarine crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) is the largest of all living reptiles, and unlike what a lot of aussies seem to have assumed recently, CROCS ARE NOT YOUR FRIENDS.

Something which I find interesting is (some) Americans identifing with the country of their ancestors origin generations after migrating to the states - irish americans, italian americans etc, in NZ people are here for 10 minutes and are already natives

 

I'm half american indian, half french canadian, so all of north america belongs to me by rights, except for Mexico, which everyone else can keep. Too damn hot for me or any of my blood brothers to have come from there.

 

Then you are what is called a Metis in Canada.
Google the Riel Rebellion if you want to see what your pesky ancestors got up to.

 

Pesky ancestors?! They starved us, stole all our buffalo and killed them all, forced us into poverty and then massacred us, stomping women and children to death with their bootheels so the army could save bullets! Is there no end to the w!@#$ man's evil?!

I have never read the whole history until now but I actually knew it already because of Iron Maiden's "Run To The Hills".

I think the canadian government owes my people and I recompense. I think 500 acres per metis and $10,000 per month per metis should cover it. And stock options and unlimited fishing and hunting. And we get exclusive gaming rights to run all the casinos.

 

Oh yes the compensation culture.
I beleive the Metis were considered non- status ie not covered by Treaties.
But good luck on your claim.

 

I'm kinda curious about something. If you went back to Sweden to live, would your native people consider you an outcast, having become americanized and no longer a native?

 

Honestly I don't know. I have wondered that myself. I speak marginal swedish. When I visit I know enough to get around, and I notice I pick it up quickly, but I am definitely not fluent.

As you may know, Sweden has free health care. I always wondered if I could go back there to get health care if I was terminally ill and did not have insurance in the USA. My grandpa bought me like $1000 in stocks when I was little, so supposedly I am paying taxes on them each year and that may justify me getting free health care.

I know I could technically become prime minister of Sweden since I was born there, but I highly doubt they would ever vote for me. I would be seen a a puppet of the USA (not that we dislike the USA a great deal or anything).

In other news, I think I am applying for USA citizenship. I have been here legally for 25 years, it may be about time.

 

I'd say yes for the modding alone.

 

My first choice of prime minister of Sweden would be Messiah Marcolin and/or Leif Edling, but failing that, I would vote you in for prime minister. Who else do they have that can mod ToEE?

 

Can't you just marry some native US chick and be granted citizenship and then get a divorce?