There was an interesting story in the news the other day about the discovery in the remote jungles of Argentina of the ruins of a "secret Nazi hideout" ... a safe haven for higher-ups of the Third Reich who hoped to escape justice for their crimes.
All things considered, it doesn't look like much of a comfy bolthole, but I guess if you're running from people who are angry about the millions of deaths you caused, you can't be choosy ...
In 2014, Kanye West threatened to leave the United States because "I’ll be damned if I raise my daughter around ignorance and flat-out blatant racism.” Last time I checked, he was still here.
In 2010, Rush Limbaugh said he would move to Costa Rica if Obamacare passed, because it would ruin America and be the end of the world as we know it. He must not have had a place prepared there, because he's still here. Dammit.
In 2008, comedian George Lopez and actress Susan Sarandon, among others, announced plans to move to Canada if George Romney beat Barack Obama. I guess it's a good thing for them that Obama won, because there is a serious lack of jungles in Canada to build hideouts in.
In 2000, director Robert Altman and actor Alec Baldwin threatened to move to France if George W. Bush was elected. He was. They didn't. However, the late former presidential press secretary Pierre Salinger also threatened to move to France if Bush was elected, and he actually did. He died in France in 2004.
I'm really pissed off at a lot of politicians of both parties, but not to the point that I'm ready to threaten to leave the country. But if I did, I wouldn't live in some backwater Argentine jungle. I'd go for something a little more comfy ...
Have a good day. Let me know if you decide to leave the country ... maybe one of us can hold an extra room for the other.
More thoughts tomorrow.
Bilbo
